Well, today was the day. It was time to start grading my students on Ubuntu today. Today I focused on two categories: Ubuntu Installation and LAMP. Luckily for me, about 90 percent of my 11th and 12th Graders had Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10 installed on their netbooks or laptops with two running Ubuntu on the Macbooks. Several other students were waiting for their laptops to be … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Grading today
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Sidux Linux with LXDE – First Impressions
I have been wanting to try out Sidux Linux for a long time. I have tested it but since it only comes with the KDE and XFCE window managers, I never used beyond the testing phase. I am a fan of the Gnome desktop but it is not stable with Sidux. Then about two weeks ago, Mario Behling, who I met through FOSS Bridge here in Vietnam, introduced me to LXDE. Here are my first … [Read more...] about Sidux Linux with LXDE – First Impressions
Vietnamese Twitter-clone Saigonica violates AGPL
Saigonica is no longer in compliance with AGPL for failing to to provide a Download Link to their modified source code. There is a new Twitter-clone in Vietnam called Saigonica. It is based on the open source micro-blogging tool called Laconica, currently one of the most popular Twitter-clones. It is nice to see the Vietnamese technology community embracing open source … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Twitter-clone Saigonica violates AGPL
Vietnam joins Asianux
Vietnam joined the Asianux open source alliance last week. This is definitely good news if you are a fan of open source software in Vietnam such as myself. From TMCnet: During the past four years, Vietnam has adopted policies designed to encourage the development and application of OSS, resulting in a total of between 14,000 and 20,000 personal computers using OpenOffice, … [Read more...] about Vietnam joins Asianux
First Ubuntu Linux Lesson at AIS
Finally, all laptops and netbooks have a variant of Ubuntu Linux running. Our first lesson focused on using the command line and apt-get for updates. (Ubuntu eee on the projector) Past Ubuntu Linux Articles at AIS: Ubuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture Gallery Using Ubuntu Linux at the American International School Another new Ubuntu User AIS Linux Related … [Read more...] about First Ubuntu Linux Lesson at AIS