Category Archives: linux

And Now You’re an Anstronaut: Open Source Treks to The Final Frontier

There have been a couple of blog posts recently referencing the recent switch NASA made from Windows to Debian 6, a GNU/Linux distribution, as the OS running on the laptops abord the International Space Station. It’s worth noting that Linux … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in *nix, ECE2524, ece2524s13, gpl, iss, linux, nasa, open source, technology, vtclis13

How will we build a Third System of education?

I have recently been reading about, as Mike Gancarz puts it in Linux and the Unix Philosophy, “The Three Systems of Man”. This is, to my understanding, a fairly well documented and often-observed concept in software design, possibly first referenced … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in ece2524s13, education, GEDI, learning, linux, second-system, third-system, unix, vtclis13

Blasphemy?: DRMed Games on Linux

The interwebz have been all atwitter the past month or so with Valve’s announcement of the porting of their Steam gaming service to the GNU/Linux platform. Many Linux users were thrilled about the announcement and saw it as a sign … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Tides of Change?

As Linus Torvalds has mentioned in several video interviews, probably the main reason Linux has been lagging behind in the desktop market is that it doesn’t come pre-installed on desktop hardware, and the average computer user just isn’t going to … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in desktop computing, ECE2524, linux, operating system, technology

But What Does It All Mean?

We are at that point in the semester where we are all feeling a bit overwhelmed.  We’re past the introductory material, covered a lot of new concepts and ideas, there’s the threat of a midterm on the horizon, and to … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in ECE2524, linux, software design, unix, Unix philosophy