The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

 Applications, Linux, Open Source, Operating Sys, Technology  No Responses »
May 042013
 

Trying to build a Linux desktop that replaced Windows is something I tried 4 years ago with Ubuntu 9.04.  For me it was the first time I ever became truly excited about Linux.  The experience accelerated my adoption of the Mac.  I enjoy articles such as this one.

By Falko Timme and Christian Schmalfeld at HowToForge.com…

This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

via The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials.

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Higher Ed CIOs Can’t Ignore MOOCs Or Politics – Education –

 Education, MOOC, Technology, Trends  No Responses »
May 032013
 

By David F. Carr at InformationWeek.com…

The job of a higher-education CIO is changing, partly because of disruptive technologies for online learning, but that doesn’t mean the basic challenges go away. Perhaps now more than ever, a CIO’s job hinges as much on surviving a brutal schedule of meetings and the academic politics of the institution as it does on mastering bleeding-edge technologies.

via Higher Ed CIOs Can’t Ignore MOOCs Or Politics – Education –.

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Five reasons why the Windows desktop isn’t going away

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Mar 312013
 

By Ed Bott at ZDNet.com…

Summary: The speculation on the next version of Windows (code-named Blue) is getting out of hand. Based on a few screenshots and one offhand remark from a prominent Windows blogger, one of my colleagues is convinced that the Windows desktop is an endangered species. Nope. Not gonna happen.

via Five reasons why the Windows desktop isn’t going away | ZDNet.

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9 Traits of the CIO of the Future

 Education, Leadership, Technology  No Responses »
Mar 202013
 

It’s interesting to look back and see how the CIO role has evolved.  I started aspiring to such a role back in the late 90’s and the article has a table on page 2 that compares the shift from 20 years ago to today.

By David Raths at CampusTechnology.com…

How are you adding value?

It’s a question faced by many higher ed CIOs, as campus administrators look at the dollars budgeted for IT and wonder what they’re getting for the money. And it’s no longer about servers, bandwidth, and e-mail: Increasingly, IT leaders in higher education are under pressure to go beyond finding operational efficiencies, to developing more strategic contributions to pedagogy and university business.

via 9 Traits of the CIO of the Future — Campus Technology.

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Why a one-room West Virginia library runs a $20,000 Cisco router

 Education, Leadership, Networking, Technology  No Responses »
Feb 262013
 

I’ve been waiting for months for one of these, that’s beside the point.  This is just awful.

By Nate Anderson at arstechnica.com…

Marmet, West Virginia is a town of 1,500 people living in a thin ribbon along the banks of the Kanawha River just below Charleston. The town’s public library is only open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It’s housed in a small building the size of a trailer, which the state of West Virginia describes as an “extremely small facility with only one Internet connection.” Which is why it’s such a surprise to learn the Marmet Public Library runs this connection through a $15,000 to $20,000 Cisco 3945 router intended for “mid-size to large deployments,” according to Cisco.

via Why a one-room West Virginia library runs a $20,000 Cisco router | Ars Technica.

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Better Than Photoshop? Make GIMP Even More Powerful With These Plugins

 Applications, Digital Images, Digital Media, Open Source, Technology  No Responses »
Feb 232013
 

By Danny Stieben at MakeUseOf.com….

We all know that Photoshop is the premiere application for image and graphics manipulation. It simply does everything you could possibly want, which is the reason why most professionals choose it and why your wallet has a deep hole after you buy it. But Photoshop isn’t the only image manipulation tool on the block. The leading open source alternative to Photoshop, GIMP, has plenty of power under the hood as well.

via Better Than Photoshop? Make GIMP Even More Powerful With These Plugins.

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