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“It’s Linux Jim, But Not As We Know It” – The Samsung Chromebook
If you have read this blog in the past you will see I have been a lucky Chromebook owner since Google dropped off a Cr-48 to me back in December 2010. Back then Chrome OS was relatively basic, but you got a hint of the potential with the only aspect really holding it back was…
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Putting The Sky To Bed
I have just being scanning through the new “For Your Desktop” apps for Google Chrome, though I had to do this via the Chromebook as Linux and Mac support it coming later. One thought did cross my mind about this gradual move to the cloud, how to bridge the gap between the user and the…
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Touring On The NC700X – Part 1 The Southern Loop
I finally managed to take some time for some touring with the NC700X, it also synced nicely with my final push to snap the last of the Irish Photo Rally locations. I broke down the remaining points into two groups, a Southern Loop and Northern Loop. Both routes will take a night or two camping,…
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Google+ Killed The Conversation on Blogger
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! ~ George Taylor, Planet of the Apes I have just realised that I am not getting comment notifications any more, so for those of you who’s comments have gone unanswered its not me, its not you, its Google+. Turns out…
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StrangeFOSS – Or How I Stopped Worrying About Unity And Learned To Love Gnome Shell
I am writing this post with a feeling of uneasiness as after moving to Ubuntu from Windows in the summer of 2007 I have moved again, this time to Fedora 19. Since the end of 2011 I had tried Gnome Shell several times for extended periods and while I really enjoyed the interface I found…
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