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What is the best mouse for a Mac, Linux, or Windows?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2016 
One mouse to rule them all I had previously reviewed the Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse, suggesting it as a replacement for the Apple Magic Mouse. Now, I’ve tried it on my Linux machine (don’t know why that took so long). It turns out to work very well, better than most, possibly all, mice I’ve used.…
Command Line Science
Posted by Greg Laden on January 12, 2016 
A worthy Kickstarter science related project is afoot. Face it. Most science is done on the command line. When it is not, we call it “science by spreadsheet” or name it by some other epithet. Much of that is done on Linux or Linux like computers, but that actually includes Macs, and if you must,…
Setting up a Digital Ocean remotely hosted WordPress blog
Posted by Greg Laden on November 18, 2015 
Mike Haubrich and I are developing a science oriented podcasting effort. It will be called “Ikonokast” (all the good names, like “The New York Times” and “Apple” were taken). We decided to enhance the podcast with a WordPress based blog site, perhaps with each page representing one podcast, and containing backup and supplementary information. Here…
shopt
Posted by Greg Laden on August 20, 2015 
shopt Tomorrow I will shop. Yesterday I shopt. No,not really. The term “shopt” is a Linux Bash thing. If you don’t care about bash, stop reading now. If you find the command line interesting or useful and don’t know about shopt, this is your lucky day. Look at the word for a moment and try…
Ubuntu Linux 15.04 Vivid Vervet Beta Mate Flavor
Posted by Greg Laden on March 4, 2015 
Ubuntu Linux 15.04 will be released in April. There is not a lot new for the average desktop user in the new release, as far as I can tell. One good “change” is a feature called “locally integrated menus.” This is where the menus are, by default, where they are supposed to be, instead of,…
10 or 20 things to do after installing Ubuntu Mate (14.10)
Posted by Greg Laden on November 8, 2014 
See here to see why you might want to install the Mate flavor of Ubuntu 14.10. Then, install it and consider doing these things. Get your system up to date. Yes, yes, you just installed it but that install image was old(ish). Update and upgrade now: First, you probably want to open the Software Center,…
Should you install Ubuntu Mate?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 8, 2014 
With Ubuntu’s release a few weeks ago of Ubuntu 14.10, Mate has now become an official flavor of Ubuntu. There are two pieces of bad news that relate to this that we’ll get out of the way. First Ubuntu’s default distribution, which uses the Unity Desktop by default, broke a key Linux feature. If you…
10+ Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn
Posted by Greg Laden on October 24, 2014 
NEW: Very first look at Ubuntu Linux 15.04 Vivid Vervet Beta Mate Flavor See: Ubuntu Unleashed Here is a list of things to do after you have installed Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. There is some discussion of whether or not you should upgraded to 14.10 here, but the short version is, for most people an…
Do you want an imp under your desk? If it runs Ubuntu?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 14, 2014 
I might. This is a preliminary look, based just on the web site and some tweets with the developer, of the imp (all lower case), a small computer somewhere in technology and power, perhaps, between a Raspberry pi (which is mainly a hobbiest toy) and the Intel Nuk (which is sort of a non-Mac Mac…
The Ubuntu 14.10 Upgrade: What to do
Posted by Greg Laden on October 4, 2014 
The Ubuntu 14.10 Release October 23, 2014 Ubuntu 14.10 will be released shortly and I know you are chomping at the bit and want to know all about it. There is some important news, for some, and there is some exciting news for others, and there is some boring news, and frankly, some bad news.…