I use aptitude, aptget, and software updater on some systems. Normally i reserve stories about slashdot to the quickies bin, but this article is getting submitted so many times that if i dont post it, ill spend the rest of the day deleting it from the submissions box. While i wasnt paying sufficient attention, the proverbial tortoise has been playing some serious catchup. Just the inconsistency of cnp between apps in linux can drive one to madness.
Closed software universes, like apples, protect better against viruses that can more easily attack porous systems that are liberal in their approaches to interoperability. Dan gillmor visits the unc school of journalism and mass communication to talk about the deomcratization of media. The first is the gnulinux operating system, usually called linux. As mobile phone makers adopt linux and other open source software, you can bet that ease of use will be at the top of the list, because a phone.
In february, dan gillmor made the mistake of quoting something richard. Back in june i told you about my decision to make a serious change in my computing life. Long ago, he got the internet in a way that i stubbornly refused to. Influential san jose mercury news tech columnist dan gillmore has reconsidered his stance against linux. Switching to linux, saying goodbye to apple and microsoft. In praise of richard stallman, gnus open sourcerer dan. The dtp crew describes their project as a pointofview pov documentary film about the rapidly growing global shift to open source software, and the effects that massive wave of technological change. More important, ive moved to these alternative platforms because ive changed my mind about the politics of technology.
Before becoming a journalist, gillmor worked as a musician for seven years. Information on how to configure callmanager express to upgrade your ip phone, can be found in our cisco callmanager express setup for ip phone firmware upgrade article. Tomorrow is a more conferencetype program, and thursday is a meetup. So im pretty psyched to have his participation here.
My life has been in media music, newspapers, online, books, investing and education. Think of it as a portal to almost everything im doing, online and offline. Big money for tiny tech state lags in hightech education intel unfurls experimental 3d transistors neutron beam reveals new spin on magnetism the supercomputing speed barrier mips. Jt smith dan gillmor s column in the san jose mercurynews talks about how the current crop of american politicians doesnt seem to be doing a very good job of delaing with technology or changes technololigal advances are making in our lives. I consider it all, and the resulting column is better for the process. A linux switcher doesnt miss apple or microsoft infoworld. Little did we know that the mornings events would turn. People today have access to software and new media tools that previously were only available to large media organizations. Dan s got a well thought out list of reasons why and how it would work. View of constructing a framework to enable an open source.
While i wasnt paying sufficient attention, the proverbial tortoise has been playing some serious catchu. The opensource and free software movements pioneered by. Could the smartphone end up becoming the replacement for the laptop computer. Wordpress founder stresses value of open publishing platforms. He is director of news colab, an initiative to elevate news literacy and awareness, at arizona state universitys walter cronkite school of journalism and mass communication. And the wordpress community, gillmor writes, has become the center of an ecosystem, attracting an impressive number of contributors. Richard stallmans gnu manifesto turns thirty the new yorker. It seems to me the better strategy would be to support the mac until apple tries to control mac software development in the same way they do ios development and then go to linux.
Dan gillmor leaves microsoft and apple behind, and couldnt be happier with his switch to linux. Ibms growing focus on patent litigation often with software patents has not escaped the attention of people who are sympathetic towards freelibre open source software and. It looks like im going to have to reconsider something id been taking for granted that linux on the desktop, and especially the laptop, was a nonstarter in the operating systems race. Switching to linux, saying goodbye to apple and microsoft boing. Veteran technology journalist dan gillmor s been using gnu linux since 2012, switching away from all the control freak services, tools and software. I havent bothered to discover which tools software updater uses, but i expect aptget will be one of them. If the fsf is right that opentv is violating the gpl, and if this behavior is found to be legal by the courts, the entire free software and opensource movements could be derailed. My primary gig involves the news colab at arizona state.
The column calls for an injunction stopping the shipping of winxp. However for those that grind code for a living, osx or linux are really the only viable choices in my opinion. These are mostly different frontends in front of the same data. The one program i still occasionally need to run in. Key legal battles forge fate of free software techdirt. His book, we the media, was an incredibly accurate prediction of where american journalism was heading in the early part of this century. The project aims to help students appreciate the startup culture of risktaking, and to foster new media products and services. The one program i still occasionally need to run in windows is camtasia, for screencasting recording.
Cyrus writes influential san jose mercury news tech columnist dan gillmore has reconsidered his stance against linux. The opensource and free software movements pioneered by stallman are 30 years old. Dan gillmor reconsiders linux on the desktop slashdot. As a reporter at the san jose mercury news, he was on top of a lot of great tech stories. Speaking of design, blogger dan gillmor of the san jose mercury news reports that sprint may start selling a cameraless version of the wildly popular handspring 600 due to corporate espionage. Key battles forge fate of free software siliconvalley. Praise for mediactive dan gillmor has thought more deeply, more usefully, and over a longer period of time about the next stages of media evolution than just about anyone else. Protecting yourself online isnt as easy as it used to be. Theres a new column from dan gillmor on about windows xp. Dan gillmor is rethinking his position on desktop linux in this mercury news column. That way apple can clearly see that people are rejecting the. And the command post, originally created to cover the iraq war, was a superb collector of all things political. Dan gillmor reconsiders linux on the desktop firewall. Agreeing to share the improvements you make in the gpllicensed software youve used is an essential part of the larger ecosystem.
Digital trespass what is it and why you should care. This mac devotee is moving to linux 106 points by bensummers on june 21. Financial help came from governmentowned shanghai newmargin venture capital. Dan gillmor 2004, who literally wrote the book on citizen journalism. The foundation calls the violations serious and is threatening a lawsuit. Dan gillmor is an american technology writer and columnist.
Ubuntu linux is definitely the best of desktop linux experience. Measuring environmental impact of it linux worm hits the network big trouble in the world of big physics dan gillmor. In march 2001, bloomberg news reported that ccidnet investment, a vc arm of the ministry of information industry, had become red flags second largest shareholder. Veteran technology journalist dan gillmor s been using gnu linux since 2012, switching away from all the control freak services, tools and software that hed grown used to over decades of computing. Maybe, but the story isnt just linux, and maybe it isnt just on the server. When i run software update, however, it does not update the 4.
Dan gillmor research shows keeping your software current has a big impact on cyber security, assuming the vendors are uptodate as well sat 12. I moved to linux and its even better than i expected wired. Dan gillmor s got an interesting column looking at an idea ive raised before. Why my current mac is probably my last dan gillmor.
Red flag linux first appeared in august 1999, when it was created by the institute of software at the chinese academy of sciences. A linux switcher doesnt miss apple or microsoft in todays open source roundup. Its going to take more, starting with more servers running nonmicrosoft operating systems. So was another journalist weblogger, doc searls, senior editor of linux journal, a software magazine. Dan gillmor, a longtime journalist and professor at arizona state university, says he routinely leaves bluetooth off for security concerns. Like many people, i was intrigued, if puzzled, this month when sun microsystems told the world how much it loved gnu. Microsofts software wasnt the best in many cases, but it was more than good enough and the companys business tactics ranged from brilliant to ugly, often both at the same time.
I use an ad blocker to stop third parties from tracking my web browsing. It will take a closer look at linux on the desktop. Ian murdock, the chief technology officer of the recently formed linux foundation created from the merger of odl and the free standards group. In mediactive, he puts the results of his ideas and experiments together in a guide full of practical tips and longerterm. Welcome to the the digital tipping point dtp collection. Dan gillmor is talking about how open source software is about to face its first real legal battles and they could really impact the future of software development. The software my university uses for online courses now supports linux in the browser. Curley and his dan gillmor linux games have won just about every award there is for online journalism. Ibms growing focus on patent litigation often with software patents has not escaped the attention of people who are sympathetic towards freelibre open source software and ibms.