Freedom and Privacy, Technology, Ubuntu

Google: The Supreme Alphabet Agency

You may have not read my original post about Google’s somewhat silent and out-of-the-blue creation of their new ‘supreme corporation’ ‘Alphabet, but if not, do catch up by reading it here. I knew there was ‘something’ about their name.  Something strategic.  Something creepy.  Something tongue and cheek.  But it wasn’t until I had a 6am coffee with Joe Adam on…

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Ubuntu

Building the ubuntu Brand

“I run Mac Unix.” “I run Windows Dos” “I run ubuntu Linux” “I run a Ford carburator.” “I run Android Linux” What the heck? Come again? None of these sentences should be occurring because these sentences contain significant branding and social fails. But we are all a little under-educated, so I’m going to go easy on you because many people…

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Freedom and Privacy, Technology, Ubuntu

Who Owns Your Phone?

Who owns the phone in your pocket?  You might be surprised to learn the truth. Check out Randall Ross’ post and make sure to watch the video.  It’s mind opening and hopefully inspiring. I concur that there is no better hope on the planet for freedom of phone than the Ubuntu phone.  

Tutorial, Ubuntu

Clean up Ubuntu with Ubuntu Tweak

I was trying to do an update in Ubuntu and got a message that said I didn’t have enough free space on disk /boot.  I started messing with command line stuff but thankfully I found Ubuntu Tweak which did it all in a few safe-feeling clicks. Why Ubuntu-Tweak is not in the Ubuntu Software Center is a mystery that I…

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