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…
Category: Ubuntu
It’s Time to Hate What Google Has Made You
You have been a frog in lukewarm water and Google (and Apple, and Microsoft, and others) have turned up the heat without you noticing. Well, you kind of noticed. You kind of noticed how some conveniently relevant ads started showing up in your inbox and on all the websites you started visiting. You kind of noticed how the mail that…
Free Secure Instant Reliable Skype Alternative
Update (150922): less than 24 hours after publishing this post was published confirming that the very next release of Firefox (version 41) will have the key missing ingredient of instant messanging (IM) or text chat built into the Firefox Hello! part of the browser. This is huge news and great news. Read on! Skype Down. Good. ‘Bout time a Fire…
How to Rotate Permanently All Pages in PDF Using Ubuntu
If you are too busy to read all my blog articles (say it ain’t so, mama) then you may have missed this nugget of helpfulness. How often does the realtor or lawyer or such fabulous professional need to slap a confidential stamp on a doc? However, today I was sent a confidential document that was lying on its side when…
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…
Ubuntu becomes IBM’s Go-To OS for Mainframes
As reported here by Randall Ross it is official that IBM has chosen Ubuntu to run their mainframes. You might have heard fanatics like me talking about Ubuntu and how great it is but you’ve been too caught up with your current operating system. The reason why you haven’t changed your OS to ubuntu, by the way, is because of…
Who is Spying on your Children?
Spying on my children!!? That’s NUTS! That’s SICK! But it’s happening. Right now. And you are letting it happen either because you are unaware or because you are lazy, or both. I don’t want to be harsh on you but I just can’t find a better way to say it. Your non-chalent attitude towards protecting your digital life could cost…
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.
How to Securely Control a Remote Ubuntu Machine with VNC and SSH
I have been trying to do this for a while because I don’t like using WINE and the only other option that gave me headache free access to another machine was a proprietary one. I wanted to be able to tunnel into my mom’s computer and offer her full tech support visually, just like any other remote access software. I…
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…