Fry is one of my favourite actors. An erudite chap, he has appeared in Jeeves and Wooster, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Just A Minute (radio), and quite a bit more.
Here he is on free software:
Here he is on free software:
Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Linux trivia: usage on supercomputers
This graphic, taken from http://www.top500.org/stats/list/31/os, shows a breakdown of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers by OS. It was rather surprising to me how dominant Linux is.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Couple of wget links
- Jeffrey Veen shows a creative use for wget, demonstrating how to use it to download multiple files across sites.
- And here's the manual on wget.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
GDS for linux
- Old news, but I just found out. Google Desktop Search is finally available for linux. Here is the link for debian-based distros.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Brief: Greys and linux command line shutdown
- The blog Damn Data takes a look at that most well-known aspect of the Greys: their big bonces. I rather feel sorry for the female Greys, as getting those big noggins through their birth canals must be quite an arduous business.
- This thread in the official Ubuntu forums gives some usual command line shutdown options.
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