No Pi this month, I will not be able to do the planned RaspberryPi presentation. I ordered a new improved Pi2 and will shoot for a March presentation (which is Pi month).
Ideas for February discussion:
- Chromebook feedback from TBCS and APCUG
- How much RAM do I really need?
- Sling TV
- LibreOffice now on Android
- Apple makes insane profits?
- Microsoft is having trouble selling laptops and phones
- Windows10
- Amazon doing 1 hour shipping in NYC
- Pirate Bay is back
February FOSS Links:
- Should You Buy Extra RAM for an Old Computer?
- TV Channels Are Dead: Why Sling Isn’t The Future Of Sports TV Kids don’t watch channels; they watch shows. Worse, TV channels have been an obstacle for comprehensive coverage of live sports events. Sling doesn’t solve that.
- 27 Superb Sites With Royalty Free Stock Images For Commercial Use
- How Much RAM Do You Really Need? RAM is like short term memory. The more you multitask, the more you need. Find out how much your computer has, how to get the most out of it, or how to get more.
- Microsoft Can’t Sell Laptops or Phones
- What Microsoft didn’t say about Windows 10 is important to know Microsoft’s new operating system has plenty of attractive new features, but the company left unanswered some important questions, such as how its update program will actually work.
- LibreOffice finally arrives on Android Something is better than nothing, but LibreOffice has a long way to go to solve problems that Android users face.
- WordPress Makes Fix to End All Manual Updates There is now an automatic way to secure WordPress sites and (eventually) eliminate the risk of nonpatched systems.
- Apple Just Had The Most Profitable Quarter Of Any Company Ever Apple had a pretty good quarter. And by “pretty good”, I mean it was the biggest quarter in history. And not just for Apple. For any company. Ever.
- It’s Windows *10*, Because It’s 10 Years Behind Open Source I don’t write about Microsoft largely because open source has won. Well, it’s won in the field of supercomputers, cloud computing, Web servers, mobile systems, embedded systems and the Internet of Things. Of course, it hasn’t won on the desktop – although there are some interesting indications that things may be changing.
- Pirate Bay rises from the ashes (again)… An inside look at the file share network gives a better understanding of how Pirate Bay — and its competitors — are continuing to thrive in treacherous waters.
- Tiny $26 WiFi- Smart Electronics is prepping a tiny $26 open-spec “Black Swift” SBC that runs OpenWRT on an Atheros AR9331 and offers WiFi, dual micro-USB, and header I/O.
- GHOST glibc Linux Remote Code Execution Vulnerability A critical remote code execution vulnerability, called GHOST, in the GNU C library glibc affects all Linux systems going back to 2000.
- Four Technologies That Are Bringing One-Hour Shipping to Life Amazon recently rolled out its new ‘Prime Now’ shipping service to some Manhattan neighborhoods. Scaling this service up to the rest of the world is a huge task that will leverage the most advanced technologies.
- Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35