Why is Security not Turned on by Default?
This isn't a Windows thing, Linux as well should be more secure than the assumption that the OS with elevated privileges is secure enough, there is so much more Desktop Linux could be doing to make the...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 "The Worst Ever"
I've taught High School Computer Science for 25 years--Computer Programming, Web Page Design, Word Processing, Database Processing, and Spreadsheet processing. I have Linux on all my home computers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Justice
I was born in a quiet and beautiful town in the Far East together with my cousins. As far as I can remember, we enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset, bathing and fishing in the river along with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Valentine
Yesterday was a rainy day. Our plans to go dining and bowling were more or less ruined by that. Manchester has had stormy weather as of late and there is not much one can do to avoid it.Almost every...
View ArticleNokia
It is now the talk of the town. Nokia will be making their own smartphone based on Android. It seems like they no longer want to be in the shadow, under Windows Phone. I would like to think this might...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manchester and Computing
Manchester's role in the history of computing is not widely recognised. I spent several years working in Manchester Computing and I studied where the first programmable computer was built (by Kilburn,...
View ArticleSecret Back Doors in Android
I am everything but a Google basher and I spent a lot of my life descending deep into research of Google foes, Google smear campaigns, lawsuits by proxy, and antitrust actions by proxy. I also advocate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Life Goes On
TUX MACHINES HAS BEEN under attack for nearly two weeks now. We need not really comment on our technical means of defence and how we mostly overcome these attacks (we are not giving too many clues to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tux Claus
Summer is finally over, but summertime or the climate hasn't officially changed yet. I wonder if I can still do something out of the ordinary, but the weather is disrupting my planned activities...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fireworks! And Tux Machines Works.
Fireworks continue to appear all over the place, even a day after Guy Fawkes Night. Yesterday the city was full of smoke (as though it is under heavy fog all around), but that is just an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vacation Photos
Last week we did not post as much news as usual because we went to the south of England with Roy's sister. We did take some photos. █
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy New Year From Roy and Rianne
2014 was a great year for Tux Machines. The site moved to a new server with much higher capacity and better caching, Rianne and I moved to a better house, and we finally set up a tree the way we wanted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With the latest Kubuntu 15.10 (Wily)
I love the KDE desktop—I really do. However… here are some grumbles.
View ArticleClik here to view.
GNOME Release Party Manchester
Summary: Today's party celebrating the release of GNOME 3.22RIANNE AND I both attended today's GNOME release party in Manchester. It was a good opportunity to meet some geeky people, including a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winner: Triathlon in The Spa At The Midland
I never thought I could win in a challenge of 3 events.I guess age is not an excuse for giving up... more so in physical fitness; as the saying goes, health is wealth.... consequently, I'll keep doing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beijing Zoo is No Place for Pandas
Photo credit: Nick Hopkins I am a Panda lover. I work as a support engineer in an I.T company here in the United Kingdom. Most of my spare time is spent watching different Panda videos -- both old and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Orangutans are some of the most solitary animals critically endangered as...
Orangutans are some of the most solitary animals critically endangered as human consumption grows.Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforest of Borneo and Sumatra where both species are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Memoriam: Robin "Roblimo" Miller, a Videographer and Free Software Champion
Robin "Roblimo" Miller was a clever, friendly, and very amicable individual who everyone I know has plenty of positive things to say about. I had the pleasure of speaking to him for several hours about...
View Article
