Last weekend at GUADEC I learned about Purism, a startup company located in the bay area near San Francisco, USA. Purism is making portable computers (aka laptops) that aim to be as free and open as possible, giving users back their freedom and control over the machine they are working with. If you do not know about Purism yet, you… Read more »
Zunächst zum Thema der Qualität von OpenSource bzw. freier Software. Es ist mitnichten so, dass kommerzielle Softwareanbieter per-se die bessere Software machen. Sie legen auf andere Dinge Wert, als freie Software, das ist richtig, doch das macht sie zunächst nicht besser. Auch ist eine weite Verbreitung nicht sofort ein Qualitätsmerkmal. Vor allem aber ist der Preis kein Merkmal für Qualität…. Read more »
Most current DSL and WiFi routers are based on free and open source software. The Telefonica/O2 Homebox2 6641 is no difference. If nmap is correct it is based on Linux 2.4. I got one of these device for our home DSL2+, for free. The box came with a brief manual, a CD-ROM, the device, cables and power supply. Many Open… Read more »
I will attend this year’s Gnome Developer Conference GUADEC from the 12th to 14th of August in Karlsruhe, Germany. Want to meet? Drop me a line and we can arrange it!
Seit einiger Zeit beschäftigt mich ein Gedanke, den ich einfach mal hier teilen möchte. Wir hören seit längerem, wieviel intelligenter Computer würden. Da fahren Autos nun schon autonom auf Autobahnen und im Stadtverkehr. Sie fahren nicht nur, sondern sie lernen dabei auch noch selbstständig. Begriffe wie „deep learning“ tauchen immer öfter auf und es wird immer mehr für künstliche Intelligenz… Read more »
Today I received my (2nd try) docking station for the Thinkpad Tablet 10 (TPT10). The first one I ordered a few weeks ago had a broken HDMI port and thus was not fully useful for me so I returned it. The price is a little hefty, I paid 109€, but I think it is worth it. Quality is good and… Read more »
My Thinkpad Tablet 10 contains a Sierra Wireless EM7345 3G/LTE modem, which works fine as LTE modem (using MBIM interface). Many 3G modems also contain, for what reason ever, a GNSS (Global Navigation System) receiver, commonly called GPS which is confusing since nowadays we do not only have GPS satellites hanging in the sky but also GLONASS, WAAS, EGNOS, Galileo… Read more »
YAT – Yet Another Toy 🙂 For quite some I am into wearable devices, especially smart watches. I like the idea of having a programmable device at hand all the time. But it is a major pain to find something like that that is at least kind of wearable for women. The Pebble Time Round could be one. I ordered… Read more »
It is quite some time now that I tried to get my otherwise nice Thinkpad Tablet 10 to behave with Linux. To make a long story short I think I have a quite stable version now, here is my kernel package which I use on top of Ubuntu 16.04LTS: linux-image-4.5.4_01_amd64.deb
I am making progress in getting the device to behave. With quite some help from some nice guys at Intel Finland – thank you! – and a lot of trying and fiddling I can now report that my TPT10 seems to go to sleep and wake up again – without glitches, so far. A major improvement is the latest Linux… Read more »