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Wot? No games for Linux? Not true!

Posted on 25/01/2012 by woodsy

One of the accusations erroneously levelled against Linux is that there is a paucity of games for the platform. Well, the splendid little sampler video below courtesy of ChemBroTronNo1 may just help to dispel that illusion. Hat tip: Ubuntu Vibes

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Bristol Wireless on Techradar

Posted on 01/01/2012 by woodsy

Regular readers will remember that we had a visit from journalist Jonathan Edwards (news passim) which ultimately resulted in Bristol Wireless being the subject of a four-page feature in the Christmas 2011 edition (issue 158) of Linux Format (news passim). … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive launches appeal

Posted on 08/12/2011 by woodsy

The Internet Archive, the place where – inter alia – old websites go when they die (and a damned fine resource it is too!. Ed.), has launched an appeal for donations. Brewster, the Founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia connects half a billion people to UK regional museum via QR codes

Posted on 31/10/2011 by woodsy

So far in 2011 Wikipedians have written and translated 1,200 new articles to allow the Derby Museum & Art Gallery’s collection to be read in over a dozen languages using QRpedia codes. Derby Museum using multilingual QR codes on Vimeo. … Continue reading →

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A visit from Linux Format

Posted on 22/09/2011 by woodsy

Yesterday the lab received a visit from Jon Roberts, a journalist from Future Publishing‘s Linux Format magazine. Linux Format’s strapline is ‘The #1 source for Linux’ and is also known as LXF. According to the latest ABC figures, LXF has … Continue reading →

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Today is Software Freedom Day

Posted on 17/09/2011 by woodsy

Yes, that’s right; today lovers of free software all over the world celebrate Software Freedom Day, a global outbreak of gratitude for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Its goal is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of … Continue reading →

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We’re in the latest Tuxradar podcast

Posted on 07/09/2011 by woodsy

Along with our friends over the road at Bristol Hackspace, Bristol Wireless gets an honourable mention in the latest Tuxradar podcast, brought to the world by Linux Format magazine. The podcast is available as both a high quality ogg or … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wiki sessions in Bristol

Posted on 04/09/2011 by woodsy

Bristol is well known for its links with natural history and wildlife. The city is the home to the BBC’s Natural History Unit and Bristol Zoo is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. To build further on this base, there’s … Continue reading →

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Microsoft sends birthday video greetings to Linux

Posted on 20/07/2011 by woodsy

Earlier this year we reported that Linux is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (news passim). As part of the celebrations, the Linux Foundation invited video submissions to mark this milestone. A birthday greetings video from Microsoft has now been … Continue reading →

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LTSP round-up

Posted on 20/05/2011 by woodsy

Earlier this week our 2 LTSP gurus, BenG and Acesabe, were busy configuring and preparing a new LTSP suite comprising some donated redundant Rock Clevo T200C laptops as the thin clients. These run on 12 volts and are being made … Continue reading →

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