Tag Archives: Linux

Ubuntu Light Goes from Zero to Sixty in Zero Seconds

What’s the new startup time of Canonical’s proposed Ubuntu Light netbook operating system? Zero. It’s instant-on, all part of Canonical’s effort to get you to ...
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Another Linux distro comes out of South Africa

Kongoni, a Slackware based distro from South Africa announced their first stable release yesterday. Kongoni is the Shona word for the Gnu (also known as a ...
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Appfricast 10 - Ten Years Strong

Ten Years Strong. James Wire of Linux Solutions discusses how technology use in Africa has changed over the the ten years he’s been a successful ...
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Cuba Releases Official Linux Distro

One of the most interesting things I’ve stumbled across in a while. This is something that I hope see taking off in more countries as ...
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Where are the African Designers? [Part 2]

A few months a go I wrote a post that questioned where the art movement of Africa existed and who was leading it. I ...
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Microsoft Fights Dirty to Win African Contracts

Hiring the relatives of government officials, offering kickbacks of up to $400,000, locking small nations into multi-year contracts. No this isn't a tale of the Mafia, it's the story of Microsoft's sales team in Africa...
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Mark Shuttleworth: IT Community Hero of the Year

CNET Networks UK has named South African Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth as the ‘IT Community Hero of the Year’… Major IT publisher, CNET Networks UK, has ...
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Kenyan Linux Group Challenges Government Procurement Policies

Governments in Africa may soon have to think twice about doing deals with private, closed-source software development companies. Linux developers in Kenya have taken ...
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Chromium: Chrome for OSX and Linux

Google usually never disappoints, but I must say when they released their web browser Chrome earlier this month I was less than impressed. First, ...
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Free Tools for African Software Developers

Today Appfrica launches its free software repository for African software developers. The goal is to provide a gratis space for developers who don’t have ...
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