Month: February 2016
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DON’T USE POLi or Account2Account Payment Services they are bad news
These services are for people who do not use a debit or credit card to make a payment. Instead they are transferring funds directly from a bank account to a merchant. The idea of these services is they can make that type of payment as “easy” as a credit or debit card. However they are…
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Switching to Linux [4]
Continuing on my series of investigations into switching the most powerful of my computers to Linux. There are now some important questions to be resolved in the area of running a software based RAID 1 array on a pair of disks (a mirror) as this is somewhat of an advanced area of knowledge and unlike…
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Switching to Linux [3]
Running Qgis 2.12.3 with one of my map projects.
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Switching to Linux [2]
Since my last posting I have made some progress in developing my case for switching one of my home computers to Linux. The other home computer will probably stay at Windows for the time being, but with the maximum amount of privacy configured on it. This computer will run a few packages I haven’t yet…
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Switching to Linux
In my previous posts I wrote about the MS greed machine that is driving the deployment of Windows 10 and how MS now believes they own the hardware it runs on. I have now taken the first step towards shifting my personal machines onto Linux. These computers are homebuilt and have never had Windows licenses…
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MS demands users waive their rights to sue…LEGAL UNDER US LAW
Anyone who thinks Windows 10 is a great operating system or any product MS makes is great should stop right now. There has been a big furore about a lot of stuff in Windows 10 like forced updates and as a result it is not at all surprising that people are talking about suing Microsoft…
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The Microsoft Windows 10 Rort – How MS Sees Windows 10 as a license to print money
Today I am going to write about how Microsoft wants to take over everyone’s Windows PC with Windows 10, and I am writing from the perspective of an IT industry professional with many years’ experience of Windows and other Microsoft software. As we all know, MS has been pushing Windows 10 very hard as a…