Friday 15 October 2010

Linux: More than 1%

We are more than 1%:
With this initiative, we intend to refute the statistics of certain press organizations that ensure that the use of GNU/Linux does not exceed 1% and has not advanced in recent years at the desktop.
If you want to help us accomplish this goal, please participate in our statistics!

Link: http://www.dudalibre.com/gnulinuxcounter?lang=en



Interestingly, from the statistics collected on the above site (as of 15 Oct 2010), there are large numbers of Linux users in Poland and Russia.

Wednesday 6 October 2010

New Babbage Analytical Engine(?)

John Graham-Cumming proposes to build a working version of Babbage's Analytical Engine for public display [original article here and working project page here].



There's currently a Facebook and Twitter page, and a Pledgebank page.