Alan has made available a vector map of Ireland for designers/webmasters to use. Brilliant! … [Read more...] about “Open Source” Map of Ireland
London to host Olympics
London will play host to the 2012 Olympic Games. I've always thought of the Olympics as being an event held in a warm climate and have memories of sun etc., Will 2012 be the year of the damp Olympiade? … [Read more...] about London to host Olympics
EU Rejects Software Patents
Finally some sense amidst all the chaos. The vote was rejected 648 to 14 with 18 abstentions. More information: jmcc The Register RTE … [Read more...] about EU Rejects Software Patents
EU Votes on patents
The EU votes on software patents today. More information available: IFSO Silicon Republic The Guardian … [Read more...] about EU Votes on patents
How to choose a linux distro
Ask any *nix user group which distro you should use and you'll probably start a minor religious war :) Padraig Brady provided a very handy link to make it all a lot more painless Based on my answers it suggested Kubuntu for my laptop, which was a sane choice, as I like apt Edit: I installed Kubuntu on my laptop this evening via apt. … [Read more...] about How to choose a linux distro