Ubuntu returns to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror
After being removed due to bandwidth issues, Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions in Vietnam, has returned to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. Only the ISO images will be available on this...
View ArticleFirst Day of Python for my Vietnamese Students
Today is the first day my Vietnamese high school students started to use the Python Programming Language. I wanted to give them a two week introduction to Python during the remaining days of the school...
View ArticleCompromising to Ubuntu
The last school year I used PC-BSD, PCLinuxOS and Linux Mint with my students. They wanted Ubuntu though Linux Mint was a good compromise. In retrospect, I should have gone with Ubuntu.
View ArticleFPT Linux Mirror in Vietnam
FPT, the leading IT company in Vietnam, is sponsoring one of the fastest Linux and open source mirrors in Vietnam. Great news for Vietnamese Linux users!
View ArticleUsing Ubuntu Linux at the American International School
For Barcamp Saigon 1, I decided to give an ad hoc presentation of using Ubuntu Linux with my students at a Vietnamese international school.
View ArticleUbuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture
It all started at the beginning of last week. I wanted my 11th and 12th Grade ICT students to start using Ubuntu Linux on their laptops/netbooks at the beginning of the second quarter. I knew it would...
View ArticleVTV visited my Linux lab today (Vietnam)
VTV, one of the major news channels in Vietnam, visited my Linux lab today at the American International School. I am glad that Vietnam is taking a stronger interest in Linux and Open Source.
View ArticleFree and Open Source Software Feature on VTV (Vietnam)
I mentioned over a month ago that VTV visited my Linux Lab. A couple weeks ago they aired the 10 minute segment on VTV. I know several of the guys featured on the program including An Nguyen of...
View ArticleNovell Should Stop Sponsoring the BSA, Which Lobbies Against Free Software in...
Novell supports the BSA et al, thus harming some of its own interests as an arguably "open source" (or "mixed source") company
View ArticleVietnam Banks On Linux
Vietnam Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), one of the largest banking institutions in Vietnam, has selected an IBM System z10 mainframe to support the expansion of its banking...
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