mintCast 191 – A Look at Chromebooks

• Research Shows Chromebooks Doing Very Well in the Education Market– As we’ve noted multiple times, though, Chromebooks are finding a home in the education market, thanks to their low prices and their reliance on free applications and resources that reside in the cloud. Now, fresh data is out showing that Chromebooks represent nearly a fifth of all portable computer sales to schools. That’s nothing to shake a stick at. (ostatic.com)

• Elementary OS takes over development of Shotwell – The team behind the elementary OS Linux distribution has taken over development responsibilities for the photo management software Shotwell. And that is awesome. (networkworld.com)

• Post Subject: The end of Linux Basix – After many discussions over the past year I have decided to archive the linuxbasix.com site. Some of you may not know but I am to owner of the site. It was started by Steve (Door), Russ, John and myself. We have all decided that it is time to retire Linux Basix as a podcast. (linuxbasix.com)

• Voting Proposed For Debian Jessie’s Init System – Debian technical committee member Bdale Garbee has called for a vote on what should be the init system used by Debian Jessie, the next release. The proposed voting is a first-step to a longer-term solution: it isn’t voting about what Debian should switch to for the foreseeable future but what will they commit to for the next release. (phoronix.com)

• “Password” unseated by “123456” on SplashData’s annual “Worst Passwords” list – The 2013 list of worst passwords, influenced by postings from the Adobe breach, demonstrates the importance of not basing passwords on the application or website being accessed. (splashdata.com)

• I Love Leonard Cohen by Robin Grey (Jamendo.com)

• Yesterday’s Conversation by Angus Wallace (Jamendo.com)

• The Red Stone by Ground & Leaves (Jamendo.com)

• Linux in the Ham Shack at Hamvention 2014 Indiegogo campaign. (indiegogo.com)

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