An excellent podcast episode about how difficulties, obstacles and courageous decisions can shape a persons character and how being messy can sometimes help ๐
Author: Apostolos Kritikos
Hello. I am Apostolos Kritikos. A Software Engineer and Researcher โmade in Greeceโ. I love coffee, music and doing the lindy hop (swing dancing).
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Merry Christmas by Social Mind team
This time every year I wonder: how the Christmas spirit and the feelings that dominate those festive days of the year help us to think more with love in mind. Is this sense of love, the warmth, a real feeling or it is yet another result of “Christmas marketing”. A result of the decorations, of the festive TV and radio spots, of the facebook posts, covers, of the instagram selfies beside Christmas trees and Santa Claus figures and snowgoons and reindeers…
Every year I end up with the feeling that Christmas is a time to be with the ones you love. To feel things, even if those things are not always happy and entertaining. But feel them always without misery, without arrogance. To not quit when hard times come and try for the best, despite the circumstances. To change with your words and actions your life and the lives of those around you for the better.
With those few thoughts, on behalf of Social Mind team, I wish you Merry Christmas and the troubles you faced until today, be over with the end of 2016 ????
(I asked everyone on my team, Social Mind, to send me a favorite movie and a phrase that accompanies it and expresses the Christmas spirit. The lines above are the synthesis of those phrases and the respective trailers of the movies are linked to the text.)
A greek version of the post can be found at Social Mind blog.
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Plato’s cave
It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing to descend again to those prisoners and to share their troubles and their honors, whether they are worth having or not. And this they must do, even with the prospect of death.
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It’s not about Open Source
Three days ago we celebrated 25 years from the birth of Linux. I have been an Open Source user for over a decate now and I consider myself lucky to be part of this awesome network.
Open Source gave me free access to applications that, have they been proprietary, I would need to pay good money or illegally obtain them. Open Source fueled my research when I was an undergrad computer science student and, later on, during my MSc and currently during my PhD endeavor. As a researcher it gave me the opportunity to be part of EU funded research projects and get paid to study what I love. As a freelancer it gave me the means to rapidly develop software and therefore deliver competitive, high quality and tested software to my clients. It also allowed me to do consulting work for a couple of amazing software development companies and startups.
Anyways, it was not until recently that I realized that it’s not about Open Source! I was invited as a guest speaker to an event of the Arcitecture Dept., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. My mission was to present a short history of the free software movement / open source initiative and then present applications of open source to the arts / creative professions. I have never touched a similar area before so I tried to think as a creative professional (NOT easy, if you are a tech person!) and imagine how open source, open licenses and so forth could benefit my world.
After my experiment was over the following came in mind: Open Source helped the world get familiar with the concept of sharing the raw materials of a creation, plus know-how (if needed), allowing the community to take it to the next level. Initially, those creations were open source software and their raw materials the source code but, nowadays, we have moved past that. Books, music, video productions, hardware even games are being published under open licenses.
Supporting openness is a choice anyone can make. Following the philosophy of openness however is a whole different discussion. One that I will leave for another post ๐
Happy birthday Linux! Happy birthday Open Source!
ฮฆฮญฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฑ (31ฮฑ) ฮณฮตฮฝฮญฮธฮปฮนฮฌ ฮผฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฮฒฯฮฎฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ ฯฮทฯฮตฯฯ ฯฮท ฮธฮทฯฮตฮฏฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ ( ฯฮตฯฮนฯฯฯฯฮตฯฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฯฮต ฮตฯฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ ๐ ). ฮ ฯฮตฯฮฑฯฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฮฝฮฟฯ ฮญฯฯ ฮณฮต ฯฮฟฮปฯ ฮณฯฮฎฮณฮฟฯฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮดฮฑฯฮฑฮฝฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮต ฯฯฮตฮดฯฮฝ ฮตฮพ’ ฮฟฮปฮฟฮบฮปฮฎฯฮฟฯ ฯฮต ฮดฮฟฯ ฮปฮตฮนฮฌ. ฮฮฟฯ ฮปฮตฮนฮฌ, ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮปฮฑฮนฯฮนฯฮธฮทฮบฮต ฮตฯ ฯฯ ฯฯฯ ฮฑฯฯ ฮตฮฝฮดฮนฮฑฯฮญฯฮฟฯ ฯฮตฯ ฯฯฮฟฮบฮปฮฎฯฮตฮนฯ.
ฮคฮทฮฝ ฯฯฮฟฮฝฮนฮฌ ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮญฯฮฑฯฮต ฮตฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฮทฮฝ ฯฮฑฯฮฌ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฯ ฯฮทฮฝ Social Mind ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮตฮณฮฑฮปฯฮฝฮตฮน ฮบฮน ฮฌฮปฮปฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮผฮฑฯ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฟฮบฯฮฌ ฮฟฯ ฯฮนฮฑฯฯฮนฮบฮฟฯฯ ฮดฮตฯฮผฮฟฯฯ ฮตฮฝฯฯฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮตฮบฯฯฯ ฮณฯฮฑฯฮตฮฏฮฟฯ (ฯฯฮฟ ฯฮตฮปฮตฯ ฯฮฑฮฏฮฟ ฮธฮญฮปฯ ฮฝฮฑ ฯฮนฯฯฮตฯฯ ฯฯฮน ฮฒฮฟฮฎฮธฮทฯฮต ฮฑฯฮบฮตฯฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮท ฮดฮนฮฟฮฏฮบฮทฯฮท :P). ฮฮตฮนฯฮฟฯ ฯฮณฯฮฝฯฮฑฯ ฯฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯฮตฯฮนฮฒฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ ฯฮปฮฎฯฮฟฯ ฯ ฮฟฮนฮบฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮนฮบฮฎฯ, ฯฮฟฮปฮนฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ ฮบฮฑฮน, ฮดฯ ฯฯฯ ฯฯฯ, ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฯฮฝฮนฮบฮฎฯ ฮฑฮฒฮตฮฒฮฑฮนฯฯฮทฯฮฑฯ ฮตฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฮฟฮฝ ฯฯฮฒฮฟ ฯฯฮน ฯฮปฮฑ ฯฮฑ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฯฮฌฮฝฯ ฮผฯฮฟฯฮตฮฏ ฮฝฮฑ ฮญฯฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯฮฏฮบฯฯ ฯฮฟ ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮณฯฮณฮนฮบฯฯฮทฯฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน / ฮฎ ฯฮทฮฝ ฮปฮตฮนฯฮฟฯ ฯฮณฮฏฮฑ ฯฮทฯ ฮตฯฮฑฮนฯฮฏฮฑฯ. ฮ ฮฟฮปฯ ฮณฯฮฎฮณฮฟฯฮฑ ฯฮผฯฯ ฮดฮนฮฑฯฮตฯฯฮธฮทฮบฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฑฯ ฯฯ, ฮฮณฮณฮตฮปฮต, ฮฮตฯฯฮนฮปฮต, ฮฮฟฮดฯฯฮฎ, ฮฯฮฌฮฝฮฝฮฑ, ฮ ฮตฮปฮฑฮณฮฏฮฑ, Angel, ฮฯ ฯฮนฮฌฮบฮฟ, ฮฮนฯฯฮณฮฟ, ฯฮฑฯ ฮตฮฏฮผฮฑฮน ฮตฯ ฮณฮฝฯฮผฯฮฝ. ฮฯ ฯฮฎ ฯฮท ฯฯฮฟฮฝฮนฮฌ, ฯฮฑฯฯฮปฮฟ ฯฮฟฯ ฮท ฮบฮฑฯฮฌฯฯฮฑฯฮท ฯฮทฯ ฯฯฯฮฑฯ ฮฒฯฮฏฯฮบฮตฯฮฑฮน ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฮฏฮดฮนฮฑ, ฮฑฮฝ ฯฯฮน ฯฮตฮนฯฯฯฮตฯฮท, ฮบฮฑฯฮฌฯฯฮฑฯฮท ฮตฯฮญฮปฮตฮพฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮผฯฮนฯฯฮตฯ ฮธฯ ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮณฯฯฮธฯ ฯฯฮฟฮบฮฑฯฮฑฮฒฮฟฮปฮนฮบฮฌ ๐
ฮฮฝ ฯฯฮท ฮธฮทฯฮตฮฏฮฑฯ ฯฯฮตฮนฮฌฯฯฮทฮบฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฟฮผฮฑฮบฯฯ ฮฝฮธฯ ฯฯฮฑฮดฮนฮฑฮบฮฌ ฮฑฯฯ ฮบฮฌฯฮฟฮนฮตฯ ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮตฯ ฯฮนฯ ฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮตฯ ฮฑฮณฮฑฯฯ ฮนฮดฮฑฮฏฯฮตฯฮฑ. ฮคฮฟ Open Coffee Thessaloniki, ฯฮฟ ฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮฟ ฯฮฑฯฮฌ ฯฮฑ 9 ฯฯฯฮฝฮนฮฑ ฯฮฑฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฏฮฑฯ ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฯฯฮปฮท, ฯฯ ฮฝฮตฯฮฏฮถฮตฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฟฯฮตฮปฮตฮฏ ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฑ ฯฮนฮฟ ฮฑฮณฮฑฯฮทฯฮฌ events ฮฑฯ ฯฮฎฯ. ฮฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮตฯฮฏฮตฯฮณฮฟ ฮฝฮฑ ฮปฮฑฮผฮฒฮฌฮฝฯ ฯฮปฮญฮฟฮฝ ฯฮฟ ฯฯฯฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ ฯฯฮฝ ฯฯ ฮฝฮฑฮฝฯฮฎฯฮตฯฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮพฮญฯฯ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฯฮนฮฝ ฯฮฟฯ ฯ ฮฟฮผฮนฮปฮทฯฮญฯ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮผฮต ฮฑฯฮฟฮถฮทฮผฮนฯฮฝฮตฮน ฮท ฮฌฯฮนฯฯฮท ฮดฮฟฯ ฮปฮตฮนฮฌ ฯฮฟฯ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฮฟ ฮฮนฯฯฮณฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮงฯฮฎฯฯฮฟฯ ๐ ฮ ฮฃฯฮปฮปฮฟฮณฮฟฯ ฮฯฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฯฯฮฝ ฯฮฟฯ ฮ .ฮฃ.ฮ .ฮ. ฯ ฯฮฎฯฮพฮต ฮท ฯฯฯฯฮท ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฯฮทฯ ฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮฑฯ ฮญฮณฮนฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮญฮปฮฟฯ ฯฮฟ 2003 ฮฑฮผฮญฯฯฯ ฮผฮตฯฮฌ ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฯฮทฯฮฎ ฮผฮฟฯ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฟ ฮฯฮบฮตฮนฮฟ. ฮ ฯฯฮบฮตฮนฯฮฑฮน ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฑ ฯฮฑฮปฮฑฮนฯฯฮตฯฮฑ ฯฯฮผฮฑฯฮตฮฏฮฑ ฯฮทฯ ฯฯฮปฮทฯ ฯฮฟ ฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮฟ ฯฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮฒฮนฯฮฝฮตฮน (ฮบฮฑฯฮฌ ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฌฯฮฟฯฮฎ ฮผฮฟฯ ) ฮผฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฯฯฮณฯฯฮฟฮฝฮฟ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯฮฎฯฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฯฮทฯฯฮฝฯฮฑฯ ฯฮฑฯฮฌฮปฮปฮทฮปฮฑ ฯฮปฮฑ ฯฮฑ ฯฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮนฮบฮฌ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯฮทฯฮนฯฯฮนฮบฮฌ ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฑฯฮตฮปฮธฯฮฝฯฮฟฯ. ฮคฮญฮปฮฟฯ, ฯฮฟ Open Thessaloniki, ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮนฮดฮนฮฑฮฏฯฮตฯฮท ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮตฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฮฝฮตฯฮฏฮถฮตฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮปฮตฮนฯฮฟฯ ฯฮณฮตฮฏ ฯฯฮตฮดฯฮฝ under the hood ฯฮฑฯฮฌฮณฮฟฮฝฯฮฑฯ ฯฮผฯฯ ฯฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯฯฮฟฯฮตฯ ฮผฮญฮฝฮท ฮดฮฟฯ ฮปฮตฮนฮฌ (ฮผฮต ฯฮท ฯฯฯฯฮตฯ ฯฮท ฮฝฮฑ ฮญฯฮตฮน ฮตฯฮนฯฮตฯ ฯฮธฮตฮฏ ฮฑฯฯฯฮฟฯ ฮฑฯฮฟฯฯฯฮทฯฮฑ ฮฟฯฯฯฮต, ฮฏฯฯฯ ฮฌฯฮณฮทฯฮฑ ฮบฮนฯฮปฮฑฯ :P). ฮฮญฮผฮท, ฮฯฯฮตฮผฮนฯ, ฮฃฮฟฯฮฏฮฑ, ฮฮฑฯฮฏฮปฮท, ฮฯฯฯฮฑ, ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮปฮฌฮฒฮฑฯฮต ฯฮฌฮฝฯ ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฯฯฮฑ!
ฮคฮฟฮฝ ฮฯฮณฮฟฯ ฯฯฮฟ ฯฮฟฯ 2015 ฯฯ ฮผฮผฮตฯฮตฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฯฮฟ ฯฯฯฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ Train the Trainer ฯฮฟฯ Open Data Institute. ฮฮฝฮตฮพฮฑฯฯฮฎฯฯฯ ฯฮทฯ ฯฮนฯฯฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮทฯฮทฯ, ฯฮฟ ฯฯ ฮณฮบฮตฮบฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟ ฯฯฯฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ ฯ ฯฮฎฯฮพฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮนฯ ฮผฮตฮณฮฑฮปฯฯฮตฯฮตฯ ฯฯฮฟฮบฮปฮฎฯฮตฮนฯ ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮตฯฮฑฯฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฑฯฮฟฯ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮบฮฌฯฯฮทฮบฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮปฮตฮนฯฮฟฯ ฯฮณฮฎฯฯ ฯฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮฝฯฮตฮปฯฯ ฮดฮนฮฑฯฮฟฯฮตฯฮนฮบฯ ฯฮตฯฮนฮฒฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ ฮตฮบฮผฮฌฮธฮทฯฮทฯ ฮฑฯฯ ฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฯฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฯฮฑ ฯฯ ฮฝฮทฮธฮฏฯฮตฮน ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮนฮดฮฑฯฮธฯ ฮฑฮฝฯฮนฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮบฯฮฑฮฏฮดฮตฯ ฯฮทฯ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯฮฑ ฮฟฯฮฟฮฏฮฑ ฮตฮฏฯฮฑ ฮผฮญฯฯฮน ฯฯฯฮต ฮผฮฑฯฯฮฑ ฮผฮตฯฮฌฮฝฯ ฯฯฮฑ.
ฮฃฮต ฮตฯฮฏฯฮตฮดฮฟ ฯฯฮฟฯฯฯฮนฮบฯฮฝ ฯฯฯฯฯฮฝ ฮผฯฮฟฯฯ ฮฝฮฑ ฯฯ ฯฯฮน ฮฎฯฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯฯฮฟฮฝฮนฮฌ ฮฑฯฮฟฯฯ ฯฮนฯฮฝ. ฮฮตฮฝ ฮบฮฑฯฮฌฯฮตฯฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ ฮพฮฎฯฯ ฯฮฟฮฝ ฯฯฮฟฯฯฯฮนฮบฯ ฮผฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฮฝฮฟ, ฯฯฮฌฮณฮผฮฑ ฯฮฟฯ ฮฎฯฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮฒฮฑฯฮนฮบฯฯฮตฯฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฟฯ ฮญฮธฮตฯฮฑ ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯฯฮฎ ฯฮทฯ ฯฯฮฟฮฝฮนฮฌฯ. ฮฯฮฏฯฮทฯ ฮบฮฌฯฮฟฮนฮฟฮน ฯฯฯฯฮฟฮน ฮณฮนฮฑ “ฯฮนฮฟ” ฯ ฮณฮนฮตฮนฮฝฮฎ ฮถฯฮฎ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮผฮตฮปฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ. ฮฮนฮฑ ฯฮฑ 32 ฮฑฯฮฟฯฮฌฯฮนฯฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮธฮญฯฯ ฯฯ ฮณฮบฮตฮบฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ ฯ ฯฯฯฯฮฟฯ ฯ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฎฯฯ ฯฮฑ ฯฯฮฌฮณฮผฮฑฯฮฑ ฯฮฟฯ ฮฎฮดฮท ฯฯฮญฯฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮพฮตฮปฮนฯฮธฮฟฯฮฝ. ฮ ฮนฯฯฮตฯฯ ฯฯฯ ฮธฮฑ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮตฮพฮฑฮนฯฮตฯฮนฮบฮฌ ฮตฮฝฮดฮนฮฑฯฮญฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฑ ฯฯฮฟฮฝฮนฮฌ ฮผฮต ฮฝฮญฮตฯ ฯฯฮฟฮบฮปฮฎฯฮตฮนฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯฮทฮผฮฑฮฝฯฮนฮบฮญฯ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฑฮณฮญฯ ฯฯฮฟฮฝ ฯฯฯฯฮฟ ฮถฯฮฎฯ ฮผฮฟฯ , ฮตฮปฯฮฏฮถฯ ฯฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯฮตฯฮฟ ๐
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Open Talent Era
Welcome to the open talent economyโa collaborative, transparent, technology-enabled, rapid-cycle way of doing business. What the open source model did for software, the open talent economy is doing for work.
From Deloitte, The Open Talent Economy. People and work in a borderless workplace.
Happy new year everybody! In case you are looking for a couple of good resolutions to add to your 2016 list, here’s a bunch of geeky ones coming from software engineering research field ๐
1. Keep your diff low
Diff (short for difficulty) is one of the Halstead complexity measures. It is used to measure the difficulty of the source code of a specific software system.
Moral: try to measure your difficulty level and keep it as low as possible. If you meet a difficult person, try to engage and understand how s/he thinks. It will help you identify you own difficulty level.
2. Keep your effort low
Effort is another Halstead complexity measure. As you probably already guessed it measures the effort one needs to understand the source code of a specific software system.
Moral: do you open up to people? Do you make it easy for them to understand how you think, where you come from? There is a fine line between mystery and perplexity. Make sure you balance them right.
3. Keep your LCOM low
LCOM (abrr. for Lack of cohesion of methods) is a Chidamber & Kemerer metric measuring the cohesion of a class. High levels of the LCOM increases complexity. Also, classes with low cohesion could probably be subdivided into two or more subclasses with increased cohesion.
Moral: the more things you engage with, the less cohesive you are. Try to focus on the things that really matter.
Say you wanna try (for fun) to experience the Kubuntu desktop environment while you run Ubuntu 14.04. Now say that after you play a while you decide you wanna go back to your familiar Ubuntu interface and you wanna get read of the Kubuntu desktop you have installed.
If you are not lucky (I usually am not!) things will get messy!
Long story short, it happened to me this morning and it took me some time to get things back to normal. Here’s what I did (hopefully it will save you some time).
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CALL TO ACTION: If you do the routine and the problem is not resolved or you take some extra steps, or whatever, please leave a comment so as to help future readers ๐ THANKS!
THE ROUTINE
A. You:
sudo apt-get remove --purge kde-plasma-desktop kde-workspace kubuntu* plymouth-theme-kubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text sudo apt-get autoremove --purge && apt-get autoclean
[via: askubuntu]
Hopefully everything works fine now!
B. If you find yourself missing some system icons ๐ (sound, language, mouse, etc…) try this:
sudo apt-get remove unity-control-center
sudo apt-get install unity-control-center
[via: askubuntu]
Last time I had to do a presentation was during ODI’s Train the Trainer program. One of the options we were given in order to connect to the projector was ClickShare. If you don’t know what ClickShare is, watch this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R-AbOkN_98
In order to use ClickShare you have to plug it to your machine. It works like a USB flash drive so a folder opens and gives you executables for Windows and iOS. Normally you install one of them and you are good to go.
But what happens if you use a Linux machine? Well, you will probably have to use a cable because “this thing does not work well with Linux”. That’s what I was told! But it wasn’t good enough for me ๐
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So, if you happen to use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and want to use ClickShare, all you have to do is:
go here*- download the Linux launcher
- install it to your machine
- open the application
- plug the dongle
If you are getting steady white light then you are good to go (hit it, it will normally go red and your screen should be up!).
NOTE: According to Barco, they currently support Fedora 20 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. If you are using a different Linux OS this solution will probably not work but you might find some answers to this official thread **!
* [Update] March 10, 2017: Support for the Linux client has ended as it requires an enormous effort to support all the Linux distributions and their quick updates, while the usage rate of the Linux client was/is very limited. (as published on barco.com)
** [Update] June 13, 2017: Thread www.barco.com/en/mybarco/mysupport/productsupport/knowledgebase?kbid=1191&productid=b21eda55-0837-4478-87f6-68d51b71e405 does not exist any more.
[Update] February 17, 2018
Following this gist, some users say that they successfully installed ClickShare to Linux.
NOTE: I haven’t tried it myself so I can’t guarantee it works!
[Update] June 5, 2019
Searching on an old drive I seem to have found the original .deb file that I had installed when I wrote this article. You can download it here.
CAUTION: This .deb meant for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and was tested back in 2015. The is no guarantee that will work with the current versions of Ubuntu and / or Clickshare. You can try at your own risk.
[Update] November 14, 2019
I requested support from Barco via Twitter. Here’s our discussion!
Hi, support for the Button is not on our roadmap, we recommend using GoogleCast for sharing on Chromebooks
— ClickShare by Barco (@BarcoClickShare) November 14, 2019
Cheers!
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[Updated] A Windows 10 update tale!
So this is how it started…
I was already aware that Windows 10 will be freely given to previous Microsoft Windows users (even pirates!) but I felt it was not such a big deal. All the machines worth spending time to keep up to date are pretty much doing it themselves and for free since they run on linux (Ubuntu).
The only machine I own and runs on Windows is my home desktop and it runs on Windows only because other people have access to it and I value democracy ๐
So, home PC running Windows 7, opportunity for trying Windows 10 for free… a geek’s got to do what has got to do!
FYI, the specs of my machine were:
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 2.34GHz
- 3,00 GB RAM
The update Golgotha
The core update to Windows 10 went smoothly but once I was prompted to login, Murphy jumped in!
- Wireless Mouse / Keyboard inaccessibility: Apparently is a known issue that Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 v2 doesn’t play well with Windows 10 (yet?). I didn’t expect every single device to work out of the box with Windows 10 but I would expect (at least) Microsoft hardware to be compatible ๐ Anyways I changed to cable mouse / keyboard and proceeded.
- My DVD drive was not automatically detected ( o.O ): Thinking back, over time I have used: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7. I cannot remember a single time when a CD / DVD drive wasn’t automatically detected! Well, I guess there’s a first time for everything.
- FIX: Should you face the same problem, this solution worked like charm for me! Don’t forget to restart ๐
- After logging in for the first time “special” buttons (start, notifications, search) did not work:
- FIX: Restart (legit: right click to the windows icon and choose restart) a couple of times and everything should be fine.
The One Drive Perk
Along with Windows 10, came the One Drive suggestion. Once you have updated, the one drive application starts automatically with windows and prompts you to login or create an account if you don’t already have one. Initially I thought about skipping the whole thing since the 59 gigs in Dropbox and the 15 gigs in Google Drive are more than enough for me (at least for the time being). However, since a little more free space to the cloud never hurt anybody I decided to enable One Drive as well. I was surprised (positively) to able to subscribe using my Gmail account and not having to create a new one to Microsoft.
Everything went smoothly and now I have 15 gigs of space that I’ll probably never use ๐
Microsft Office: The unexpected Perk!
After everything was solved I decided that it was time to relax and watch a couple of Gotham episodes! Since I keep the progress of the TV Series I watch on a spreadsheet, initially I went for Libre Office! Then I remembered that I always wanted to give a shot to MS Office 2013 since my last experience was with MS Office 2010. Normally you have to pay but thanks to my academic affiliation, as a PhD candidate with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, I get to use it for free!
I think academic accounts are also entitled to 1 TB One Drive space for 1 year!
The future!
Up to now, I have seen several pros and cons to Windows 10. I might get back with another post listing them. There’s also an interesting discussion about Windows 10 features & privacy to the following episode of This Week In Tech.
Enjoy!
[Update: SEP 13th, 2015]
After less than a month of using Windows 10 the graphics card’s driver stopped working. I tried to find a compatible driver with no luck so I (guess what?) rolled back to Windows 7 ๐