The Chinese government is considering a switch to Linux on the desktop to replace the ageing fleet of Windows XP machines currently in use. The ban on Windows 8 has made it necessary to find an alternative to Microsoft software that is currently in use in the country. This is a good thing; Microsoft software … Read more
I was just thinking about the new Chinese mission to the moon. This means that there is a new country that could dominate space. America do not control space anymore. The Russians were the first people into space and landed the Venera probes on Venus. That hellish planet with an extremely dense atmosphere and temperatures … Read more
There is a solution on this page that will help with the display of Chinese characters on the Virtual Terminal display. http://askubuntu.com/questions/25187/how-to-make-the-vt-display-chinese-characters.
The Russians are planning a Mars mission according to all the activity centered around the experiment that confined budding astronauts inside a capsule for 520 days to test their endurance and how well they can get along with each other. If they go to Mars and bring back some pictures, they will be more successful … Read more