{"id":24325,"date":"2010-04-13T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=24325"},"modified":"2010-04-13T21:49:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T02:49:24","slug":"root-grassroots-technology-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/root-grassroots-technology-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"\/root grassroots technology cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24326\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/600+web_justin_holmes_4814-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24326\" title=\"600+web_justin_holmes_4814-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/600+web_justin_holmes_4814-2.jpg?resize=600%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/600+web_justin_holmes_4814-2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/600+web_justin_holmes_4814-2.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Holmes of the \/root grassroots technology cafe in New Paltz, photo by Eric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The iMac in this photo, which lives at the \/root cafe at 60 Main Street, New Paltz, is not running on OSX &#8212; it&#8217;s running on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a>, a version of Linux. The difference is that Linux is part of the open-source movement (an affiliation of programmers who develop programs based on one another&#8217;s work), whereas Apple&#8217;s official operating system software is proprietary. Technically you cannot revise, edit or share the programs that come with the computer (though people hack them).<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu defines itself as &#8220;an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office. Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Linux can run on anything; a Mac, a PC, PlayStation, certain cell phones, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxpromagazine.com\/Online\/News\/130-mph-Linux-Motorcycle\">motorcycle<\/a> and &#8212; according to Justin &#8212; certain cruise missiles. I see a conversation has started about this; I&#8217;ve written to Justin to get him on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iMac in this photo, which lives at the \/root cafe at 60 Main Street, New Paltz, is not running on OSX &#8212; it&#8217;s running on Ubuntu, a version of Linux. The difference is that Linux is part of the open-source movement (an affiliation of programmers who develop programs based on one another&#8217;s work), whereas &#8230; <a title=\"\/root grassroots technology cafe\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/root-grassroots-technology-cafe\/\" aria-label=\"More on \/root grassroots technology cafe\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}