Andrew Cullison

In this New York Times article, a business professor discusses one of the major issues he thinks Windows faces. My Summary: Windows is a piece-meal, monothilic OS based on 60s and 70s code dogma. It’s a Frankenstein OS. It’s basically 30 years of patching and unfinished quilt-work. His recommendation as a business professor to a [...]

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I’m still loving my switch to Ubuntu. I’m even making philosophy Ubuntu wallpapers. Now it looks like Richard Chapelle recently made the switch to Ubuntu. He’s got a list of possible downsides and concludes, the benefits seem to outweigh the costs. I agree. There is one downside that came up in the comments that I [...]

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It seems unfitting not to show a little love to Socrates with an Ubuntu Wallpaper. I had a more grand vision with this one. Right now it’s a little plain. I may come back to this one and fix it up, but some may like it just like this - so consider this version one. [...]

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I finished this wallpaper the day before Simon was born. I tried to get Peter Van Inwagen’s picture to be a bit pointy/dotty to represent the simples. Screen Shot Download Wallpaper [Click Here] Sometimes you don’t always want to have a face on your desktop. I’ve got some ideas for some philosophy wallpapers without faces. [...]

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I liked the Chisholm-One and Chisholm-Two wallpapers, but I’m still on my Ubuntu Philosopher Wallpaper kick. Here’s a David Lewis Ubuntu Wallpaper. Download Wallpaper [Click Here] Goldman Wallpaper (via Matthew Mullins) Matthew Mullins has a Goldman Wallpaper here. He also suggests that dearth of philosophy wallpapers need not be filled by restricting ourselves to  heroes. [...]

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Here’s another Chisholm/Ubuntu Wallpaper. It’s a bit more subtle than my first Chisholm wallpaper and fits the more traditional Ubuntu color scheme. Nevertheless, Chisholm is still being appeared to ubuntu-ly. Screenshot Download Wallpaper [Click Here] I’ve got some sweet David Lewis/Ubuntu wallpaper ideas. Next time I play around on GIMP you’ll be able to rock [...]

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Philosophers should have desktop wallpapers that represent their philosophical heroes, right? To make a long story short, I needed an excuse to play around with GIMP (the Linux open-source alternative to Photoshop). Making philosophy hero desktop wallpapers seemed like the perfect excuse. The result is one of the the nerdiest things I’ve ever done. I [...]

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Story here. In other news - I’m still loving the switch to Ubuntu and LaTeX.

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Last week, I posted about switching to Ubuntu. Many of those reasons are also reasons for colleges to switch to open source software. Universities spend lots of money each year on proprietary software (e.g., Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft Office Suites, Anti-virus software, Course Management software, and networking software.) Universities pay a fee per machine (often [...]

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I’ve decided that I’m switching to Ubuntu (Linux). I’m also switching to LatTeX. They are both awesome. Here are some reasons why. Ubuntu: Linux for Human Beings A while back, during my open access rants, Jeremy predicted (in this post) that I would become a Linux user soon. Jeremy, it seems, is a bit of [...]

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