Custom laptops are now a reality... (2012)
This has been the case for some time, it seems. I was blissfully unaware of it.The last three laptops I’ve used for any sustained period of time have been: * Apple PowerBook G4 (2005-2007) * ThinkPad X60s (2007-present) * ThinkPad X201 (2011-present)My ThinkPad X60s, photographed in 2007 — yes, I am a super hacker..Of those two, the most annoying was by far the most recent ThinkPad. For years considered the best machine for desktop GNU/Linux, ThinkPads are actually getting pret
New GNU/Linux distro for the blind (2012)
Twenty years ago today, my friend Jonathan Nadeau was in a car accident and lost his sight, permanently. Jonathan is now a free software activist, who through his non-profit organization, the Accessible Computing Foundation, has released the first version of Sonar GNU/Linux, a custom version of Ubuntu with blind users in mind.