Links 31/05/2008: Quick-booting Debian, Siemens Taps Linux and Much More
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-05-31 11:15:33 UTC
- Modified: 2008-05-31 11:15:33 UTC
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Comments
Shane Coyle
2008-05-31 17:04:18
I even tried to play a naughty file format, and just like ubuntu did once upon a time, I was presented a dialog explaining that codecs were required and their potential liabilities, then it offered to install them and then played my song (all on the live CD session).
Actually clearing space from that desktop machine now to install DeltaH permanently, and then some space to fiddle around with Builder and see what I can teach myself now.
Even if you just want to see what hardware is supported by current Free Software and not, the DeltaH Live CD is worth the download. It's truly impressive what a completely Free desktop can be; given the right hardware combinations, of course.
Roy Schestowitz
2008-05-31 17:10:16
LAC Now Shipping gNewSense 2.0 Systems (1 May 2008)
"gNewSense DeltaH was released today, and we are pleased to offer preconfigured Workstations, Portable Systems, ThinkCentres, Laptops, and Servers, as well as fully customized Core 2 Duo, Athlon 64, Xeon, and Opteron computers, preinstalled with the latest gNewSense GNU/Linux operating system. gNewSense is a GNU/Linux distribution that is listed as free by the GNU Project."
I'm not entirely sure if Joshua Gay is somehow behind the push for it.
Shane Coyle
2008-05-31 19:39:54
One thing I will note, since it comes up here often, is that Tomboy is in here and I believe it is a C#/Mono app, no? So, I'll assume that Mono is in here, and gNewSense is an FSF-approved distro.
Says something for the Mono project in terms of exposure to liability if the FSF is giving it the thumbs up for distribution, no?
Roy Schestowitz
2008-05-31 21:07:42
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/16/mono-cleanup/
Shane Coyle
2008-05-31 21:44:22
Anyhow, in a few days of tinkering I'll have created my 'fork' with KDE4.1 beta 1 as the default DE. somehow.
And, I don't use beagle or tomboy, so no Mono for me anyway. Always loved that about Gentoo, just USE="-gnome -mono" and that was all.
I have KDE4 on here, just a few clicks, but it isn't the new 4.00.80 or whatever that new release is, which I want to try.
I was thinking of calling it FOSSForUs, because in the config file I have to call 'my' distro something. Shanix seems cheesy...
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-01 03:48:03