Links 02/06/2008: KDE Report and Screencast, Asustek and GNU/Linux in the News Again
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-02 14:22:01 UTC
Modified: 2008-06-02 14:22:01 UTC
GNU/Linux (General)
A safe internet system
In my opinion, Linux is much more secure than any Windows system. But with the technical sophistication of hacks increasing and taking into account the technical skill level of the average computer user, you really have no certainty that any system has not been compromised.
Ulteo Virtual Desktop: Running GNU/Linux in Windows
2008 is shaping up to be the year that GNU/Linux hit the Windows desktop. Already the year has seen the first working version of the KDE Windows project, Wubi, which installs Ubuntu to an existing Windows filesystem, and LiveUSB Creator, a wizard for installing the Fedora distribution to a flashdrive from within Windows.
Screencast: Showing Off KDE 4.1
KDE 4.1, which is supposed to become the KDE4 version usable by 'normal' people, is coming at the end of July. When Ars reviewed the beta release, they were positive in that it was moving forward at an "extraordinary pace".
KDE e.V. Quarterly Report 2007Q3/Q4 Now Available Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue93 Don't buy any download accelerator
Downloading OpenOffice in a handful of minutes instead of half an hour and saturating your 5Mbit ADSL link? Great. Doing so without having to spend a dime. Priceless!.
GNU/Linux Laptops
GNU/Linux Distributions
Free Software/Open Source
Sharjah school dumps high-cost software for open-source applications
John Nash, network manager and head of ICT for SIA, said: "This academic year, rather than using proprietary software, what we've done is be slightly different and use things like the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) instead of Photoshop, Scribus for desktop publishing and InkScape, which is a full, scalable vector graphics program."
Yes, I'm Free, Said The Open Source Software Idea Andrew Keen on New Media
The peer-to-peer production of open-source information is increasingly becoming mainstream. Even traditional knowledge companies are integrating Web 2.0 tools like wikis, podcasts and blogs into their business and media strategies.
First Look: OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Windows
In this article, we take a look at getting the latest OpenOffice.org 3.0 developer build up-and-running for Windows XP.
firefox fastest growing browser in may Firefox 3: A Safari User’s Review IcedTea Bridges Open-Source Gap with OpenJDK Award for Open Source Application for Analysing Health Data Open Source for Open Systems – Follow up to ConnectivityWeek T2K Open Supercomputer Systems with Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors Now in Operation GPL Project Watch List for Week of 05/30 Firefox 3: Is this really Free Software?
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Recent Techrights' Posts
Our Three Lawsuits Against Microsofters Are About to Become a Lot More Relevant to GNU/Linux The Master will easily understand why Garrett has been attacking me since 2012
Slop Is Not Intelligence and It Does Not Enhance Productivity Like voice dictation, which cannot tell the difference between "sheet" and "shit"
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has a New Slogan for Its 40th Anniversary The freedoms are what's most important
Microsoft is Trying to "Pull a Nokia" on GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform We all remember that rather well, don't we?
LLM Slopfarms gbhackers.com, "Cyber Press" and CyberSecurityNews Are Drowning Google News (and Shame on Google for Feeding and Facilitating Them) All are run by the same people
Links 23/07/2025: Droplets GUI Patent Monopoly Challenge, Nokia Leverages Illegal Patent Court Against Rivals Links for the day
Gemini Links 23/07/2025: Community in Geminispace and Challenges With Old Computers Links for the day
Links 23/07/2025: Slop Patents Tackled, Slop Copyright Misuses Tackled by Politicians Links for the day
Links 23/07/2025: Retreating From Transparency on Jeffrey Epstein, We No Longer Have Press Freedom Links for the day
Gemini Links 23/07/2025: Piano and Food Links for the day
New and Old On Ageism in Tech
EPO Crimes Are Spreading to the British Court System Society is now paying the price for failing to tackle crimes at the EPO
It's Time to Dump SharePoint and Here's What to Use Instead Nextcloud, ownCloud, Bookstack, MediaWiki, and MediaGoblin
Over at Tux Machines... GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 IRC logs for Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Brett Wilson LLP Has Gone Silent Sometimes silence says more than nothing at all
Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Planet Ubuntu, and LinuxTechLab some slopfarms show no remorse and they don't value their reputation at all
Links 23/07/2025: Book Bans, Storms, and Kangaroo Court for Patents Commits More Unlawful Acts of Overreach Links for the day
Gemini Links 22/07/2025: Thinkpad and Pinephone Links for the day
Links 22/07/2025: "Blog Restart" and Microsoft Clobbered by “ToolShell" Links for the day
Global Warming and Global GAFAM Energy-Wasting Burn more money (borrowed, loans), then hope the waste will somehow translate into profit?
No Compliance With the European Patent Convention (EPC) at the European Patent Office (EPO) It's about preventing competition against this autocracy
Blue-Collar Trolls vs White-Collar Trolls Examples of white-collar trolls
Apple Vision Pro Failed So Badly That Its Sales Are About 2,000 Times Smaller Than iPhone Sales What's left for Apple to offer other than hype?
To Millions of People "Year of the Linux Desktop" Was Some Time in the 1990s (Bootable GNU/Linux as a Complete Operating System is Over 33 in Age) In some sense, "year of the Linux desktop" was 33 years ago
Make No Assumptions (or Demands) About the Screen Resolution Used by Other People There are usability aspects, aside from accessibility aspects
Why Wayland (and XWayland) Won't Solve the Key Problem It Proclaims to be Tackling (the Same Is True for Rust) The problem isn't Wayland per se but the false promises and efforts to force everybody to move to it whilst insulting or demonising everyone who won't play along
They Don't Tell Us that 'Digitalisation' (Now Sold as "Hey Hi") Just Means Customers Become Unpaid Staff and Are Made Accountable People are being conditioned to associate technology with something undesirable, at times even unbearable
Diplomatic Immunity Should Not Exist for Anybody The EPO in its current form gradually 'normalises' the end of European democracy
Brett Wilson LLP Stopped Sending Me Papers When I Showed It had Sent Me Over 5 Kilograms of Legal Papers A week ago we lodged our third lawsuit
Microsoft Mass Layoffs and Shutdowns Became the New Normal at Microsoft Microsoft mass layoffs became a topic of everyday media coverage since May
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Has Layoffs and Microsoft Gaming/Entertainment Division Has an Uncertain Future it's good to see all those horrible things crashing and burning
Over at Tux Machines... GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 21, 2025 IRC logs for Monday, July 21, 2025
FSF "Raised Almost $139,000 During This Summer Campaign" "Thank you for making a stand against dystopia!"
Gemini Links 22/07/2025: VPS Exploited and Fear of View Links for the day
LLM Bots vs Techrights Slows things down a bit
New Publication Sheds Lights on Abuse of Workers at the European Patent Office (EPO) Put in simple terms, they're killing the Office, harming remaining staff, try to hire rubber-stampers
Links 21/07/2025: Hardware, Health, and Imperialism Links for the day
Gemini Links 21/07/2025: "When Buying Isn't Owning" and "CMS Special Edition" Links for the day
Links 21/07/2025: Indie Web and Toxic Politics Links for the day
[Meme] Microsoft Lawyers Throwing Stones in Glass Houses threatened me with bankruptcy
Google "AI Overview" is Not AI and Not Overview do not be misled; what Google does isn't smart, it's just ripping off the sites it already crawled for as long as 27 years
Making the Case to Dump Microsoft and GAFAM for National and Digital Sovereignty "Sovereignty is difficult"
The Tactics of the Opposition (Microsoft Lunduke): Associate With K00ks, Throw in Vaccines to Muddy the Water Who stands to gain from this?
Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO) and Largest Patent Monopoly Office Needs More Transparency, Not Less Transparency In the EPO, what good are elections when one candidate literally bribes all the voters?
How Not to Report News About Microsoft This pattern of misreporting is so widespread that it's hard to believe it's not intentional
Computer Science is Under Attack, They Want Everyone to be a Consumer If people can no longer acquire Computer Science education and real Computer Science experience, they will not know how to control their own digital destiny or emancipate the very same universities that now control the syllabus and instead of teaching Computer Science encourage the outsourcing of systems
The Best Tools Are the Simplest Tools There's a hidden message here about the merits of sticking with X
Ofcom Online Safety Group Speaks of Protecting Women Online, Will Brett Wilson LLP Ever Listen? They've essentially became like the Taliban's "burka police"
Social Control Media Relies on Advertisers, So It'll Always Be Hostile Towards Free Software Sales, sales, sales
Over at Tux Machines... GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 20, 2025 IRC logs for Sunday, July 20, 2025
Fragmentation of Data Life is too short to "hoard" data
In Defence of "Spinning Rust" Just because something is "old" (or older) doesn't mean it ought to become extinct
Using Free Software to Prepare Legal Documents LibreOffice is openly complaining about OOXML as an obstacle
Tech and Technology Are Not the Same Anymore "Are you into tech, Sir?"
Our Articles About SLAPPs Receive Recognition and Interest This week we shall continue writing about the 3 lawsuits we filed
