10.14.08
Posted in News Roundup at 8:12 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
GNU/Linux
- Linux takes a seat on Qantas’ new superjumbo
- Buntfu increases visibility for buyers and sellers of Linux PCs.
- The Bizarre Cathedral – 26
- Linux is not a ‘Bazaar’ and BSD is not a ‘Cathedral’
- ASUS iMac rival on pre-order, to hit $450 in US
- My Quick Ohio Linux Fest Recap
- Video and photos show Linux booting on the brazilian voting machines
Just 10 days ago, 130 million brazilian voters were turned into users of one of the largest Linux deployment worldwide: the 400,000 electoral sections in all of the 5,563 brazilian municipalities were running electronic voting machines, and the Linux kernel was running in all of them.
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Distributions
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Kernel Space
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Schools
- America’s Schools: Held Hostage by Microsoft
Schools in America are held hostage by Microsoft and are being choked one school at a time. We have allowed Microsoft and our State and Federal governments to force us into financing cycles that schools cannot afford.
- How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments
Imagine you are the minister of education of an impoverished country, with a limited budget to improve your schooling system. You realize the importance of computers in education, and also realize that failing to provide a proper IT infrastructure to your country’s youth would have a grave effect on your country for generations. You are not aware of such thing called “Open Source” what would happen? You would probably end up spending thousands on software to equip your school’s computers, and with the budget constraint, you will roll out only a fraction of the computers actually needed. This would put you in front of two options; either some schools get computers, or cramp 10 children in front of one computer.
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Notebooks
- Buying A Netbook? Think Linux
Compare this to Ubuntu Linux, which ships on Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks, among others. Ubuntu issues a major update every six months, and it guarantees support for each of these releases for at least 18 months. And unlike the XP-Vista upgrade path, it’s safe to assume that an Ubuntu update won’t instantly turn a perfectly serviceable PC into an overpriced space heater.
- Intel CEO: Linux to dominate MIDs
However, the Linux netbook genre received a boost this week when Dell started running its first major advertisements about a Linux-based system. According to a story from The VAR Guy, Dell started running multi-page newspaper ads specifically hawking its first Linux netbook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (pictured).
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Applications/Games
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Ubuntu
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Devices
F/OSS
Leftovers
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Andrew Y. Schroeder Shows That Patent Lawyers Are Sociopaths
Bully and law misuser is trying to get his way with foul language, intimidation, and sheer lack of professionalism
IBM-backed Book on 'Open Innovation'
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Joseph E. Stiglitz Criticises the Patent System
More critical words about the patent system and the way it is harming lives
Senator Schumer Should Focus on Software Patents, Leaving Patent Trolls (Side Effect) Aside
Reform in the USPTO and the US courts should focus on patent scope and not patent holders
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IRC Proceedings: May 12th, 2013-May 18th, 2013
IRC logs for May 12th, 2013 (and subsequent days until May 18th, 2013)
Microsoft Spin Regarding Skype Spying Does Not Withstand Scrutiny
Microsoft's response to allegations that Skype is spying on all users is full of holes
MPEG-LA Ruined the Licence of WebM, Made it Less Freedom-Respecting
The Microsoft-, Nokia-, and Apple-backed patent troll appears to have ruined the freedom assured by Google's multimedia format, which was previously made free only after public pressure
Microsoft-controlled Nokia is Lobbying to Enable Bans on Android Imports (Linux Phones as a Whole in Danger)
Nokia is shown lobbying for embargoes while it is also suing -- with limited success -- Android handsets makers
Courtroom and New Book Recognise That Software Patents Correspond to Mathematics and Mathematics Abused in Court
Important observations about the nature of computer-implemented 'inventions', or software patents
The Reality Distortion Field of Patent Lawyers Helps Impede Abolition of Software Patents
How widespread coverage and talking points from the tiny minority which is patent lawyers have contributed to biased and at times utterly distorted reporting on the subject of software patents around the world
Eugene Kaspersky Says Patents Harm Innovation
Some more criticism of the patent system and software patents in particular, courtesy of Eugene Kaspersky
UEFI Restricted Boot Good for Microsoft Agenda, Not for Security
News and analysis of UEFI 'secure boot' (lockdown), including the new role played by the Microsoft-funded SUSE
Anniversaries
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EFF, Newegg, and the Canadian Patent System All Take a Stance Against Software Patents
Hostility towards the practice of patenting software is seen in a nonprofit organisation, a corporation, and a government branch responsible for patenting
Microsoft's Fake 'Open Source' Front is "Pushing Software Patents" (Updated)
Microsoft's front group which pretends to support Free/Open Source software (FOSS) is using a guest post to entertain the idea of software patents inside Free/Open Source software
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Links for the day
More Android FUD From Former Microsoft Staff in CBS
New examples of anti-Android sentiments being spread by the Apple- and Microsoft-funded media conglomerate, CBS, which pays current and former Microsoft staff to act as "journalists"
Where Fear of FOSS Comes From
More Microsoft ties to some of the latest FUD about Free/Open Source software (FOSS)
Microsoft Skype Messaging Surveillance Not the Main Issue, Audio Recording (Bugging) and Computer Hijacking Are
Debates about the dangers of Skype focus on one of the least dangerous aspects of Skype
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