Links 05/12/2008: Red Hat Upgraded; IBM Takes on Microsoft, Using GNU/Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-12-05 11:02:51 UTC
- Modified: 2008-12-05 11:05:34 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Red Had (NYSE:RHT): Jeffco upgrade to Buy; Cisco relationship on tap?
- Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job?
There are a host of Linux certifications. They range from the high-end Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Novell's Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE ) to ones that are appropriate for entry-level Linux system managers, such as the Linux Professional Institute's entry-level LPIC-1. Each are meant to show that those who have them are Linux professionals of one level or another. How much help are they though when it comes from turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job?
- The LXF Benchmark: Desktop environments
- Utah company to market new software platform
Linux is a cheaper alternative than traditional commercial software such as Microsoft's Windows. CentralPointe also has put together a blend of open source and other software such as Google's free online programs to market to small businesses or larger ones that operate smaller offices in different locations.
- Slackware Approaches Stable 12.2 Release
- KDE 4.2: Codenamed Caterpillar, Promising a Butterfly
- Indian GNU/Linux advocate and independent FOSS consultant Raj Mathur (video)
- Is It Windows Or Linux Or Both?
- 10 common mistakes made by Linux users
- Boxee adds Netflix movie downloads
This Boxee enhancement also marks the first time Netflix instant downloads will be available to users of desktop PCs running Linux.
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Ubuntu
- Day 2: Getting everything I need for the perfect windows replacement
We will get into reviewing the programs that I installed in future posts. That's it for tonight, I have to say that I have had an incredibly fun time playing with Ubuntu. literally no hang-ups yet. I figured that I would spend the first few days ripping my hair out, but its been an absolute pleasure to use. At this point, Ubuntu beats Windows in user-friendliness hands down.
- Linux Comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
- The Big Ol' Ubuntu Security Resource
- Spectrum ZX81 case-modded into Ubuntu PC
This mod by Flickr user Unravelled smashes an entire Ubuntu PC into the chassis beneath the membrane keyboard of an old Spectrum ZX81, thanks to a wonderfully diminuitive VIA EPIA Pico-ITX motherboard. There's even four USB ports, video out and audio connectors. It makes me realize, though, that what I really want is for someone to take a ZX81, a Pico motherboard and add a screen, transforming the Spectrum in actuality into what it always has appeared to me to be: the world's first UMPC.
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Recent Techrights' Posts
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- When we get back we'll probably sort out some balloons and venue for the next party
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- Moving from a Content Management System (CMS, dynamic) to a Static Site Generator (SSG) was a wise decision that made life so much easier
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- Nobody is perfect, but imperfection does not instantaneously imply sinister intent
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- At times it seems like what we deal with are many weak patents (on algorithms), valuations or speculations based on hype ("hey hi"), and stocks held by Microsoft and its own staff
- "Internal Changes at Red Hat / IBM"
- It seems like quite a few people are leaving
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- Now some reports in French
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- Can Finland eradicate Windows from all its infrastructure, including core operations that are sensitive to sabotage by cracking?
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- The Web is quickly becoming devoid of any standards
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- the hype that Google News and The Register MS actively participate and profit from
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- Dr. Farnell should become an advisor to The Register MS
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- It used to have hundreds, according to Lupa
- Doing to Red Hat What They Already Did (and Still Do) to IBM
- there seems to be a drive to hire cheaper staff, and it may be led by somebody Red Hat hired from Microsoft
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- Gemini Protocol is still open; it cannot be hijacked or subverted because it's frozen by design and by intention
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- OSI is currently little but a PR/marketing agency of Microsoft
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- Something is definitely going on at Red Hat
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- I have no sympathy for people who call violence "free speech" and then get in trouble
- Condoning Violent Behaviour and "Free Speech"
- perhaps Microsoft Lunduke lost touch with what constitutes violence
- Takeaway From the Google Verdict: GAFAM Has Too Much Control (Even Over the US Government and Courts With Government Appointees)
- Many people feel disappointed but hardly surprised by the verdict
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in One Month
- As noted a few days ago, several times in fact, many people now recognise the importance of the FSF's mission, even if most people don't know what the FSF is
- "Voluntary" Layoffs at Microsoft (to Game the Numbers, Sugar-Coating a Crisis)
- "Employees interested have until the end of October to volunteer."
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- "People on LinkedIn Saying That They've Left Red Hat."
- We already saw signs of it a month ago and named some of the people
- Gone With the BRICs (or BRICS): "Linux 8" in Cuba
- GAFAM must be worried
- Telecompaper Reports Microsoft to Reduce the Workforce by Another 10% (in France)
- Imagine what this will do to staff's morale
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- For Microsoft, India is a runaway market
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- People need to call out The Register MS on its hypocrisy
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- slopfarms will lack an actual "engine"
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- It doesn't take thousands of pages to explain something simple
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- IRC will turn 40 in less than 3 years from now
- The UEFI 9/11 - Part V - This is Not a Drill (Disable "SecureBoot" Now)
- A "9/11" Coming
- There's No Obligation to Speak to Anybody
- The very fact that "bkuhn" is till spending time in social control media says a lot about his poor judgment
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Monday, September 01, 2025
- Microsoft Trying to Force People to Resign (Amid Mass Layoffs) a Strategy That Takes Its Toll
- Microsoft seems to be circling down the drain and the "final flush" will be the moment the "hey hi" (AI) bubble implodes completely
- Google Simply Cannot Be Trusted
- Only fools would trust GAFAM
- Admission That a Third Party (or Parties) Funds the SLAPPs Against Techrights
- This can end up costing them over a million dollars
- Modifying and Writing One's Own Computer Programs is Not a Crime (or: Google Proves That Stallman Was Right)
- We're generally gratified to see so many positive mentions of him
- Why We Stopped Publishing Videos (for Now)
- We'll probably get back to videos one day, but it's hard to say when or to what extent
- What Animal Rights Activism Teaches Us About Sympathy and Focus
- It's possible to believe that the planet is warming, that we must do something about it, and still eat eggs and butter
- When You Turn Web Sites About Tech Into Political Sites
- A lot of people fall into the trap of catering only for particular groups
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- “Sideloading” Never Killed Anybody
- There are many online discussions this week about the misnomer "sideloading"
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- Last year we had to assume a role we didn't have before: litigants
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- They all seem to be playing a role in crushing Software Freedom and self-determination for users