Links 08/05/2008: New Version of Zenwalk; The GNU/Linux Effect on Windows XP
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-06-08 11:13:42 UTC
- Modified: 2008-06-08 11:13:42 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Releases : Zenwalk 5.2 is ready !
The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is now available. In the 4 months since the last release many enhancements have been made. The Zenwalk GNU/Linux OS brings to its users both the latest stable software, a well polished Desktop and an ever-increasing software repository.
- Will Linux force Microsoft to give XP Pro more life?
- KDE at LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin
KDE was very busy at LinuxTag this year. We were present with two main booths - Amarok and KDE - and a whole bunch of talks within our own track. Additionally, Aaron Seigo gave a well-received keynote on Wednesday, painting a vibrant vision of the desktop in a mobile world, and the direction KDE is heading in.
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We're not a religion, so we can't have any fundamentalism, nor fundamentalists. "Open Source Fundamentalist" just doesn't make any sense.
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Open source is about to hit the cell phone industry hard.
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I then added the KDE desktop environment and was all set. My startup time is around 30 seconds and shutdown even less. I have the 3D Compiz Fusion running and everyone at work was really impressed by the speed and look. Texstar and crew really outdid themselves on this one. As of now, there is no way VISTA will ever be re-installed. The only thing I regret is that I had to pay for VISTA, and it counts as a sale for Microsoft. I wonder what the actual figures are for VISTA usage, and how many people have done what I did, and upgrade to Linux?
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So, where lies the difference? What is that one-great-thing which is tempting the users and developers to talk about Linux? Is it just the low acquisition cost and access to the source code?
NO!
Firefox
Leftovers
- Just what you asked for
Meanwhile, as ordered, fish installs the Windows server. It sits on top of a cabinet, plugged in and running. True, it's not actually connected to the network or being used for anything productive, but it's running.
And when the managers come in for a tour of the server room, they see their Windows server, are satisfied and never return.
"The box crashes once in a while — it's not actually doing anything, but it still crashes — so we just reboot it when we notice," fish says. "Since it's not officially monitored, it doesn't count in our downtime stats.
"Far as I know, it's still there, wasting electricity. But it's what they wanted."
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- It's not hard to see Ubuntu users resisting and antagonising this
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- Maybe some time soon we'll do a fund-raiser to help feed the birds
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- How much longer before 3,500+ active? A month?
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Comments
HumHo
2008-06-08 13:38:51
PitaGuy
2008-06-08 16:35:49
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just bitching...
PitaGuy
2008-06-08 16:36:16
:D
Dan O'Brian
2008-06-08 16:43:49
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-08 17:08:00
PitaGuy
2008-06-08 17:17:10
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-08 17:21:13
Victor Soliz
2008-06-09 03:39:44
I shall call it "argument from technical issue"
Dan O'Brian
2008-06-09 11:01:38
I find that particularly hilarious.
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-09 11:08:21
If you can refute what you believe to be FUD, please do. I actually find it interesting that you became reader of a site which you insist is so filled with information you cannot tolerate.
Hey, didn't you guys insist that Moonlight was 'safe' before the SFLC weighed in? I think we deserve an apology. :-)
Dan O'Brian
2008-06-09 11:24:31
They did the same thing for Mono, and once their lawyers took a look over it, they discovered it was fine.
Another reason to avoid shipping Moonlight right now is that it is unlikely that users have demanded it (Silverlight isn't that widespread - lets hope it stays that way).
If enough users demand Moonlight from Fedora/Red Hat - then I'm sure they'll have their lawyers take a look at it. And /that's/ when we'll know for sure whether Moonlight is safe or not.