Links 17/06/2008: GNU/Linux Minibooks in the UK, Android Saves Money
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-06-17 09:32:02 UTC
- Modified: 2008-06-17 09:32:02 UTC
GNU/Linux
- RM delivers Linux-fuelled Eee
Tim let slip that he could be breaking an NDA over the following information – there’s a €£25 price difference between the Linux version and the Windows XP. This came across that there’s an additional cost to customers from choosing the vole version over the penguin, but their product manager cleared this up later. The CEO was just referring to an internal cost for Asus and that’s all. RM will continue to offer the original Minibook models with Linux applied, just in case you were worried.
- 2D-Only Open-Source GTX 260/280 Support
This morning NVIDIA had unveiled the GeForce GTX 200 series and already NVIDIA's Aaron Plattner has committed support for these cards to the open-source xf86-video-nv driver.
- Amarok 2 Alpha - An Early Look at What's Going On
Currently, it's very obvious Amarok 2 is in the alpha phase. The major thing that changed is the interface, which looks nicer and more modern now, with the collection browser located in the left and the playlist itself located to the right side of Amarok's window.
- Linux-based telecom platform boasts in-service upgrades
- Debian Release Goals
Devices and Mobiles
Hybrids
F/OSS
Programming
Microsoft
Leftovers
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Politicians Ought to Invite Dr. Richard Stallman and Prof. Eben Moglen to Speak About Policies, Licensing, Digital Sovereignty
- Is there something in Europe other than RMS' talk this coming Monday (that we're not yet aware of)?
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- The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Microsoft
- A preliminary look at the timeline and what it tells us
- Links 23/02/2025: Democracy Backsliding and German Election
- Links for the day
- Joining APRIL(.org), AGM weekend, Paris, 15-16 March 2025
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 23/02/2025: Zuckerberg Despised, US Government Does Not Obey Judges, France Grapples With Terrorism
- Links for the day
- Links 23/02/2025: Apple Back Doors, Ukraine Updates, and Gemini Leftovers
- Links for the day
- Recent Improvements in Techrights
- minimalism works fine when the main goal is to relay information
- Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com), and Microsoft Misinformation, False Marketing
- Serial Sloppers
- Censored: Debian Zizian transgender vigilante comparisons in open source Linux communities
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 22, 2025
- IRC logs for Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Links 22/02/2025: OpenAI Plans to Possibly Abandon Microsoft, Facebook Doubles Execs' Bonuses While Sacking Thousands
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 22/02/2025: Weekend Chill and Programming Thoughts
- Links for the day
- Good Explanation of Why IBM Has Chosen to Conceal Mass Layoffs (of 'Expensive' Staff) as "R.T.O." (Even For People Who Never Worked at the Office to Which They're Ordered to "Return")
- Many remaining IBM (or Red Hat) workers in Europe are in "cheaper" places such as Brno
- Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women)
- Whose terrible idea was it?
- Links 22/02/2025: Labour Department Investigates Microsoft Infosys Amid Mass Layoffs, Large Law Firms Caught Red Handed With LLM Slop (Defrauding Clients and Courts)
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 22/02/2025: Analog Stuff, Sigil, and SSGs
- Links for the day
- Microsoft's Market Share in Cameroon Falls to New Lows
- This means a lot of Android users (iOS is about 4 times smaller), but Android does not mean freedom
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, February 21, 2025
- IRC logs for Friday, February 21, 2025
- The Streisand Effect is Real
- So don't be evil. Also, don't strangle women.
- Links 21/02/2025: Linux Foundation Openwashing, Microsoft Copilot Goes Down
- Links for the day
- Links 21/02/2025: Doomscrolling and European Ham Radio Show
- Links for the day
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Proud to Host Free Software Talk by Richard Stallman
- ahead of Monday's talk
- Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Machine-Generated FUD (LLM Slop) From GBHackers, CybersecurityNews, and Guardian Digital, Inc (Google News Promotes Slop Plagiarism, Misinformation)
- Companies that lie try to drown out the signal with falsehoods
- Links 21/02/2025: TikTok Layoffs, WebOS Software Patents in Bad Hands
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 21/02/2025: Web Browsers, Mechanical Shortcuts, and Internet Hygiene
- Links for the day
- Richard Stallman 'Only' Founded the FSF
- there's no reason to be upset at the FSF for keeping their founder in the Board
- Techrights Disconnected From the United States Two Years Ago
- Did people really need to wait for the US government to become this hostile towards the media before recognising the threat?
- Before Trying Censorship by Extortion the Serial Strangler From Microsoft Literally Begged Us to Delete Pages
- This is very clearly just a broad campaign of intimidation
- Hype Watch: Weeks After Microsoft Disappointed Investors With "Hey Hi" It's Trying Some "Quantum" Hype (Adding Impractical Vapourware to Accompany This Hype and Even LLM Slop in 'News' Clothing)
- Remember "metaverse"? What happened to media hype about "blockchain" and "IoT"?
- Report About February Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Third Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025) Comes Back From the Dead
- Yesterday we wrote about an article in CRN (reporting Microsoft layoffs) being removed without any reasons specified
- Links 21/02/2025: Myanmar Scam Centre and Disruptions at USPTO
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 20, 2025
- IRC logs for Thursday, February 20, 2025
Comments
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 13:35:07
www.spreadfirefox.com goes beelly up under the load !!!!
haha
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-17 13:39:09
It's the same with PCLOS and Ubuntu at times.
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 13:39:33
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 13:43:00
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Its 1 PM EST so guys stop spamming the website for god sake
Check the EST here. And NO bots - okkk
http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-17 13:44:23
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 13:53:07
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/firefox3/
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 14:13:33
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-17 14:21:30
PitaGuy
2008-06-17 17:16:39
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-17 17:32:19