Links 30/06/2008: GNU/Linux in Acer's Laptops, IBM's Supercomputer, and Russia's Schools
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-06-30 22:30:44 UTC
- Modified: 2008-06-30 22:30:44 UTC
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- Acer launches $500 Atom-powered Linux mini-note
Aspire One sports Intel’s Atom processor, an 8.9in screen and a $99 cashback deal on its $599 (Linux) and $699 (Windows XP) sticker price
- The Russian schools Linux pilot goes nationwide
The project, if successful, may be the first step towards large-scale migration of Russian secondary education instutitions and, consequently, of the other state agencies to Free Software as President Medvedev stated last year (Russian) while being the First Deputy Prime Minister.
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- X-Rite and Caldera Announce First Ever i1iO Automated Chart Reader for Linux
- IBM supercomputer boosts cancer research
The IBM System Cluster 1350 supercomputer includes 1,344 processor cores in a Linux cluster running at 12.5 teraflops (trillion calculations per second) with 150TB of storage, making it one of the fastest research clusters north of the US border.
- Linuxy Declarations of Independence
It's almost the Fourth of July, and few things represent the freedoms we enjoy as Americans more than open source software. Now, if only the proprietary world would open up their drivers, quit violating the GPL and abandon copy protection, we'd all be a lot happier.
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- "There is someone who created a project used by billions; I failed to create project used by billions, so I'll take down someone who did"
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- Free software is licensed to restrict privatisation and hoarding
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- Hardware Shortages If 'Hot' Conflict Spreads to Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan
- except many "supply chain" shortages
- Hate Crimes and Cybercrimes
- Not agreeing with us on software issues is one thing; that does not justify committing crimes against us
- A Classic Example of Concern Trolling
- Embrace reason
- [Meme] Chipzilla's Arrogance (False Assumption That the Customer Will Accept Every Customer-Hostile Addition)
- "Maybe you can remove the M.E.? Please?"
- More Love, Less Greed
- The Free software movement is inherently about sharing
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- "I saw a link with many 'likes' on it, so it must be accurate"
- IBM: RMS Asked a Girl on a Date. We at IBM Are Bribing and Receiving Bribes. Cancel RMS.
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- We've seen this and been through all this before
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- Making defective chips for a number of decades was sheer Hubris; they just assumed people would continue buying Intel machines forever
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- [Meme] When Hatred (or Envy) Comes First
- A lot of attacks on Torvalds and Stallman (Linux and GNU founders, respectively) fall under this category
- What "Ethical Source" Looks Like in Practice
- People ban people or deny them service (or prevent them running a program) for merely not agreeing with them
- The State of GAFAM and the I's (IBM and Intel)
- Technology and "tech giants" will continue to exist, but they won't be what they once were
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- [Meme] Your Negative Energy Only Makes Him Stronger
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- Even seven, based on his front page today
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- Rebuttals are appearing online, including analysis of the underlying methods and why they backfire on the perpetrators (as they did back in 2021)
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