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.
- Five Ways for Windows Users to Test Drive GNU/Linux
- Horny for Ubuntu 8.10: first look at Intrepid Ibex
- 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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- This matter is now being escalated to law firms
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- bringing up the topic is the real problem, diversity itself is a taboo subject
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- the "market share" is assessed to be around 5%
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- significant growth for GNU/Linux in Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia
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- People in their 50s seem to be targeted as they are considered "expensive"
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- Breeding ignorance means people will assume they have a choice between two pieces of trash: "Nige" or a literal trash can
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- Microsoft is Down
- This relates in a timely fashion to what we published yesterday
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- XBox has never been closer to profitability
- Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties
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- Japan is the same for similar reasons
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- We won't be linking to it anymore
- Feeding 'the Children'
- Maybe some time soon we'll do a fund-raiser to help feed the birds
- Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1%
- Now it's at over 5%
- We Need More Transparency
- Our heads of state are very much aware of and concerned about SLAPPs and censorship
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- Another week has begun
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- "IBM is a Law firm with an I/T department."
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- AFR wrote an article today. It is about Pocock and another contender.
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- 4.5+ million requests in 4 days
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- GNU/Linux has more than doubled
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- How much longer before 3,500+ active? A month?
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- Stigma of Being Laid Off by Microsoft
- One might call this the "curse" of having worked for Microsoft
- Silent Layoffs (PIPs) Have Allegedly Accelerated Since IBM's Stock Cratered
- "IBM is Managing Decline, Not Building Growth"
- Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster
- RIP, Fedora?
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- home of IKEA and ABBA
- Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility
- It's not hard to see Ubuntu users resisting and antagonising this
- Maintenance Today
- Preparing for more mass-publication activities
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- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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- The chatbot/LLM speculation bubble not only causes a health crisis, a mental health epidemic, and climate change; it's also crashing the economy on several levels
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