Links 15/07/2008: NEC Embraces GNU/Linux, FCC Rejects Vista
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-07-15 18:47:42 UTC
- Modified: 2008-07-15 18:47:42 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Linux Kernel Development Stats from Greg Kroah Hartman
- Modularity Gets Down to Business
- The strength of Linux is in it's flexibility
- Too many Linux distributions?
In the end, there isn’t any advantage to having only one dominant Linux distribution either. Yes, new users wouldn’t be confused and there would be only one way to install software, making it easier for package maintainers. But what would be the point? To lure in new users? To take on Windows and OS X? Why? There’s this feeling among some people that Linux HAS to grow, that it HAS to become the dominant OS, because it’s (arguably) so much better. I don’t agree. It would be nice if some people knew that the answer to their virus-ridden problems is freely available, but that’s all. Otherwise, let people use what they’re happy with.
- Linux guru? then switch to Arch Linux!
- Dang, Darn, Damn Small Linux!
- Installing Gentoo 2008.0 Live CD
It certainly doesn’t require much specific knowledge of Gentoo or how it works, but neither is it for the faint hearted.
A significant body of previous Linux experience is expected, as you’ll be on your own with respect to key concepts, such as partitioning, packages and users.
Ubuntu
KDE
F/OSS
Applications
Devices
- NEC launches embedded Linux
Similar to the Splashtop embedded Linux OS developed by Asus but with a security-oriented thrust, the hypervisor – known as HyperCore – will be able to take advantage of virtualisation extensions built in to the latest generation of Intel chips in order to run at full speed without impacting the performance of the main operating system.
- Linux Edges One Step Closer to Total World Domination
Microsoft told the world which desktop OS to use, and the business world listened. The innocent little Linux-based smartphone may change all that. As consumers become comfortable with Linux on handheld devices, they will likely influence decisions at their places of employment. This could be the beginning of the end of the Windows world as we know it, suggests LinuxInsider columnist Jeremiah T. Gray.
- MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition First to Comply with Three Key Specifications for Telecom Industry
Rights
Microsoft
Windows Botnets
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Microsoft Bankruptcy
- "Microsoft unit in Russia to file for bankruptcy, database shows"
- Techrights Does Not Compete With LLM Slop, It Exposes the Bastards, Plagiarists and Scammers Who Do That
- People like Scam Altman, still facing a lawsuit from his own sister for sexual abuse against her
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- Links 01/06/2025: Windows TCO, Openwashing, "It's FOSS" Still Promoting Microsoft
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- Gemini Links 01/06/2025: Simplification and Networks Everywhere
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- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 31, 2025
- IRC logs for Saturday, May 31, 2025
- Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge.
- So the bribes pay off ("slush fund") and the word spreads
- Slopwatch: Fake Text and Images, Financial Bubbles, and Scams in "Intelligent" Clothing
- Sometimes what they mean by "AI" is just cheap labour somewhere else, as we discussed in IRC a few hours ago
- Why Microsoft is Collapsing (Similar to What's Happening at IBM), As Insiders See It
- IBM seems like one heck of a mess
- Reliable Computing Means Free (Libre) Computing
- Sites that want to promote security ought to deal with the biggest issues
- Links 31/05/2025: US Court Orders Sides With RFE/RL, War Updates From Ukraine
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 31/05/2025: ARM Server and power_supply Subsystem
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- Links 31/05/2025: Slop Stigmatised as Disinformation, Catalyst/Driver of "Death of Communication"
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- Common Sense 101: Do Not Write Blog Posts Saying You Want to Murder Colleagues (or Yourself)
- Only crazy people would think stabbings are a joke
- Links 31/05/2025: Microsoft-Connected Builder.ai is a Fraud and US is Purging Students Based on Race/Nationality
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- Gemini Links 30/05/2025: Limmat, Doomscrollers, and Arguments Parsing
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- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 30, 2025
- IRC logs for Friday, May 30, 2025
- The "AI" (Slop) Bubble Already Popped, But It's Not an Overnight Collapse
- where Microsoft put its money
- No More Steven Astorino at IBM, Chatter About Weekly/Nonstop Layoffs at IBM
- What happened? Good luck guessing.
- Looking at Corruption in Europe, Going Beyond the EPO
- Expect a new series to kick off very soon
- Slopwatch: Security SPAM and LLM Slop for SEO and FUD Purposes, Perpetually Tarnishing the Perception of Linux and (Open)SSH Security
- A lot of this Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) comes from Microsoft and its LLMs
- Links 30/05/2025: Google's LLM Slop Pushers Are Killing Journalism and Shira Perlmutter Fails to Stop Bribed Regime From Legalising Plagiarism (in "AI" Clothing)
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- Links 30/05/2025: Offline Arts and "Threshold of Patience"
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- Signing Off Serious Lies With a Statement of Truth is No Joking Matter
- It's not hard to see what's happening here
- Links 30/05/2025: LLM Slop Already Ingests and Vomits Its Own Garbage, Facebook Exec Admits Copyrights a Concern Too
- Links for the day
- Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Result in More Whistleblowers From Microsoft
- Microsoft's predatory pricing is further
- Slopwatch: Planet Ubuntu Became LLM Slop and Some People Fail to See the Immorality of Plagiarism
- it lessens the incentive for people to publish real articles
- EPO Poll: 68% Dissatisfied With Quality of Slop (Wrongly Framed as "AI") for Patent Classification
- Slop does not work, it's just falsely advertised with extra hype (funded by slop pushers that sponsor the major media)
- Big Crowds Gather to Learn About Software Freedom From the Man Who Started GNU/Linux in 1983
- "It was a great success"
- Microsoft Layoffs Again in Bay Area
- Microsoft relies on people's false belief that being "in LinkedIn" will get you a job; well, seems like even working inside LinkedIn really sucks and you lose the job
- Gemini Links 30/05/2025: Fighting Against the Bad News, and Slop is Dehumanisation Disguised as "Intelligence"
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- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 29, 2025
- IRC logs for Thursday, May 29, 2025
Comments
Victor Soliz
2008-07-15 20:12:32
Roy Schestowitz
2008-07-15 20:15:07
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