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
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Recent Techrights' Posts
- Techrights Headlines as Semaphore
- "If you are hearing this, thank you"
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- Will we get back to science-based computing rather than cult-like following?
- 3 Months in 2025, 4 Waves of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Now Offices Shut Down Permanently
- "A recent visit by the South China Morning Post confirmed that the office was dark, unoccupied, and had its logo removed."
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- R.T.O. at IBM in Texas and Atlanta (State of Georgia) Expected as "Soft Layoffs" Catalyst This Coming Year
- It also sounds like more IBM layoffs are in the making
- Law Firms Can Also Lose Their Licence for Clearly Misusing It
- The bottom line is, never made the false assumption that because you can pile up SLAPPs in a docket you will not suffer from bad reputation or even get disbarred
- Link between institutional abuse, Swiss jurists, Debianism and FSFE
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- LLM Slop Piggybacking News About GNU/Linux and Distorting It
- new examples
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- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy
- The surveillance mafia that bans dissent or key people (even co-founders) with dissenting views
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- Phasing Out Vista 10 in Nations Where ~90% of Windows Users Still Rely on It
- Recipe for another Microsoft disaster
- The Cost of Pursuing the Much-Needed Reform/Shield Against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)
- “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
- The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It
- To inflate the bubble MElon is now doing the classic trick of buying from oneself for a fictional value
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Comments
Victor Soliz
2008-07-15 20:12:32
Roy Schestowitz
2008-07-15 20:15:07
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