Links 22/07/2008: GNU/Linux in Macedonian Schools, Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Approaching
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-07-22 20:57:12 UTC
- Modified: 2008-07-22 20:57:12 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Macedonia and Ubuntu
Two years later, in 2007, Macedonia became one of the few countries to roll out, en masse, Ubuntu throughout the educational system.
- We Want A Dead Simple Web Tablet For $200. Help Us Build It.
- IBM nears a decade of Linux and open source
After nearly a decade of active involvement in open source, IBM's commitment to Linux is broad and deep, said Inna Kuznetsova, the director of IBM Linux strategy &ndash. This vision of IBM's rapport with Linux is shared by most, but not all, IBM observers.
- Kernel Log: No unstable series; Linux 2008.7; dealing with security fixes
He does not want to simply drop the 2.6 prefix – he and others do not like such high version numbers. That is why he is considering a model that roughly corresponds to the year and month – Linux 2.6.26 might then be called 2008.7.
- Ubuntu for business
IT’S shaping up to be an exciting year for Ubuntu, the Linux distribution that can knock the socks off Windows Vista and free your company from expensive software licenses.
- Debian Project News - July 21st, 2008
Luk Claes sent a release update regarding the upcoming stable release Debian 5.0 Lenny. An important part is, that starting with next week, the transition of packages from the unstable to the testing branch will be frozen to concentrate on: fixing the remaining bugs.
- Killing the Desktop Metaphor with GNOME
The desktop metaphor as we typically know it reproduces some of the concepts of the real world, which brings its share of drawbacks. While GNOME still uses this metaphor by default, we can, however, customize it to fulfill more efficiently the needs of the increasingly complex information flow that we experience on a daily basis.
- what is KDE?
whenever people ask me that question, I have trouble answering. what is KDE? it’s not just a desktop environment any more, not by a long shot. it’s a whole universe of software projects (one of which is a desktop environment).
F/OSS
Standards, Monopolies
Censorship Laws Via the "War on Child Porn" Excuse/Lie
Windows
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Microsoft's 'Lawsuit Diplomacy' (SLAPPs Riding UK Libel Law and Piggybacking UK GDPR, Inapplicable!) Will Only Give a Worse Image to Microsofters (and Microsoft), Give Exposure to Even More Suppressed Facts and Scandals
- Microsoft came to dominate some sectors because of (or owing to) crimes; Microsoft won't just go away without some more crimes.
- Five (or Three) Years Without Social Control Media
- Glyn Moody quit X (Twitter)
- Why GNU/Linux is Growing
- There's growing interest in GNU/Linux right now because people do not fancy buying a new PC just to 'upgrade' (more spying) Windows
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- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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- So Microsoft now values (or prices) Vista 11 at just $140?
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- Modern technology not only blurred the gap between "functions" of rooms
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- Moving from Microsoft to Google is not the answer
- Microsofters Say They Cannot Find a Job (That They Want) Because of Techrights, But Techrights Merely Reported on Their Behaviour
- Quit pointing the finger at people who are recipients of abuse or merely mention the abuse
- Free Software and Standards - Not Marketing Blitz - Needed Amid Growing Severity of Dependency on Hostile Suppliers (or Another Country's Sovereignty)
- ZenDiS can be described as the "Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration"
- When It Comes to the Web, Google is Evil and It Destroys the Web's Integrity With LLM Slop
- Even academia, which is meant to keep standards high, is being lured into LLM slop
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing
- This isn't the "old" IBM; they're applying pressure by confusion and humiliation
- Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Role of Language and Back to Mutt for E-mail
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- "Sayonara" (さよなら), Microsoft
- Windows had fallen below iOS in some countries
- Links 18/04/2025: Layoffs at Microsoft Infosys and Qt Becoming Increasingly Proprietary (Plus Slop)
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- Google News is Dying
- treating MElon's algorithmic/biased site as a source of verified news
- Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What?
- It would be utterly foolish to assume that Microsoft has any intention of changing
- All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype)
- If you have code you wish to share and keep, then start learning how to do so on your own
- To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship)
- Do not let media steal and steer the narrative; CoCs are not about "social justice", they're about corporate domination
- Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM
- Fedora used to be very strict compared to many other distros and it had attracted very bright volunteers
- Microsoft is Still Attacking GNU/Linux and the Net
- Microsoft bribed the government using money that did not even exist
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