Links 24/07/2008: Another Victory for the GPlL, More Ubuntu-based Del in the UK
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-07-24 21:27:18 UTC
- Modified: 2008-07-24 21:27:18 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Dell UK launches systems with preinstalled Ubuntu Linux
- PC with Windows XP can shift to Ubuntu
Ubuntu might be something that I may be interested in using, but I have Windows XP SPII and I was wondering if I would need to remove that from my computer in order to gain an advantage from Ubuntu, or if I could keep Windows on my computer.
- A Windows, Linux and OSx86 Capable Desktop Computer?
- The open source jobs boom
Demand for Linux server skills grew by only 18 percent -- but as you'd expect that segment has far more postings than any other. Similarly, JavaScript and Perl, which have been popular for some time, grew slowly but from a large base.
- Building an HPC Linux cluster has gotten simpler, Beowulf leader say
Donald Becker, an MIT grad who in the 1990s pioneered high-performance computing (HPC) with commodity components, returned to his alma mater recently to update the Boston Linux & Unix User Group (BLU) on the state of HPC and his work to make Linux clusters more powerful, more user-friendly and easier to manage.
- Review: Think small with Linutop 2
Shipped from Paris, the Linutop 2 costs $440 plus $40 for delivery and arrives in about a week. Linutop 2 will never be a performance PC for video editing, CAD or gaming, but is perfect for most office and personal uses that don't require Windows software. Neither too big, nor too small, Linutop 2 is just right.
- Ottawa Linux Symposium 10, Day 1
- Ubuntu Classroom #1 at Engineering Faculty
Saturday 19th, 7pm at Engineering Faculty Jember universty we made basic training about ubuntu. we made class in the night because many student have another class in the morning. in this clas we have 2 mentors, me and Ashadebi (from Debian Indonesia).
- Kernel Log: Centrino 2 WiFi driver iwl 5000 and webcam driver gscpa in Linux 2.6.27
- Happy 10th birthday, Mandriva Linux
Fedora
UNIX
Applications/Free Software
- Consonance: A lightweight GTK+ music player
- SuperTux, the Greatest Linux Game of All Time
If you ask my 3 year old son what's his favorite Linux game of all time, he would start hopping and say SuperTux in a loud and superhero-like voice.
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SuperTux is a highly addictive game that both young and old can truly enjoy. Kids will love it for its colorful graphics, easy game controls, and super cute penguin. The not-so-old will like SuperTux for its fast-paced action, secret levels, and super cute penguin. So why wait? Fire up that package manager of yours and go get SuperTux now!
- Introduction to Linux: Desktop Environments
You undoubtedly notice that, although the functionality seems to overall be similar (with a few minor exceptions), everything seems to use a different name and/or is in a different place. If you've explored more than one distribution, this may even seem to be the case between Linux distributions. I'll be covering the more mainstream desktop environments, as well as suggested programs to replace the ones you've come to rely on in Windows.
- 30 Gnome themes to enhance your Ubuntu experience
- Giving love to the Previewer
GPL
OSS
Symbian Failures in Wooing FOSS/Linux Developers
OSCON
Microsoft
- Microsoft's Online Woes Hint at Larger Vulnerability
"For the past two years, I've been totally confused about [the difference between] Windows Live, MSN and Windows," said Charlene Li, an independent technology industry analyst. "The messaging and product features don't pull together."
- Ballmer upset by Apple cart
He added that Microsoft “must continue to compete against Linux in key workloads such as web servers and high performance computing” in the business and enterprise space.
Recent Techrights' Posts
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Under Scrutiny Today in the British Government's Meeting, Grilled for Its Failure to Regulate Rogue Law Firms
- Things are not improving
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- The EPO's Attitude Towards Women and Media Silence on EPO Unrest
- There's media blackout about very critical matters
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Monday, April 13, 2026
- IBM Agrees With Microsoft That Slop is Just for "Entertainment" and "at Your Own Risk"
- So what can IBM sell now?
- Microsoft Windows "Market Share" in USA Down to 40% According to Government Sites or 31% Overall
- The world is changing, so do Americans
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 45 Out of 200: Garrett and Graveley Cases Inherently the Same, Their Legal Team Can Barely Even Distinguish (Full Timeline)
- "million-dollar men"
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
- Tens of Thousands of Days of Strike at Europe's Second-Largest Institution, Nobody in the Media Has Mentioned It
- Since the "extraordinary general meeting"
- SPAM That Mentions "AI" 16 Times (in "Security" Clothing, But Selling Back Doors), a Paid Placement in The Register MS
- This will doom the reputation of the publication, The Register MS
- At Least 23 Days of EPO Strikes
- Why does the media not deem this newsworthy?
- Links 13/04/2026: Impersonating ProPublica Reporter, More Attacks on the Press (Occupation With Little and No Compensation, Only High Risk)
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 12, 2026
- IRC logs for Sunday, April 12, 2026
- Gemini Links 13/04/2026: Freiburg, GUIX, and Announcing Satellite Antenna (SA)
- Links for the day
- Links 12/04/2026: Climate, Conflict, and Change in Hungaristan
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 12/04/2026: Passports, Science, and Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology
- Links for the day
- The Energy Crisis Will Likely Carry on and Kill the Slop Industry
- To the slop charlatans, "this is the end, my friend..."
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 44 Out of 200: Garrett and Graveley 'Copypasta' Sunday (Copy-Paste, Add One Word, Change 'T' to 't')
- recycling text
- EPO on Strike This Past Friday (All Major Sites), Massive Strike Continues Tomorrow
- strikes have trebled, not trembled, compared to last month (in Munich)
- Links 12/04/2026: SLAPPs Against Thai Journalists Who Expose High-Level Corruption, Maharlika (Philippines/Marcos) Threatens to Lawyer Up Against GAFAM to Demand Censorship of Critics
- Links for the day
- Racism and IBM
- at IBM and Red Hat people who are hard-working and proficient are now being fired based on their ethnicity and nationality (or either)
- When Cruelty is the Point (American SLAPPs in London, the United Kingdom, Europe)
- Consider the following
- Resistance to SLAPPs in the UK: Coalition Growing
- thankfully awareness of SLAPPs in the UK is improving
- Links 12/04/2026: Mass Rebellion Against Slop, UK Crackdown on Nudification by Slop
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 12/04/2026: "Objective Truth" and Flutter
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 11, 2026
- IRC logs for Saturday, April 11, 2026
- Red Hat: We Kill People, But Please Obey the CoC or We'll Banish You
- From Red Hat's own site
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Virginia
2008-07-25 09:36:03