Links 05/08/2008: Many More GNU/Linux Laptops, Mobile Devices
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-08-05 15:37:54 UTC
- Modified: 2008-08-05 15:37:54 UTC
Mobility
Laptops/UMPCs
ASUS/Eee
GNU/Linux
- Free Software in the Stores
- Vyatta Enterprise Router Runs Linux
- Operating free software down on planet Earth ...
Ubuntu was pitted against the industry titans — Apple’s OS X and Microsoft Windows Vista. None of the computers were successfully hacked on day one. But by day two, the Mac had fallen victim to an attack and by day three, the Windows computer. Only the laptop running Ubuntu was intact by the end of the contest.
- The technophobe sister and Xubuntu project.
5 weeks have passed and the machine has not been rebooted other than for system (kernel) updates. Normally by this time I would have done at least a couple clean up jobs and possibly one OS re-install because of those 2 and they’re online shenanigans.
She uses gmail just fine, she watches youtube just fine. She figured out on her own how to burn a cd and she’s synced her ipod with photo’s take with her digital camera. She has not had a problem with any of her online bill paying. She has edited her MS Word resume and submitted to another company where she recently landed a nicer job with OpenOffice Writer.
Best of all. I haven’t received one single solitary phone call on the computer NOT working. Not one.
- First Look - Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r1
Parsix is a nice solid little distro, but I'm finding it difficult to list one hard compelling reason why someone should switch to it. If you prefer the Persian language and keyboard, then Parsix is definitely for you. If you'd like a nice Debian derivative with a pretty GNOME desktop that works good, comes in one CD, and uses APT/Synaptic, then perhaps give Parsix a try.
For someone with Linux experience the installer is user-friendly, but for someone coming straight from Windows it may not be. However, the system is as easy to use as any other. It has handy features and applications, and the Parsix software repositories have lots more.
- Slackware vs Ubuntu: Old vs New
Slackware is a old linux distrobution that is very powerful, customizable, and fast.
It runs on a fairly new 2.6 kernel, KDE 3.5.9 and it uses pkgtools as its package manager...
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Ubuntu is a very user-friendly, gnome based linux distrobution. It has a great userbase and theres plenty of tech support for it too. It’s a great linux distro for someone who doesn’t like messing with Linux too much.
- CG Linux supports multicore MIPS64
- RedPost announces next phase of it's Ubuntu-based DIY hardware platform
- Linux rescues KVM rack gear
KDE
- KDE 3.5.10 to be released in August
KDE 4.1 was released just days ago, but the KDE team already prepares the next release for August: KDE 3.5.10. While there won’t be any new features in it it will contain many bugfixes.
- KDE 4.1 adoption seems high
KDE 4.1.0 was released this very same week and already 17% of Konqueror users of the last month to my blog are using Konqueror 4.1, seems quite high to me
- KDE 4.0 Style Theme for Firefox 3.0
Konqueror as a web browser still unfortunately lags quite a way behind Firefox in terms of compatibility. For that reason, many KDE users stick with Firefox, despite the poorer integration between the desktop environment and the browser.
- a brief history of beauty in kde 4
At the end of March in 2005 a bunch of people (15, if I recall correctly) gathered for an ad-hoc meeting in Berlin, Germany. There were artists, usability experts, developers, business managers and users. We all had one thing in mind: the future of KDE.
- Mandriva 2009 Beta 1 Brings You KDE 4.1
F/OSS
- Drizzle plans to wash away DBMS past
The open development model has also helped to define the development technology and tools used to build Drizzle. The code is licensed under the GNU GPLv2 and Aker insists that development should be based on a GNU tool chain. The core development is based on C99 and Posix.
As a result of adopting a GNU tool chain, Drizzle will only be available for Posix based operating systems. Currently these include Linux (Fedora), Solaris Express and Mac OS X.
- Ballmer makes McCain look bright when it comes to technology
Rights
Opposition
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Microsoft: Our "Goodwill" Gained Over 51 Billion Dollars in the Past Nine Months Alone, Now "Worth" as Much as All Our Physical Assets (Property and Equipment)
- The makeup of a Ponzi scheme where the balance sheet has immaterial nonsense
- FSFE (Ja, Das Gulag Deutschland) Has Lost Its Tongue
- Articles/month
- Ian Jackson & Debian reject mediation
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- How to get selected for Outreachy internships
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- Lucas Kanashiro & Debian/Canonical/Ubuntu female GSoC intern relationship
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- Pranav Jain & Debian, DebConf, unfair rent boy rumors
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- Links 27/04/2024: Kaiser Gave Patients' Data to Microsoft, "Microsoft Lost ‘Dream Job’ Status"
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 27/04/2024: Sunrise Photos and Slow Productivity
- Links for the day
- Almost 2,700 New Posts Since Upgrading to Static Site 7 Months Ago, Still Getting More Productive Over Time
- We've come a long way since last autumn
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 26, 2024
- IRC logs for Friday, April 26, 2024
- Overpaid lawyer & Debian miss WIPO deadline
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- Brian Gupta & Debian: WIPO claim botched, suspended
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- Microsoft's XBox is Dying (For Second Year in a Row Over 30% Drop in Hardware Sales)
- they boast about fake numbers or very deliberately misleading numbers that represent two companies, not one
- [Meme] Granting a Million Monopolies in Europe (to Non-European Companies) at Europe's Expense
- Financialization of the EPO
- Salary Adjustment Procedure at the EPO Challenged
- the EPO must properly compensate staff in order to attract and retain suitably skilled examiners
- Links 26/04/2024: Surveillance Abundant, Restoring Net Neutrality Rules (US)
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/04/2024: uConsole and EXWM and stdu 1.0.0
- Links for the day
- Red Hat Corporate Communications is "Red" Now
- Also notice they offer just two options: MICROSOFT or... MICROSOFT!
- Links 26/04/2024: XBox Sales Have Collapsed, Facebook's Shares Collapse Too
- Links for the day
- Albanian women, Brazilian women & Debian Outreachy racism under Chris Lamb
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- Microsoft-Funded 'News' Site: XBox Hardware Revenue Declined by 31%
- Ignore the ludicrous media spin
- Mark Shuttleworth, Elio Qoshi & Debian/Ubuntu underage girls
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- Karen Sandler, Outreachy & Debian Money in Albania
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- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 25, 2024
- IRC logs for Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Links 26/04/2024: Facebook Collapses, Kangaroo Courts for Patents, BlizzCon Canceled Under Microsoft
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/04/2024: Music, Philosophy, and Socialising
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Claims "Goodwill" Is an Asset Valued at $119,163,000,000, Cash Decreased From $34,704,000,000 to $19,634,000,000 and Total Liabilities Grew to $231,123,000,000
- Earnings Release FY24 Q3
- More Microsoft Cuts: Events Canceled, Real Sales Down Sharply
- So they will call (or rebrand) everything "AI" or "Azure" or "cloud" while adding revenues from Blizzard to pretend something is growing
- CISA Has a Microsoft Conflict of Interest Problem (CISA Cannot Achieve Its Goals, It Protects the Worst Culprit)
- people from Microsoft "speaking for" "Open Source" and for "security"
- Links 25/04/2024: South Korean Military to Ban iPhone, Armenian Remembrance Day
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 25/04/2024: SFTP, VoIP, Streaming, Full-Content Web Feeds, and Gemini Thoughts
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- Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly and mintCast
- the latest pair of episodes
- [Meme] Arvind Krishna's Business Machines
- He is harming Red Hat in a number of ways (he doesn't understand it) and Fedora users are running out of patience (many volunteers quit years ago)
- [Video] Debian's Newfound Love of Censorship Has Become a Threat to the Entire Internet
- SPI/Debian might end up with rotten tomatoes in the face
- Joerg (Ganneff) Jaspert, Dalbergschule Fulda & Debian Death threats
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- Amber Heard, Junior Female Developers & Debian Embezzlement
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- [Video] Time to Acknowledge Debian Has a Real Problem and This Problem Needs to be Solved
- it would make sense to try to resolve conflicts and issues, not exacerbate these
- Daniel Pocock elected on ANZAC Day and anniversary of Easter Rising (FSFE Fellowship)
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- [Video] IBM's Poor Results Reinforce the Idea of Mass Layoffs on the Way (Just Like at Microsoft)
- it seems likely Red Hat layoffs are in the making
- Ulrike Uhlig & Debian, the $200,000 woman who quit
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- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- IRC logs for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day