Links 04/12/2008: GNU/Linux in China, ODF in Germany
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-12-04 13:00:42 UTC
- Modified: 2008-12-04 13:00:42 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Using Linux to Overcome Comcast's Policy of FUD
- Dell customer awarded Windows refund
Devir was not interested in the Windows Vista system on his Dell laptop, opting for Linux – an open source system – instead.
- Unix and Linux Troubleshooting E-Book
- You're Never Too Old For Linux!
- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
- How Windows Users are Changing Linux and What We Should Do About It
- Metastasis
- Tux on a Groom's Cake
- Opengear Extends Console Server Product Line to Include Comprehensive Power and Environmental Management
China
Kernel
- Linux 2.6.28-rc7
- Real World Benchmarks Of The EXT4 File-System
In Nexuiz, World of Padman, and Unreal Tournament 2004 to represent gaming on the Linux operating system, the results were virtually identical. To the Linux gamer, switching to EXT4 or XFS will not really mean much in the way of improved frame-rates. If though you deal with compressing files often, of the four file-systems tested, the best appears to be EXT4 or XFS. When it came to multimedia encoding, we cannot call a decisive winner. In our GnuPG encryption test, EXT3 was the fastest followed by XFS. However, in the Bork encryption test, EXT4 was the fastest followed by EXT3. EXT3 does still appear to have some advantages.
Graphics
Desktop Environments
Compatibility
Video
Sub-notebooks
Phones
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Distributions
- DSL - Damn Small Linux 4.4.10 review
As part of a survival toolkit, Damn Small Linux could be something of a saviour. Earlier this year, this writer used a previous release of the distribution to excise a couple of gigabytes of files from an otherwise-locked-down Vista installation, and while it didn't save the machine concerned from complete reinstall, it did rescue an awful lot of data. It did it with no fuss, utter simplicity and earned a lot of appreciation as a result.
- Gentoo, build it like Lego.
- Excelixis 1.0: A new workbench
Red Hat + Clones
Debian
Ubuntu + Derivatives
F/OSS
Leftovers
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Politicians Ought to Invite Dr. Richard Stallman and Prof. Eben Moglen to Speak About Policies, Licensing, Digital Sovereignty
- Is there something in Europe other than RMS' talk this coming Monday (that we're not yet aware of)?
- Good Explanation of Why IBM Has Chosen to Conceal Mass Layoffs (of 'Expensive' Staff) as "R.T.O." (Even For People Who Never Worked at the Office to Which They're Ordered to "Return")
- Many remaining IBM (or Red Hat) workers in Europe are in "cheaper" places such as Brno
- Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women)
- Whose terrible idea was it?
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- Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com), and Microsoft Misinformation, False Marketing
- Serial Sloppers
- Censored: Debian Zizian transgender vigilante comparisons in open source Linux communities
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 22, 2025
- IRC logs for Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Links 22/02/2025: OpenAI Plans to Possibly Abandon Microsoft, Facebook Doubles Execs' Bonuses While Sacking Thousands
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 22/02/2025: Weekend Chill and Programming Thoughts
- Links for the day
- Links 22/02/2025: Labour Department Investigates Microsoft Infosys Amid Mass Layoffs, Large Law Firms Caught Red Handed With LLM Slop (Defrauding Clients and Courts)
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 22/02/2025: Analog Stuff, Sigil, and SSGs
- Links for the day
- Microsoft's Market Share in Cameroon Falls to New Lows
- This means a lot of Android users (iOS is about 4 times smaller), but Android does not mean freedom
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, February 21, 2025
- IRC logs for Friday, February 21, 2025
- The Streisand Effect is Real
- So don't be evil. Also, don't strangle women.
- Links 21/02/2025: Linux Foundation Openwashing, Microsoft Copilot Goes Down
- Links for the day
- Links 21/02/2025: Doomscrolling and European Ham Radio Show
- Links for the day
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Proud to Host Free Software Talk by Richard Stallman
- ahead of Monday's talk
- Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Machine-Generated FUD (LLM Slop) From GBHackers, CybersecurityNews, and Guardian Digital, Inc (Google News Promotes Slop Plagiarism, Misinformation)
- Companies that lie try to drown out the signal with falsehoods
- Links 21/02/2025: TikTok Layoffs, WebOS Software Patents in Bad Hands
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 21/02/2025: Web Browsers, Mechanical Shortcuts, and Internet Hygiene
- Links for the day
- Richard Stallman 'Only' Founded the FSF
- there's no reason to be upset at the FSF for keeping their founder in the Board
- Techrights Disconnected From the United States Two Years Ago
- Did people really need to wait for the US government to become this hostile towards the media before recognising the threat?
- Before Trying Censorship by Extortion the Serial Strangler From Microsoft Literally Begged Us to Delete Pages
- This is very clearly just a broad campaign of intimidation
- Hype Watch: Weeks After Microsoft Disappointed Investors With "Hey Hi" It's Trying Some "Quantum" Hype (Adding Impractical Vapourware to Accompany This Hype and Even LLM Slop in 'News' Clothing)
- Remember "metaverse"? What happened to media hype about "blockchain" and "IoT"?
- Report About February Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Third Wave of Microsoft Layoffs in 2025) Comes Back From the Dead
- Yesterday we wrote about an article in CRN (reporting Microsoft layoffs) being removed without any reasons specified
- Links 21/02/2025: Myanmar Scam Centre and Disruptions at USPTO
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 20, 2025
- IRC logs for Thursday, February 20, 2025
Comments
stevetheFLY
2008-12-04 13:19:43
http://abisource.com/release-notes/2.6.5.phtml
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landofblind
2008-12-04 22:07:12
You should do more of that. Give it more space and importance. And less of the anti-Microsoft rhetoric.
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Roy Schestowitz
2008-12-04 22:13:45