Links 05/12/2008: Red Hat Upgraded; IBM Takes on Microsoft, Using GNU/Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-12-05 11:02:51 UTC
- Modified: 2008-12-05 11:05:34 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Red Had (NYSE:RHT): Jeffco upgrade to Buy; Cisco relationship on tap?
- Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job?
There are a host of Linux certifications. They range from the high-end Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Novell's Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE ) to ones that are appropriate for entry-level Linux system managers, such as the Linux Professional Institute's entry-level LPIC-1. Each are meant to show that those who have them are Linux professionals of one level or another. How much help are they though when it comes from turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job?
- The LXF Benchmark: Desktop environments
- Utah company to market new software platform
Linux is a cheaper alternative than traditional commercial software such as Microsoft's Windows. CentralPointe also has put together a blend of open source and other software such as Google's free online programs to market to small businesses or larger ones that operate smaller offices in different locations.
- Slackware Approaches Stable 12.2 Release
- KDE 4.2: Codenamed Caterpillar, Promising a Butterfly
- Indian GNU/Linux advocate and independent FOSS consultant Raj Mathur (video)
- Is It Windows Or Linux Or Both?
- 10 common mistakes made by Linux users
- Boxee adds Netflix movie downloads
This Boxee enhancement also marks the first time Netflix instant downloads will be available to users of desktop PCs running Linux.
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Ubuntu
- Day 2: Getting everything I need for the perfect windows replacement
We will get into reviewing the programs that I installed in future posts. That's it for tonight, I have to say that I have had an incredibly fun time playing with Ubuntu. literally no hang-ups yet. I figured that I would spend the first few days ripping my hair out, but its been an absolute pleasure to use. At this point, Ubuntu beats Windows in user-friendliness hands down.
- Linux Comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
- The Big Ol' Ubuntu Security Resource
- Spectrum ZX81 case-modded into Ubuntu PC
This mod by Flickr user Unravelled smashes an entire Ubuntu PC into the chassis beneath the membrane keyboard of an old Spectrum ZX81, thanks to a wonderfully diminuitive VIA EPIA Pico-ITX motherboard. There's even four USB ports, video out and audio connectors. It makes me realize, though, that what I really want is for someone to take a ZX81, a Pico motherboard and add a screen, transforming the Spectrum in actuality into what it always has appeared to me to be: the world's first UMPC.
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Recent Techrights' Posts
- Our Case is a Very Easy Win, the SLAPPs From Microsofters Were a Grave Error, and Censoring Information Won't Work (It'll Only Ever Backfire)
- Censoring is what people do when they lose the argument
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- Links 04/06/2025: WSL Backfiring on Microsoft and "Disney, Microsoft Announce Massive Layoffs"
- Links for the day
- Say the Truth, the Rest Will Follow
- There's no guarantee that writing the truth will result in an audience (or readership), but over time - in the long run - people generally gravitate towards what they know or feel to be crude truth, not just what's comforting (albeit false or self-deluding, usually groupthink dictated from above)
- How to Expose High-Level Corruption Without Getting in (Too Much) Trouble
- Democracy depends on free press and freedom of the press depends on being able to safely publish (and keep available) material that bad people don't want to be known to anybody
- In-Depth EPO Coverage at Techrights Turns Eleven
- 11 years is a very long time
- Windows Measured Below 10% in Afghanistan, GNU/Linux Gaining a Lot
- about 80% are Android (Linux) users, compared to only about 10% for Windows
- Poland's Political Predicament and Social Control Media
- Democracy and fake "tech" don't mix well; the latter tends to interfere with the former and that's why we get more "Putins" out there
- EPO: Taking Away From the Staff to Give More to the Rich
- The Central Staff Committee (CSC) wrote to EPO staff earlier this week
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 03, 2025
- IRC logs for Tuesday, June 03, 2025
- Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part I: It's a Lot Like the EPO
- we can commence a series soon
- Gemini Links 04/06/2025: Inescapable Questions and Quitting All "Oligarch Tech"
- Links for the day
- Slopwatch: Linux FUD From Slopfarms, Blaming Linux for Microsoft Issues; Even WebProNews Has Become a Slopfarm (Googlebombing "Linux" With Slop Images and Fake/Plagiarised Text)
- The Web is really getting bad; it's also overwhelmed by fake material or plagiarised material, wherein the plagiarism gets disguised/hidden by LLM sausage factories
- Links 03/06/2025: Tiananmen Square Massacre Censorship and Growing Military Activities Around Taiwan
- Links for the day
- Linux is Already Dominant (Android), Let's Make GNU/Linux Dominant in Desktops/Laptops as Well
- "Dr. Stallman recently warned everybody about Microsoft."
- The Loyalty to Microsoft and the Salaries From Microsoft (Funding SLAPPs Against Techrights and Tux Machines)
- Garrett always knows better. He knows everything best.
- Windows Falls in Italy as GNU/Linux Jumps to 5%
- Italy knows a thing or two about digital autonomy
- Nigeria is All Android and Google
- Windows down to almost nothing in Africa's largest population
- Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Second Wave) Not Limited to Redmond
- "More layoffs at Microsoft as axe falls in Washington and California"
- Gemini Links 03/06/2025: Forth System and "Common Lisp is a Dumpster"
- Links for the day
- The Leaks Were Right: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft in May, Then Another Wave in June
- Just as we've been saying for over a month
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 02, 2025
- IRC logs for Monday, June 02, 2025
- Last Article From Australia's Sam Varghese Was a Year Ago and It Covered the Release of Julian Assange, Who Will Apparently Come Back as 'Politician'
- It'll soon be exactly 12 months
- Hungary Seems Hungry for Linux
- Windows down by a lot
- Like in Europe, Bad News for Microsoft in US and Canada
- If it loses those "regions", then what's left?
- About 8 Waves of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft in 2025 (in Less Than 5 Months), Now Vista 11 "Market Share" Decreases
- Really bad news for shareholders of Microsoft
- statCounter Sees Bing "Share" Falling Over 0.5% in One Month, Now Lower Than Before the ChatGPT/Bing Chat Hype
- Bing has been part of the mass layoffs for quite some time
- After Microsoft's Bankruptcy in Russia Android (Linux) Will Dominate Asia Completely
- Windows probably peaked in "XP" or "2000"
- Microsoft's Demise is a Global Phenomenon
- mass layoffs justified using mindless buzzwords
- All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux in EU and the UK, All-Time Lows for Microsoft
- Combining ChromeOS and GNU/Linux, it adds up to and almost reaches 6%
- India: Windows Falls to 50% in Desktops/Laptops and 8% Overall
- laptops/desktops fell to 16% of the whole
- statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 4.7% "Market Share" This Month
- 30,000 Microsoft jobs may be eliminated by year's end
- Microsoft is in Trouble and Microsofters Know It
- "I've been happy on Win 3.11 for years."
- [Video] New Introduction to Richard Stallman's Contributions Including GNU Emacs, GNU/Linux, and Software Freedom
- from the channel previously bullied for supporting RMS
- Links 02/06/2025: South Korea to Vote, Russia Blitzed From Within
- Links for the day
- Links 02/06/2025: Political Leftovers, DRM, and Patents
- Links for the day
- Links 02/06/2025: Microsoft Spins Layoffs as "Slop", Frontier Settles Lawsuit
- Links for the day
- When You Publicly Boast About Wanting to Violently Attack People (Even Colleagues) Finding a Job Will Prove Difficult
- there's a lesson to be learned here
- The Web We Lost, the Information Lost Due to Microsoft's Attacks on Companies Like Yahoo! (Before the LLM Slop Frenzy)
- When it comes to news sites, what can we say?
- Covering Corruption in Poland, Including a War on Science (Due to Bad Politicians)
- What we're about to show is that skilled and experienced scientists in Poland are besieged by bureaucrats
- Gemini Links 02/06/2025: "Star Wars Day" and "Security Day"
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 01, 2025
- IRC logs for Sunday, June 01, 2025