Links 11/6/2012: Wine 1.5.6, Project Magenta Uses Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2012-06-11 16:21:18 UTC
- Modified: 2012-06-11 16:21:18 UTC
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In 2007, I became a good friend of Don Davis. Don has done much for the Free Software community, either initiating or participating in several films and documentaries about Linux and Open Source.
He is also the founder of REGLUE - Recycled Electronics and Gnu/Linux Used for Education.
Don's organization had almost exactly the same mission as HeliOS. Don is now a Doctoral Candidate at Texas State University and the requirements of his studies have left him little time to do little else.
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Desktop
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Server
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If you are wondering why IBM is all hot-to-trot with its new PowerLinux machines, which are Power Systems servers tweaked to only run Linux and with lower hardware and software prices than regular Power Systems iron that runs AIX and IBM i, then you need look no further than the latest server numbers from IDC. Sales of Linux-based machines shot up like a rocket, thanks to some big supercomputer and hyperscale cloud deals and are outpacing the market substantially.
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Well, probably not quite yet – just look at how long it’s taken Unix to die in the data centre. However I can’t but feel that Microsoft’s announcement this week, that they will now be supporting Linux under Azure, represents a fundamental shift in the balance of power of server operating systems.
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Kernel Space
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Applications
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Proprietary
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I have only recently discovered Netflix and signed up without thinking there may be issues playing back the streaming media on Linux. I have done many searches on the subject and found some interesting discussions and the only solution that seems to work.
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Instructionals/Technical
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Wine
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Desktop Environments
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GNOME Desktop
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this is my second update on my Summer of Code project.
As planned in the previous report, I spent the past two weeks implementing notification integration in the lock screen, and this is the result...
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New Releases
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€· Announced Distro: Kororaa 17 Beta
€· Announced Distro: Snowlinux 2 Cinnamon
€· Announced Distro: Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1
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Red Hat Family
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Fedora
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"This certainly gives me a bit of concern because it puts Microsoft in the position of controlling the hardware and being a gatekeeper on what can be installed," explained Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien. "IS there any evidence that they have ever had this kind of power and *not* used it to crush their competition?" O'Brien wondered. "I hope the anti-trust authorities look into this."
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Debian Family
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Derivatives
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Canonical/Ubuntu
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The MK802 is a tiny PC that looks like a USB thumb drive. While it ships with Google Android 4.0, it’s actually pretty easy to convince it to run an alternate operating system. In fact, if you have a properly prepared microSD card, all you need to do is insert the memory card, turn on the MK802, and it will boot Ubuntu 10.04 Linux.
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Phones
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Where most of the excitement exists today when it comes to operating system advancements is not in Windows and Mac. Nope, it’s within the intensely competitive space that contains Android and iOS. And just like any strong and exciting segment in the consumer electronics industry, this market is now the target of a new initiative that wants to push its way to the front of the pack.
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Media Explorer is a media center originally target for MeeGo, but also is the first real native GNOME 3 multimedia box powered by Clutter and Mx.
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Android
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COMPUTER engineer Musa Ngog has high hopes of winning funding from KTS Group’s inaugural Sarawak Youth Talent Discovery (SYTD) project with his plans to create public awareness of computer software piracy and educating users on better alternatives to getting much-needed software — for free.
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For those of you with a more philosophical best, Eric S. Raymond has posted an interesting essay, "Evaluating the harm from closed source".
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Web Browsers
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Openness/Sharing
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Open Access/Content
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Open education innovator Sal Khan, MIT alumnus and founder of Khan Academy, gave the commencement address at MIT graduation ceremony on June 8, a speech that included both a nod to the power of open education as exemplified by MIT's OpenCourseWare program and Khan's own web site, and an homage to the importance of the unique academic community that is MIT.
Khan spoke eloquently of the inspiration he drew from MIT's 2001 announcement to make all of its courseware openly available on the web. "MIT announced ... that it was going to take knowledge and resources that used to be behind the wall of elite institutions and not charge for them but give them away for free to the world ... When I read that press release, I had never been so inspired. I had never been more proud to come from this community."
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Programming
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Many developers love to use open source software for the variety of benefits that come along with it. Some of the most popular open source languages used include C, PHP, Javascript, and C++. Although many people code using these languages, are there any major reasons not to use them? Let’s take a look and find out.
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Finance
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PR/AstroTurf/Lobbying
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Approaching 10,000 Articles/Pages Since Going Static
- Trying to silence or derail the site was always a dumb strategy
- Microsoft is Shedding Off Loads of Staff and That Can be Dangerous Too
- Working for Microsoft is a choice; nobody forces you to do it
- Richard Stallman and the Unix Philosophy
- When asked about systemd people must remember that RMS speaks as an active Board member of the FSF and also the founder of the FSF
- Get Rid of Back Doors, Don't Obsess Over Bounties and Other Corporate PR Stunts (or Needless Reboot Rituals)
- Security as a term has mostly lost its meaning due to repeated misuse for many years
- Serial Sloppers Are Killing the Web (They Probably Don't Care, Either)
- Slop is a disease on the Web
- IBM's Debt Ballooned by 8.5 Billion Dollars in Just 3 Months!
- Hallmark of a company in a state of disarray, trying to spend its way out of trouble
- Big Trouble in GNOME
- even GNOME people admit the CoC went wrong
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- Three Years in Prison for Disney Employee’s ‘Menu Hacking’: The Economic Fallout of Digital Menus
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 25, 2025
- IRC logs for Friday, April 25, 2025
- Links 25/04/2025: Slop Fatigue and Patent Judges Flocking to Fake, Unconstitutional and Illegal Kangaroo Court (UPC, Captured 'Justice')
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Night Manager and Devuan in Hosting
- Links for the day
- Windows Falls to New Lows in Nicaragua, Now Below a Quarter (It Used to be Almost 100%)
- Another all-time low for Windows
- The Cost (to Linux) of LLM Slop
- Slop 'artists' like Fagioli are far from harmless
- Links 25/04/2025: Ubisoft Spyware, Hegseth Fails at Tech on Every Level
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Food Forest Update and Facebook Destroying the Net
- Links for the day
- Streaming Apps Are “Investor Fraud” That Kills the Planet
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
- Things Get Increasingly Nasty at Microsoft Ahead of the Fake Results and May's Mass Layoffs Wave
- They try to get people to 'resign' so that they won't count as layoffs and the company's 'wellbeing' will seem better
- Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 24, 2025
- IRC logs for Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Links 24/04/2025: GAFAM Problems and No Peace (or Ceasefire) in Sight
- Links for the day
- Slopfarms on the Web Almost Always Generate Anti-Linux FUD When They Produce "Linux" Output
- Welcome to the dying Web
- Richard Stallman's Oxford Talk Has Just Ended, Here Are Some Photos
- he might hop over to another European country
- Gemini Links 24/04/2025: Birthday and Good Work of Academia in Esotericism
- Links for the day
- Links 24/04/2025: EU fines Apple and Facebook, Another Microsoft GitHub Security Blunder
- Links for the day
- New Article Explains How the GPL Came About and WordPress Having Copyleft Obligations
- Having been involved in the WordPress development community since almost the beginning, I know why it chose the GPL and how it restricts abuse by Automattic
- IBM Gained Almost 6 Billion Dollars in "Goodwill" Value in Just 3 Months, According to IBM
- Congrats to the management!
- In Belarus, Yandex is Now Measured as 50 Times More 'Popular' (by Usage) Than Microsoft
- Yandex continues to gain, whereas Bing cannot even register at 1%. Last month it was registered or measured at a measly 0.65%.
- IBM Cannot Lie to Shareholders Anymore
- "I would not be surprised if we see a layoff every quarter this year."
- Dr Richard Stallman (RMS) Gives Talk in Oxford University in 4 Hours
- If you live nearby, go there (it's free as in gratis)
- Using a Law Firm's Licence to Exercise Politics Through Frivolous SLAPPs and Nastygrams (to Silence People, Remove Pages, Demand Fake or Forced 'Apologies')
- Things must be getting really bad when lawyers act for raving antisemites
- We're Working to Make Full-Site Search Available
- This site has over 1,000 'wiki' pages, many thousands of documents, several thousands of videos, and about 50,000 blog posts or articles. We need to make them easier to find/navigate.
- Links 24/04/2025: IBM Loses Many Contracts, Intel to Lay Off Over 20% (Not Counting Those Who Leave 'Voluntarily')
- Links for the day
- Richard Stallman Can Explain to Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society Why LLM Slop is Not Artificial Intelligence and Why It Hurts Society
- another 'crop' of LLM slop that damages GNU/Linux and facts
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- IRC logs for Wednesday, April 23, 2025