Links 22/08/2008: New Linux RC, Several GNU/Linux Releases
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-08-22 16:37:46 UTC
- Modified: 2008-08-22 16:37:46 UTC
Releases
Kernel
- Linux v2.6.27-rc4 [Released]
This time the diffstat is almost totally dominated by the addition of the musb driver that drives the MUSB and TUSB controllers integrated into omap2430 and davinci. That, together with the removal of the auerswald USB driver (replaced by libusb version) is more than half of the bulk of the patch, and obviously most users won't ever notice.
- Ubuntu 8.10 To Use Linux 2.6.27 Kernel?
Generating buzz this morning with the release of the Linux 2.6.27-rc4 kernel is word that Ubuntu may switch to the Linux 2.6.27 kernel for their forthcoming 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" release. Canonical's Ben Collins has proposed on the Ubuntu development mailing list that Intrepid be switched to using the Linux 2.6.27 kernel instead of using 2.6.26.
Minimalism
GNU/Linux
Laptops
Multimedia
Education
- Higher Secondary Board to catch up with FOSS revolution
- FOSS for students
Long the platform of choice for programmers and those doing advanced scientific computing, GNU/Linux is also home to a plethora of free and open source solutions for students of many disciplines. Applications such as the ones above provide a solid basis for those starting out in math and the sciences, but by no means make up an exhaustive list of all that is available.
F/OSS
- Open Source in an economic downturn
In conclusion, Open Source software offers businesses a powerful strategic tool in their armoury to survive, perhaps prosper, in the economic downturn. Businesses of all sizes, from corner shops up to the largest high street retailers are turning to it strategically, and your business could benefit from it too.
- Bradley Kuhn discusses software innovation, freedom, and the law (video)
Bradley Kuhn is not a lawyer, but he works at the Software Freedom Law Center and heads the Software Freedom Conservancy. He is fun to watch and listen to because he walks the tightrope between creative, carefree developers and cautious, legally-minded lawyers.
- SugarCRM Named Best Open Source Technology by CRM Magazine
- Zenoss Core Recognized as Best Open Source Network Monitoring Solution
Web
Leftovers
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Microsoft is Disloyal Towards Its Most Loyal Employees
- Against its most faithful enablers
- Following the Line of Cocaine All the Way to the Top
- Even a million denials and spin-doctoring won't distract from the core issue
- Thankfully We've Made Copies of More Interesting Data From statCounter
- If statCounter (the Web site or the 'webapp') vanished overnight, we'd still have something left of it
- More Silent Layoffs at IBM/Red Hat
- when the media counts such layoffs or presents tallies the numbers are very incomplete
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- Links 27/10/2025: Wikipedia Vandalism, Bruce Perens Opens up on Childhood
- Links for the day
- This Site Could Not be Done by LLMs Even If It Wanted to (Because It's Not a Parrot of What Other Sites Say)
- LLMs have no knowledge or deep understanding
- 19 Years, No Censorship
- No factual information is ever going to be removed, more so if it is in the public interest
- We Are Not a Conventional Site, That's Why They Hate (or Love) Us
- Throughout the week this week we'll be focusing on the EPO
- The Cocaine Patent Office - Part I: António Campinos Brought Corruption and Nepotism to the EPO, Then Came the Cocaine
- High-level manager at the European Patent Office (EPO) caught in public with cocaine, the Office has some answering to do
- Purchasing/Possessing Computers Isn't the Same as Controlling Computers
- Let's strive to put computers back under the control of their users, no matter who purchased these (usually the users)
- Gemini Links 27/10/2025: Alhena 5.4.3 and Fixing Bash
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 26, 2025
- IRC logs for Sunday, October 26, 2025
- Links 26/10/2025: Microsoft Spies on Gamers, Open Transport Community Conference
- Links for the day
- Links 26/10/2025: LLM Slop / Plagiarism Programs Continue to Disappoint, CISA Layoffs Threaten Systems
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/10/2025: Gemsync and Joining the Small Web
- Links for the day
- India.com a Click-baiting, SEO-Spamming, Slopfarming Heap
- They do this almost every day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 25, 2025
- IRC logs for Saturday, October 25, 2025
- Without XBox Consoles, XBox is No More, It's Just a Brand (More Rumours of Microsoft Ending XBox, Then Laying Off Lots of Staff)
- All signs indicate that Microsoft wants to "exit" the XBox business (not brand), but it does not want to publicly admit this as it would alarm staff and shareholders
- Gemini Links 25/10/2025: Portugal, Midnightpub, and "Tech Right Admins"
- Links for the day
- Almost 2026 Already (When We Turn Twenty)
- In just over a year the site will turn 20
- When "Sponsored Feature" in The Register MS Means Ponzi Scheme Promotion From the Communist Party of China (CPC)
- the promotion of a financial scam
- Week of EPO Leaks: Workers of the EPO Are Getting a Pay Cut While Prices Rise Fast
- More to come in the next few days
- Microsoft is Finally Giving Up on XBox, The Chief Says the Grapes Are Sour Anyway
- Microsoft loses hundreds of dollars on each XBox that it sells
- Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, UbuntuPIT, and Various Slopfarms Propped up by Google News
- Why can't Google News do better than this?
- Links 25/10/2025: Two New Smokescreens for Scam Altman and ‘TikTok USA’ Remains in Limbo
- Links for the day
- Bad faith: can't change Debian Social Contract (DSC) without unanimous consent of every joint author
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Confirmed: Very Close Friend of Bill Gates and Microsoft's Biggest Patent Troll Nathan Myhrvold Flew the Lolita Express (a Gateway to Pedophilia), According to Bill Gates-Sponsored Seattle Times
- There is no speculation or any "conspiracy theories" here;' those are verified facts
- Gemini Links 25/10/2025: "The Highest Leader of The Global Civil Society Community", SSL Certificates Causing Bitrot
- Links for the day
- Links 25/10/2025: Target Layoffs and "Shutdown Sparks 85% Increase in US Government Cyberattacks"
- Links for the day
- "Big Data" Was a Big Lie
- Remember "Big Data"? Remember "Data Scientists"...?
- statCounter Has Been Broken for a Long Time
- Considering the huge proportion of Web requests that come from LLM bots (more so this past year or two), statCounter may struggle to justify the operating costs
- Techrights Anniversary Party on November 7th
- Let us know if you need any accommodation-related arrangements
- Trends That Must Alarm Microsoft and Mozilla
- Expect Firefox to no longer be supported by various sites in the US
- Why Microsoft Became the Layoffs Leader
- The corporate media is projecting or signalling its own dishonesty when it tells us that Microsoft is a very "valuable" company while the data shows Microsoft is also a "market leader" in layoffs
- Speaking for Ourselves and Letting the Facts Speak for Themselves
- we've already published over 50,000 pages
- For Second Time in a Day The Register MS Takes Money From Private Companies to Sell a Ponzi Scheme
- Do not have empathy for those who have zero empathy towards you
- IBM is Misleading IBM Shareholders
- IBM is still all about vapourware and buzzwords
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 24, 2025
- IRC logs for Friday, October 24, 2025
