Links 14/07/2008: Acer's GNU/Linux Laptops and Another Large Migration to OOo
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-07-14 21:25:15 UTC
- Modified: 2008-07-14 21:25:15 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Asus blames lack of Linux Eee PCs on Atom hold-ups
- Finding the Fastest FilesystemI
was amazed by the numbers. For all but one uniform subset of tests, XFS was the clear winner. I even tried synchronous mounts and encrypted volumes as little "what if?" exercises, and XFS still came out on top. The parameter that cost XFS a total victory was the CFQ elevator on a slower system; ext3 won most of those cases.
- New Triangular Tessalations for Compiz
In addition to the being able to break the window into hexagonal and rectangular shapes, using my triangular tessellation code found in the extra-animations plugin, Compiz can now break up the window into triangular shapes.
The effect is used currently in the explode and leaf spread effects. I also added hexagonal tesselation to the leafspread effect.
- Linux in the real world - in the wild
- gOS Space: OSX-like operating system without the Apple
I have to admit I went into this thinking it was going to take a lot to win me over. I am a devout Enlightenment fan and it would take absolute brilliance to pull me, kicking and screaming, from E17. gOS Space nearly does this. Nearly. While gOS is amazingly stable (for such an effects-centric operating system), it will not be able to update to the latest version of Ubuntu. Space is based on 7.10 and has the distribution upgrade disabled. Instead, the next revision of Space will be based on 8.04.
- Thinking about career in Linux? Part 1
- Untangle gateway continues to impress in open source gateways
The installation of Untangle is straightforward, and can be done in less than one hour on general purpose hardware or a virtual machine. Untangle also provides the option to purchase pre-installed servers for use as an appliance. An Untangle gateway has relatively low hardware requirements, with up to 300 users being able to be serviced by one processor at 1.6 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, and only 40 GB of hard drive space.
- Desktop Distros
My choices of Distro were based on what are commonly known as the big Boys, the distros which seem to appear on most magazine covers, and distro watch to 10 the most often, I do find both Fedora and Opensuse lacking in that final quality to make them good desktop distros, and when running fedora seemed clunky some times, i couldn’t put my finger on what, even with its new themes, it still seemed to be the granddaddy of the pack.
- Hands on With Acer's Aspire One Netbook
From boot up to shut down, the Aspire one was a pleasure to use. Boot up took just 12 seconds due to the Linpus Linux Lite OS it runs. That compares to 30 to 40 seconds on other mini-notebooks I've tested running Microsoft Windows XP.
- Motorola to ship new Linux-based device with Opera Mobile
- Hot skills: Mobile Linux
But in embedded applications, particularly mobile devices, the open source operating system is soaring.
- CentOS Provides 5.2 Update, Where's Unbreakable Linux 5.2?
- Trusted Computer Solutions Linux-Based Trusted Thin Client SABI Certified
- Linux-Kongress 2008
- NetBeans: The Ultimate Linux IDE
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #99
KDE/Qt
F/OSS
- IT: City of Modena switches to OpenOffice
The city council of Modena is replacing Microsoft Office with OpenOffice on all its 1600 PCs.
- Why is Open Source/Community Developed Better?
Anyway, just in case anyone was wondering, we are still arguing over which software is better, and I don't think we will ever stop, even if it is clear open source software has several advantages. What kind of advantages? Many: portability, enhancement, minimization, security, and dedication.
- In Praise of Modularity
Modularity, and the re-use it allows, have since become two of the hallmarks of open source software. Indeed, the idea of modularity has proved so successful, that it has been applied at the next level up, in the creation of distributions.
- My 10 Favourite Free/Open Source Applications
- Green Building Council promises open source sustainability code
- Sun's JavaFX must toolup against Adobe - pronto
- Kineo Launches Open Source Services Company
- EngLab: A Gift of a Program for Engineers
- Crowdsourcing the Flu Vaccine
Security
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Ex-Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier Did Not Retire, He Just Left IBM/Red Hat a Month Ago (Ahead of Layoff Speculations)
- Rather than retire he took a similar position at another company
- Linux.com Made Its First 'Article' in Over and Month, It Was 10 Words in Total, and It's Not About Linux
- play some 'webapp' and maybe get some digital 'certificate' for a meme like 'clown computing'
- The FSF Ought to Protest Against UEFI 'Secure Boot' (Like It Used To)
- libreplanet-discuss stuff
- GNU/Linux Reaches 6.5% in Canada (Including ChromeOS), Based on statCounter
- Not many news sites are left to cover this, let alone advocate for GNU/Linux
- The Only Thing the So-called 'Hey Hi Revolution' Gave Microsoft is More Debt
- Microsoft bailouts
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- Richard Stallman's Talk, Scheduled for Two Days Ago, Was Not Canceled But Really Delayed
- American in Paris
- 3 More Weeks for Daniel Pocock's Campaign to Win a Seat in European Parliament Elections
- Friday 3 weeks from now is polling day
- Microsoft Should Have Been Fined and Sanctioned Over UEFI 'Lockout' (Locking GNU/Linux Out of New PCs)
- Why did that not happen?
- Gemini Links 16/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, Cash Issues
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 16, 2024
- IRC logs for Thursday, May 16, 2024
- [Meme] Never Appease the Occupiers
- Freedom requires truth. Free speech emancipates.
- Thorny Issues, Violent Response
- They say protests (or strikes) that do not disrupt anything are simply not effective. The same can be said about reporting.
- GNU/Linux in Malaysia: From 0.2 Percent to 6+ Percent
- That's like 30-fold increase in relative share
- Liberty in Liberia? Windows Falls Below 10% and Below iOS
- This is clearly a problem for Microsoft
- Techrights Congratulates Raspberry Pi (With Caution and Reservations)
- Raspberry Pi will "make or break" based on the decisions made in its boardroom
- OSI Makes a Killing for Bill Gates and Microsoft (Plagiarism and GPL Violations Whitewashed and Openwashed)
- meme and more
- People Who Defend Richard Stallman's Right to Deliver Talks About His Work Are Subjected to Online Abuse and Censorship
- Stallman video removed
- GNU/Linux Grows in Denmark, But Much of That is ChromeOS, Which Means No Freedom
- Google never designs operating systems with freedom in mind
- Links 16/05/2024: Vehicles Lasting Fewer Years, Habitat Fragmentation Concerns
- Links for the day
- Links 16/05/2024: Orangutans as Political Props, VMware Calls Proprietary 'Free'
- Links for the day
- TechTarget (and Computer Weekly et al): We Target 'Audiences' to Sell Your Products (Using Fake Articles and Surveillance)
- It is a deeply rogue industry that's killing legitimate journalism by drowning out the signal (real journalism) with sponsored fodder
- FUD Alert: 2024 is Not 2011 and Ebury is Not "Linux"
- We've seen Microsofers (actual Microsoft employees) putting in a lot of effort to shift the heat to Linux
- Links 15/05/2024: XBox Trouble, Slovakia PM Shot 5 Times
- Links for the day
- Windows in Times of Conflict
- In pictures
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- IRC logs for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Gemini Links 15/05/2024: 50 Years of Text Games
- Links for the day
- Ebury is Not "Linux", That's Just the Media Shifting Attention (Microsoft in the Hot Seat for Total Breach Right Now)
- Seems like it may be a Trojan
- Links 15/05/2024: Growing Tensions Between East and West, Anticlimax in Chatbot Space
- Links for the day
- [Video] 'Late Stage Capitalism': Microsoft as an Elaborate Ponzi Scheme (Faking 'Demand' While Portraying the Fraud as an Act of Generosity and Demanding Bailouts)
- Being able to express or explain the facts isn't easy because of the buzzwords
- Richard Stallman Talk 'Delayed'
- "Repousé à une date ultérieur. Du au congé, il n'était pas possible de l'organiser bien dans le temps disponible."
- Links 15/05/2024: Toll on Climate Change, Physical Assaults on Politicians
- Links for the day
- [Meme] Free Society Requires Free Press
- The Assange decision is now less than a week away (after several delays and demand for shallow 'assurances')
- CyberShow Goes "Live"
- The CyberShow has a similar worldview (on technology and ethics) to ours
- Latest Status of Site Archives (Static Pages)
- article listings are reaching a near-final form
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- IRC logs for Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- Today's Talk by Richard Stallman Going Ahead as Planned
- That talk will be in French