Links 01/07/2008: Lindependence 2008 to Start, H-P to Offer Non-Microsoft/Novell Option (FreeDOS)
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-07-01 17:50:58 UTC
Modified: 2008-07-01 17:50:58 UTC
GNU/Linux
'Lindependence 2008' aims to Free Felton from Microsoft Windows
"We're trying to get as many people as possible to switch to Linux, because the main thing is most people don't use computers for fancy things, so they're wasting money," said Ken Starks, a Linux advocate and owner of HeliOS Solutions in Austin, Texas, which strives to create technologies and provide cost effective products to its customers.
Road warrior's weapon
...HP intends to offer the option of Vista Home Basic, FreeDOS or SuSE Linux Enterprise desktop.
The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
The Vandal - The most dangerous troll of all. Capable of literally destroying FOSS projects just by flaming them online. The vandal always takes the tactic of attacking the interface. It's almost always a graphics program, too.
Research and Markets: Mobile Linux in China Will Find Its Way in TD-SCDMA
A Symphony For Viola: Parsix 1.5r0 Review
I can't praise Parsix 1.5r0 enough: It's stable while being cutting edge, stylish while being practical and is certainly in my top five favourite distributions, which is saying something given how low-profile it remains (it's still only at No 57 on the Distrowatch page-hit ranking list, which is ridiculously low).
On sidux 2008.02 Xfce
SMPlayer Review - One of the Most Powerful Video Players for Linux
Audio/Visual Synthesis For Linux: The New Art, Part 1
Seven Reasons to Move to Linux
Three reasons why GNU/Linux is better for Web servers than OS X
Updates and software installation can be a pain, and you're likely to find a cheaper, more flexible, better-working, and better-performing solution with GNU/Linux at a lower price.
Converting any window into plasmoid
Despite all current limitation, I think this approach still has its own use-cases, for example when you want quick access to some of your applications from Dashboard (for example Konsole) or if you want something not-yet-available as plasmoid on your desktop (for example video player, advanced calculator, web-browser with your webmail, a game from kdegames, googleearth, ...).
Support for 100+ webcams in Linux 2.6.27 (USB Video Class Driver)
New: Ubuntu YouTube Channel
Ubuntu Video Tutorials For People Just Starting Out
Why enterprise still cannot accept Linux.
Debian teams survey results
Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: 30 June 2008
Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender
Review: EeePC 900 with Ubuntu 8.4
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Who really owns Debian: Ubuntu or Google?
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Dashamir Hoxha & Debian harassment
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Maria Glukhova, Dmitry Bogatov & Debian Russia, Google, debian-private leaks
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Keeping Computers at the Hands of Their Owners
There's a reason why this site's name (or introduction) does not obsess over trademarks and such
In May 2024 (So Far) statCounter's Measure of Linux 'Market Share' is Back at 7% (ChromeOS Included)
for several months in a row ChromeOS (that would be Chromebooks) is growing
Links 03/05/2024: Microsoft Shutting Down Xbox 360 Store and the 360 Marketplace
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Evidence: Ireland, European Parliament 2024 election interference, fake news, Wikipedia, Google, WIPO, FSFE & Debian
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Enforcing the Debian Social Contract with Uncensored.Deb.Ian.Community
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Gemini Links 03/05/2024: Antenna Needs Your Gemlog, a Look at Gemini Get
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IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 02, 2024
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Jonathan Carter & Debian: fascism hiding in broad daylight
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Gunnar Wolf & Debian: fascism, anti-semitism and crucifixion
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Links 01/05/2024: Take-Two Interactive Layoffs and Post Office (Horizon System, Proprietary) Scandal Not Over
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Embrace, Extend, Replace the Original (Or Just Hijack the Word 'Sudo')
First comment? A Microsoft employee
Gemini Links 02/05/2024: Firewall Rules Etiquette and Self Host All The Things
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Red Hat/IBM Crybullies, GNOME Foundation Bankruptcy, and Microsoft Moles (Operatives) Inside Debian
reminder of the dangers of Microsoft moles inside Debian
PsyOps 007: Paul Tagliamonte wanted Debian Press Team to have license to kill
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IBM Culling Workers or Pushing Them Out (So That It's Not Framed as Layoffs), Red Hat Mentioned Repeatedly Only Hours Ago
We all know what "reorg" means in the C-suite
IBM Raleigh Layoffs (Home of Red Hat)
The former CEO left the company exactly a month ago
Paul R. Tagliamonte, the Pentagon and backstabbing Jacob Appelbaum, part B
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Links 01/05/2024: Surveillance and Hadopi, Russia Clones Wikipedia
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Links 01/05/2024: FCC Takes on Illegal Data Sharing, Google Layoffs Expand
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Links 01/05/2024: Calendaring, Spring Idleness, and Ads
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Paul Tagliamonte & Debian: White House, Pentagon, USDS and anti-RMS mob ringleader
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Jacob Appelbaum character assassination was pushed from the White House
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Why We Revisit the Jacob Appelbaum Story (Demonised and Punished Behind the Scenes by Pentagon Contractor Inside Debian)
If people who got raped are reporting to Twitter instead of reporting to cops, then there's something deeply flawed
Free Software Foundation Subpoenaed by Serial GPL Infringers
These attacks on software freedom are subsidised by serial GPL infringers
Red Hat's Official Web Site is Promoting Microsoft
we're seeing similar things at Canonical's Ubuntu.com
Enrico Zini & Debian: falsified harassment claims
Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
European Parliament Elections 2024: Daniel Pocock Running as an Independent Candidate
I became aware that Daniel Pocock had decided to enter politics
Publicly Posting in Social Control Media About Oneself Makes It Public Information
sheer hypocrisy on privacy is evident in the Debian mailing lists
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