Links 10/07/2008: wattOS Introduced; Church Moves to Free Software
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-07-10 17:23:48 UTC
- Modified: 2008-07-10 17:33:41 UTC
GNU/Linux
- Top 4 New Feature Proposed for Fedora 10
- Intrepid Ubuntu plans out
With Intrepid Ibex, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, just a few months away the development team has released details of the most pressing issues for the 8.10 release. Among these are better 3G integration, tighter Firefox integration in KDE, and faster boot times.
- Opinion: Year of the penguin
It’s taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish.
- Introducing wattOS - A Lightweight Ubuntu!
wattOS... the last frontier, the lightweight Ubuntu-based operating system is now here! Faster than anything else out there, wattOS is not just another Ubuntu clone, it is powered by the Openbox window manager, a standards compliant, fast, lightweight and extensible window manager.
- Compiz Support For Multi-Pointer XI
n May we shared that Multi-Pointer X (or MPX for short) was entering the mainline X server. While it was merged to master that month, X Server 1.5 was already branched out and therefore it won't appear in X.Org 7.4, but it will appear in X Server 1.6 (X.Org 7.5) until next year.
- A Better Introduction to Linux User Interface
- Why I am Leaning Toward Debian
- Meet the People Who Have Trillions Riding on Linux this Fall
NYSE Euronext and its family of exchanges which include the NYSE, Euronext, Liffe, Alternext and NYSE Arca Options, operating in the US and Europe, now run on Red Hat Linux and look to Red Hat for support and services. Put it another way, over 4000 public companies and over $141 billion in daily stock transactions depend on Linux. The Chicago Mercantile exchange at last count traded 1.403 Billion contracts valued at $827 trillion annually.
- Red Hat's channel is a "multi-billion dollar opportunity"
- KDE 4 : The Lightest Desktop Yet ? My Experience with KDE 4.0.x
- Be super-productive with Linux
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Recent Techrights' Posts
- Who really owns Debian: Ubuntu or Google?
- Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
- 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
- Links for the day
- 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
- Links for the day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 02, 2024
- IRC logs for Thursday, May 02, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- 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
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 01, 2024
- IRC logs for Wednesday, May 01, 2024
- 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
- Links for the day
- 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
- Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
- 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
- Links for the day
- Links 01/05/2024: FCC Takes on Illegal Data Sharing, Google Layoffs Expand
- Links for the day
- Links 01/05/2024: Calendaring, Spring Idleness, and Ads
- Links for the day
- Paul Tagliamonte & Debian: White House, Pentagon, USDS and anti-RMS mob ringleader
- Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
- 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
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- IRC logs for Tuesday, April 30, 2024