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(Mar 20, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (633 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Luis Villa's Internet Home: "I can’t go to bed because Mairin is right on the internet and so I want to (1) say she’s awesome and (2) add two cents on mailing lists and using the power of a web interface to make them better. Bear with me; maybe this is completely off-base (probably I should just stick to law), but it has been bouncing around in my head for years and maybe me writing it down will help the lightbulb go off for someone who can actually implement it :)"
(Mar 20, 2010, 08:02 UTC) (1556 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LinuxCommand.org: "Over the next few weeks, I will show you how to take an old, slow computer and make it into a text-only Linux workstation with surprising capabilities, including document production, email, instant messaging, audio playback, USENET news, calendaring, and, yes, even web browsing."
(Mar 20, 2010, 04:02 UTC) (1456 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Handle With Linux: "Too bad it's only for professional use the HGZ Linux based coffee machine. I'd love to have on of these. A Dream come true. The Linux coffee maker."
(Mar 20, 2010, 00:02 UTC) (2261 reads) (10 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) The cloud, the smartphone, the tablet, the Web itself as a big giant operating system-- what's the fatal flaw in all of these? It's all about feeding content to passive "consumers". Plug me in, baby, I'm not lifting a finger ever again.
(Mar 19, 2010, 23:34 UTC) (3114 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Apachelogger's Log: "This post is supposed to make it clear why Kubuntu is what it is. Writing this down is necessary because people constantly get the wrong picture."
(Mar 19, 2010, 23:04 UTC) (1179 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Magazine: "When other mailers aren’t doing the trick, it’s time to break out Claws: An extremely configurable and extensible GUI mailer that gives you all the control you’d ever want over your mail without sacrificing ease of use."
(Mar 19, 2010, 22:34 UTC) (907 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Softpedia: "MEPIS has now made available the third release candidate of its upcoming Linux-based operating system, SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC 3. The new release comes with several updates, both upgraded packages and fresh features, and is available for 32-bit, as well as 64-bit platforms."
(Mar 19, 2010, 21:04 UTC) (1519 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Phoronix: "Before devoting this hardware to the farm, we ran a few benchmarks comparing the performance of NVIDIA's ION GeForce 9400M graphics processor to the ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics processor found on the MSI 6667BB-004US and several other Atom-powered devices."
(Mar 19, 2010, 20:34 UTC) (1749 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Source: "Since our collection of Free and Open Source finance/accounting software for Linux has been quite popular, I would like to add 7 more to that list."
(Mar 19, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (1911 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Enterprise Mobile Today: "Motorola's planned rollout of the Android 2.1 operating system for its popular Droid smartphone has been delayed indefinitely -- with some reports blaming it on the discovery of a serious bug."
(Mar 19, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (1673 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Blog of Helios: "Over the past few weeks, we've received a number of quality laptops to give out to our kids. Unfortunately many of these laptops did not come with power adapters and pretty much qualify for doorstops."
(Mar 19, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1347 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Comics: "Social networking activities like Facebook and Twitter consumer so much attention that it may be hard to find a balance with life itself."
(Mar 19, 2010, 18:34 UTC) (1452 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Sure, It's Secure: "In the last 24-hours, I received e-mails about March Madness, Sandra Bullock's hubby, and Michael Jackson's estate and every one of them contained a link to malware."
(Mar 19, 2010, 18:04 UTC) (2138 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LWN.net: "Recently, there have been a number of reports that Linux is not ready to work with these drives; kernel developer Tejun Heo even posted an extensive, worth-reading summary stating that "4 KiB logical sector support is broken in both the kernel and partitioners.""
(Mar 19, 2010, 17:34 UTC) (888 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Linux Planet: "Businesses are struggling with how to make money from open-source software. Is going closed-source still the only way?"
(Mar 19, 2010, 17:04 UTC) (1460 reads) (7 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) IT World: "At OSBC, a company exec noted that Microsoft relies upon a diverse ecosystem that includes open source to satisfy customers"
(Mar 19, 2010, 16:34 UTC) (1760 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) LXer: "Apart from Apple, some other companies are bringing some interesting tablets. In contrary to the iTab, those other tablets do run Linux. Some are already available, such as the TouchBook from Always Innovating (AI), and some have supposedly better screens, like the Notion Ink Adam tablet."
(Mar 19, 2010, 16:04 UTC) (1686 reads) (1 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Tech Radar: "Opera has seen a massive increased in downloads of its browser following the introduction of the browser ballot 'choice screen' into Microsoft Windows."
(Mar 19, 2010, 15:34 UTC) (1175 reads) (0 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) Ardour: "There hasn't been much news posted here for a while, so I thought it was appropriate to update subscribers and other supporters of my work on Ardour on what has been going on."
(Mar 19, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (6336 reads) (17 talkbacks)
(Posted by cschroder) fewt@blog:~$ _: "By now my launchpad, brainstorm, and Ubuntu forum accounts have been removed .. at my request. I have decided to completely unequivocally leave the Ubuntu community."
