http://techrights.org – Summary: Collective backlash against Novell’s sale to AttachMSFT; news that does not directly relate to Novell is spun as Novell news According to this announcement mirrored by a pro-Novell site, “Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for District of Massachusetts on behalf of current stockholders of Novell, Inc. (General)
Email this pagehttp://www.itwire.com – The founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which led the way in bringing minicomputers to businesses all over the world, Ken Olsen, died last Sunday at the age of 84. DEC and its founder Olsen were on the forefront of the wave of what is often termed the second generation of computers, much smaller than the IBM mainframes which were only affordable for the very largest corporations. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Clip of the Day GNU/Linux Buying a cheap laptop without Windows: Is it worth it? ‘The low-end laptop market in particular is so hard fought that manufacturers will grab for any dollars they can save,’ explains Elmar Geese, chairman of the Linux association in Berlin. (General)
Email this pagehttp://crunchbanglinux.org – Not sure if anyone knows about ncmpcpp. But I can't seem to get it to work. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://crunchbanglinux.org – 26 Dec. 10 - 08:15 -18:45 (+/- a few minutes) - our apartment building with 12 apartments on 3 floors looses power! - Except for apartments B and C on the third floor - very strange that. - Since water is pumped from street level, where there is no power, to tanks on the roof and fed to the apartments by gravity, we soon loose water. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Summary: A tad philosophical take on what needs achieving and how The absolute goalposts which define personal freedom never truly change; it’s the obstructions on the way to the goal which keep moving away and showing up, so the struggle for freedom is eternal. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Clip of the Day GNU/Linux Google Not All Chrome Glisters Because Chrome OS is open source, it has been available for people to explore for some time, which means that it’s not really possible for any elements of it to be a surprise, rather deflating any attempt to launch it in the traditional sense. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Clip of the Day GNU/Linux U.S. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Clip of the Day GNU/Linux A Point That Deserves Illuminating: Linux Is Not “I-Cant-Believe-Its-Not-Windows!” The difference between consumer needs and producer needs appear to be clearly understood everywhere else. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techrights.org – Summary: Pulse/Vibe comes out too quickly (still in beta phase) very shortly before Novell announces a takeover by AttachMSFT [sic] We have thus far published over a dozen posts about Novell’s Pulse. (General)
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