LXer Features
Five Tired Old Myths About GNU/Linux
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 24, 2007
Dell Moves Quickly to Deliver the GNU GoodsLXer Feature: 24-May-2007
Would you believe that, in 2007, there are people who still blame Linux for the lack of hardware vendors who advertise Linux support and who believe that the Bash project's evangelists are hurting Linux uptake? Look, if you're going to claim the GNU/Linux community is not grasping the average computer user, at least use some up-to-date arguments - not the tired old arguments from 1999.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 23, 2007
Railsconf 2007 roundupDell started "listening" to its customers in February. They spoke loudly and clearly. It's not even June yet - 24 May, to be exact - and Dell is set to launch it's lineup of desktop and laptop computers with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 pre-installed.
By Sean Lynch (number6x) - May 21, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 20-May-2007LXer Feature: 21-May-2007
An overview of the second annual Ruby on Rails conference held in Portland, Oregon, May 17th - 20th. Covering the talks in great detail would take far to much space, so this article will try to cover the key points and give links to find out more.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 20, 2007
Can Dell Fix Their Google Ad Campaign?LXer Feature: 20-May-2007
A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 18, 2007
Open letter to Novell: Release the patent numbers!LXer inquired about Google's advertising program to find out why Google ads show up with the words "Dell Linux Desktop", even though Dell hasn't yet launched its line of Ubuntu-based computers, and whether Google considers the practice misleading. Can Dell fix the misleading advertising problem?
By Sander Marechal - May 16, 2007
LXer 'classics': 101 patents Microsoft may infringeLXer Feature: 16-May-2007
The technology industry has been in a buzz since last Monday's Fortune article in which Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claims that the GNU/Linux operating system infringes 235 of Microsoft's patents. Microsoft refuses to tell the community what those patents are, but they told you, Novell.
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - May 15, 2007
Dell's Ubuntu Deal Still OnLXer Feature: 15-May-2007
A new database ("counterFUD") was released in 2005 at LXer showing patent numbers where parts of Microsoft might infringe upon.
[Note: This is an old LXer story, but I posted it again, since the topic is hot again, and included some new comments - hkwint ]
"If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today." - Bill Gates, Challenges and Strategy Memo. 16 May 1991, almost forecasting 'patent armageddon'
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 15, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 13-May-2007A missing post on Direct2Dell site, especially viewed against the backdrop of their latest arrangements with Microsoft and Novell, prompts questions about the Dell's Ubuntu deal. The deal is definitely still "on".
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 13, 2007
Dell Listens to GNU/Linux Community - Will It Pay Off?A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 11, 2007
Linux and The Indianapolis 500A scant two weeks after Michael Dell returned to the company he founded in 1984, to help repair it, Dell launched its IdeaStorm project and several others in an effort to listen to their customers. The GNU/Linux community has spoken loud and clear. Time will tell how well Dell is listening.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 08, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 06-May-2007The idea to have the Open Source community sponsor a car in the Indianapolis 500 put forth recently has more than just the Open Source Press taking notice. Here is my take on it.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 06, 2007
Dell To Fix Misleading Advertising LinksA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 05, 2007
Open Letter to DELLIn some Google searches for Linux computers, Dell advertisements have cropped up in the advertising links, leading unsuspecting users to Windows-only computers at Dell's website. After initially being ignored, LXer finally gets a response from Dell.
By Lane Beneke (aka NoDough) - May 03, 2007
LXer Feature: 03-May-2007LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-Apr-2007When the timing is right, things just naturally seem to fall into place and work for good.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 29, 2007
Vector Linux - Chaucer's Beautiful HagA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 25, 2007
Installing CentOS 4.4 - Short-n-SweetChaucer fans will immediately understand when I say that Vector Linux is a modern retelling of the Wife of Bath's Tale - with a few twists.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 24, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Apr-2007Don Parris walks you through a basic CentOS 4.4 installation.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 22, 2007
LXer cookbook: Convince your boss you need a new desktopA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By Hans Kwint (The Netherlands) - Apr 22, 2007
Beginners Linux: "Forget Laymans terms, DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?"OK, that's it. You had it. When running a CAD-application, it takes more than 330 msec to move 30 000 polylines, compiling OpenOffice from scratch takes more than half an hour, Firefox won't open all existing 86 010 LXer stories at once in seperate tabs anymore, you can't run all OpenBSD versions from 2.2 to 3.9 in VMware at the same time anymore to look for differences, TuxRacer only makes 2 frames per day... And worst, your neigbour running Windows98 does his job fine using his i1/2-86, an ancient predecessor of the i286. You're all fed up with it.
But your desktop/server/laptop, whatever it is because it doesn't matter, still looks brand new. Now, what to do to convince your non-tech savvy boss, which would be beaten by your death grandma in a nerd-quiz, that you really need that quadcore dual Opteron SLI triple---whell-everything dual system?
By Brett L. Antoine - Apr 17, 2007
Ever wonder what the heck someone means when they tell you you need to open a Konsole and "su to root"? Or "All you need to do is JED that file."? Here are some explanations to and locations of some useful items.Focus to Folly in 3.6 pages - A Microcosm of the Linux Community?
By Roger Danielson - Apr 16, 2007
It started out well, someone agreed with it, someone didn't, the first someone defended his position, the second someone did the same. And on it went. However I noticed a phenomenon that is not uncommon in Linux forums. By the end of the discussion and at that point in time, it ran just short of 4 pages. The conversation had went from the topic at hand to the subject of zebras and virgins. Now you tell me how that happened.LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-Apr-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 15, 2007
Linux Gurus and the ability of a student to burn them out.A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By Brett L. Antoine - Apr 14, 2007
Linux Marketing Campaign Seeks $350k in 40 DaysSometimes a "student" and/or friend can become so dependent on the knowledge base of their teacher/friend that they become not only an annoyance but can drive you away from enjoying your computer time altogether.
[A good article about learning when to stand on your own written by one of our readers. - Scott]
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 11, 2007
Building a new Slackware machine.Linux marketing project hopes to raise money in 40 days to sponsor an Indy 500 race car.
The process of building a new Slackware box for my wife's use; a new Slackware 11 system.
By James Dixon - Apr 10, 2007
The process of building a new Slackware box for my wife's use; a new Slackware 11 system.LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Apr-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 08, 2007
Broadcom Driver Dispute Uglier Than NecessaryA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source. Happy Easter!
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 07, 2007
Punching the Clock with GNU/LinuxIt all started with a message describing copied code and offering a solution.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 03, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 01-Apr-2007Despite Novell's much-touted poll showing Adobe Photoshop to be the Most-requested application, accounting remains the weak spot for business users wanting to deploy GNU/Linux. Imagine your small business outsources payroll to one of the giants of the outsource payroll industry. Now imagine your timeclock plugs into your computer and a small utility program lets you transmit your timecard data directly to your vendor's web-based payroll system. Now imagine that you want to migrate to GNU/Linux. Don Parris helps you navigate the sometimes tricky terrain of outsourced payroll in the GNU/Linux world.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 01, 2007
How I Accidentally Un-Installed Synaptic - The Debian ChroniclesA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Mar 22, 2007
Exploring the Debian InstallerI install, begin to configure and unknowingly make a mistake in the second installment of my adventures in Debian-land.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Mar 09, 2007
I Want To Dual Boot Debian and XP - The Debian ChroniclesDon Parris looks at the Debian Installer, providing something of an overview of the installation process, revealing one or two potential pain points and what the Debian Installer team is doing to improve it.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Mar 01, 2007
Windows refund - the next episode: Thoughts on a 2007 pan-European actionWith the gift of a new computer the help of a friend I recently decided to move from running OpenSuSE to duel booting Windows and Debian. Thus begins my adventure in Debian.
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - Feb 28, 2007
Carmony Says Raymond Mail Not Tied to LinspireLinux on OEM desk/laptops is a hot item these days. Dell started to ship corporate desk/laptops without Windows pre-installed lately.
Nonetheless, this is too little and too late, costumers should be able to buy any lap/desktop without Windows pre-installed. Furthermore, the secret trade deals Microsoft made with the OEM's, which effectively make it impossible for / forbids OEMS to ship desk/laptops without Windows - are forbidden.
Therefore, a new pan-European Windows refund action should be started. In this article, I will share my new insights on the legal aspect of this action, since there are a lot of new things I found out after the last article I wrote on the subject. After that, I'll show my plan to do something about it. In short, it reads: Call aunty Neelie and try to get rid of our almost criminal uncles Bill and Steve.
By D.C. Parris - Feb 24, 2007
Fedora Devs Say Goodbye To Eric RaymondWhen Eric Raymond sent off an e-mail complaining about the Fedora project and distribution, some suspected his action was motivated by his conflicting values, with respect to including non-free multimedia codecs in Fedora Core, and that there might be some connection to his work with Linspire. Linspire's CEO Kevin Carmony posted a comment on LXer's forum to clarify the unilateral nature of Raymond's mail.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Feb 23, 2007
Microsoft Hicks Take Backward Stand On InteroperabilityWhen Eric Raymond announced his departure on the Fedora Core developer mailing list, the developers returned with some interesting responses. Is Raymond really disappointed with the Fedora distribution, or is he simply making the change to Ubuntu for his new boss over at Linspire?
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Feb 19, 2007
SCaLE 5x: PicturesMicrosoft's recent letter argues for choice of formats, not office suites. Yet, their argument undermines the foundation of interoperability that a single standard can offer. In other words, their argument is so backwards, it makes this old hillbilly's head spin.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Feb 13, 2007
SCaLE 5x: Day 2Here are the pictures I took while at SCaLE 5x with some brief descriptions.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Feb 11, 2007
SCaLE 5x: Day 1Here is a review of some the events and people I talked too on the second day of SCaLE 5x in Los Angeles.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Feb 10, 2007
Is the BBC Perpetuating the Microsoft Monopoly?Here is a review of some the events on first day of SCaLE 5x in Los Angeles.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Feb 09, 2007
Dell Mail Reeks of Redmond's FearThe BBC recently released its Public Value Test for "public consultation" with respect to its proposed on-demand services. The problem is that, while the EU has hammered Microsoft for using its monopoly unfairly, the BBC is poised to prop up the convicted monopolist with a Windows-only service.
By D.C. Parris - Feb 01, 2007
The Open Source Hook: Porting KDE to Mac and WindowsRecently publicized Microsoft e-mails about Dell reveal more than Microsoft's thinking about Dell's "betrayal". The e-mails demonstrate Microsoft's warranted fear of the penguin.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Jan 31, 2007
A dystopian future - looking beyond Windows Vista
With KDE porting their applications to Mac and Windows the potential number of people using free software is unlimited. Imagine millions of people using Open Source Software for the first time..and getting hooked on it.
By Sander Marechal - Jan 30, 2007
If the thought of Microsoft Vista's DRM restrictions, restrictive EULA, version confusion and user lock-in has you scared then you definitely do not want to know what the lads from Redmond have in store for the next version. If Microsoft's latest patent application is anything to go by then the next version of Windows, Vista+1 is really going to give you nightmares.Microsoft Hires Programmer to edit Wikipedia Entry For OOXML
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jan 23, 2007
Microsoft is paying Rick Jelliffe to "correct errors" in Wikipedia's entry for OOXMLBill & M. Gates foundation for-profit investments harm the health & environment of the poor
By LA Times Staff writers / Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - Jan 17, 2007
Large academic international interdisciplinary study on FLOSS gets the real factsThe LA Times wrote a great article about the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Since it is eight pages long, a short summary:
Though most people think the Bill and Melinda Gates is a charitable foundation, this can be doubted. The foundation invests in a lot of companies, and makes as much profits as it gives away. Because it gives away 5% of its money every year, it therefore is a charitable foundation, and therefore they don't have to pay most taxes.
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - Jan 16, 2007
World Domination – Finding Linux EverywhereThe European Commission's enterprise and industry department just released the final draft (warning: 1,8 MB) of what could be the biggest academic interdisciplinary study on the economic / innovative impacts of FLOSS*. The study was done by an international consortium, led by the United Nations University / University of Maastricht's (NL,EU) department of innovation; UNU-MERIT for short. The study was prepared by senior researcher Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, who did a tremendous amount of FLOSS studies the last few years, amongst them on FLOSSpols and FLOSSWorld.
The academic grade study has a very, very broad scope and has collected real world information that is valuable for both companies, government bodies who are thinking about migration, and decision-makers in the ICT business. The study is about the direct economic impact of FLOSS, but also about the more hidden indirect economical impact of FLOSS, and also compares scenarios of open and proprietary software futures of Europe. In addition to that, the study is also about competitiveness of FLOSS software compared to proprietary software, and also provides a few TCO comparison case-studies.
Probably most important, the study gives policy strategies to European government bodies, which can also be very useful for any company or organization. In this article, I'll discuss the key findings of this report, and try to link this with my own knowledge and experience.
A must-read for anyone who's willing to Get the real Facts!
* In contrary to US articles, European's don't mind using the term FLOSS, since English speaking people are only a small minority in today's Europe, and therefore almost nobody associates FLOSS with the dentist. If you do, please don't bother to complain; just change the associations you make.
By Darren - Jan 15, 2007
In the march of the penguins to World Domination, I have seen Linux become more and more commonplace. Back with my first attempt to install Slackware Linux from 3.5” floppies onto my Packard Bell 386 Legend with its 40MB hard drive, 1x CD-ROM and S3 video knockoff, I never did get X to run with any resolution higher than 300x400. It was horrible – the desktop was so large that my screen couldn't contain all of it. The window manager, as I recall that day in 1994, was VWM. As I wasn't so interested in a GUI environment, and really just wanted an UNIX-like PC so I could practice things like shell scripting, it was “Ok” for me. It was not “good enough” for my girlfriend though. She had her Mac Performa and what I used didn't matter.Interview: Kenneth Hensley of PuppyLinux
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Jan 14, 2007
One Dweeb's Phishing TripAn Interview with Kenneth Hensley, the creator of the "Unofficial PuppyLinux Guide".
By Darren - Jan 13, 2007
On January 11th, I received an email to my Yahoo! account with the subject "Activate Your Account Now". The sender was "service@paypal.com".Dell's "secret Linux fling" not so secret
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - Jan 11, 2007
Short comment - A few days back, I read the story "Dell's secret Linux fling". What surprised me is, the people at The Register didn't know this. To show how 'not so secret' this all is, please let me quote an interesting line from the Asianux site;"As the base software of IT system, Asianux has gotten full support from many global partners including Adaptec, AMD, BEA, CA, Dell, EMC, Emulex, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, Oracle, Samsung Electronics, SAP, Stratus Technologies and Symantec just to name a few."
Very secret, huh? I wish it was easier to find out how Linux is doing in the east, but from experience I can say it's rather hard to find out, since sooner or later, you arrive at Chinese-only pages. However, we should still look at the pages that _are_ in English, since they present interesting information. It seems OEM's in the east are supporting Linux, in contrary to what they do in the Western world.If there are any people from Asia reading this and willing to tell us, the LXer readers and editors, anything about the state of pre-installed Linux-offers in Asia, please let us know. We are eager to find out, and I can promise you I will write a (short) article about it.. Our e-mail address is at the last line of the 'About' page.
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