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Broadcast Flag shot down! 0 10 (5/6/2005 3:35:52 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Great news for Open Source, now we aren't excluded from being used in set-top boxes, and the chances are we will see more OSS HDTV cards for the computer now, as vendors will be able to ship packages without ... Philip

Hiding the embarassing news. 8 19 (5/2/2005 9:26:53 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Here's an url. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-234780.html?legacy=cnet&tag=st.cn Click it, and see if you can hit ESC to stop it refreshing away the bad news as 'expired' after you load it. I've noticed this ... Philip

2.6.11.8 out... 0 15 (4/30/2005 3:06:24 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Just FYI. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8 ... Philip

PPC64 on the -march ! :) 0 37 (3/15/2005 3:40:47 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Well, IBM has a contest running now, persuading developers to port applications to PPC64. http://makeashorterlink.com/?B24921DAA With Segways and G5's and cash for prizes, I think we will see a fair bit of ... Philip

For anyone who doubts paid shills exist..... 1 44 (2/20/2005 10:05:47 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.cooperkatz.com/blogs.shtml For the businessspeak version. http://www.micropersuasion.com/pr/index.html [At CooperKatz, our new Micro Persuasion agency practice has four basic philosophies. We hel... Philip

Who owns your computer again? 3 21 (2/18/2005 5:00:25 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/02/18/143217.shtml?tid=158&tid=187&tid=219 [The issue at hand concerns Section 5, paragraph b, subsection 2, under the heading of limitations. The law does not apply to: "(2) ... Philip

Question about PPC arch 3 12 (1/22/2005 5:09:03 PM) comp.os.linux.powerpc Is PPC and PPC64 the same as x86/x86_64? An extension of a type, but backwards compatible? Just curious as to running Linux on a Power5 based system, if any PPC sources would work, or if you require ones wr... Philip

Watch your step! Hyeenan droppings... 3 20 (1/14/2005 4:35:01 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy So Simon/Milo.T/S.Heenan got bored of being 'gone for the group' and has resorted to dropping Hyeenan droppings all over, watch your step. -- My other computer is your XP box. ... Philip

The Care and Feeding of FOSS: The lifecycle of software technology 0 27 (1/2/2005 5:04:22 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.moonviewscientific.com/essays/software_lifecycle.htm Great article, few points to whet your appetitie: [This author predicts that the opposite will happen: Solaris has many excellent technological... Philip

[OT] Non-Graphical MMORPG 10 23 (11/26/2004 6:54:59 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Well, one of the trolls mentioned text-based MUDS, and acted like that was a bad thing :) overdrive.concentric.net 5195 Is a LPMud, that has been around since the early 90's, probably a bit longer than linu... Philip

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WIndow users will believe anything? 97 17 (5/25/2005 9:00:57 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I've just had a browse throught my internet gateway machine's tcp logs and came across some interesting packets. Here's three of them: 30:18:39.156203 if 4 > w.x.y.z > 61.172.249.200: icmp: w.x.y.z udp port... ReapNewsB (1352)

Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips 17 19 (5/27/2005 5:07:04 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips Digit Staff May 27 2005 [...] While Intel steered clear of mentioning the new DRM technology at its Australian launch of the new products, Intel .. confirmed Microsoft-flav... doug.mentohl (573)

Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability #2 66 18 (5/28/2005 12:52:30 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Quote: Every year or so I like to see how Microsoft is doing in its attempt to make a desktop operating system as usable as Linux. Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition, with Service Pack 2, is a ... arkady-duntov (489)

A different MS vs Linux outlook 81 19 (5/29/2005 2:20:33 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Just got back from a Linux seminar - actually it was a couple of weeks ago now. More of a workshop for teachers. The speakers were pretty good once you weeded out the evangelism, blue sky views and other Linux ... krf (37)

Considering Linux? You had better Look at Who/What Is Supporting it. 25 23 (5/29/2005 7:55:33 PM) comp.os.linux.misc The biggest problem with using Linux is that the support structure is terrible. Most distribution's if purchased, not copied, come with basic install support at basic video resolution and little, if any, applic... plee4569 (4)

list of equivalent Linux apps 9 21 (6/4/2005 12:30:11 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy List tallies Linux equivalents of Windows apps anon June 03 2005 ... a team of Russian Linux enthusiasts has compiled an updated listing of open source alternatives to proprietary applications, known as the "T... doug.mentohl (573)

Linux on Cell will blow Microsoft into history 18 16 (6/4/2005 12:57:25 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy A history lesson from Bill Joy Paul Murphy June 04 2005 [...] `Because Microsoft had a person who was very greedy and who was very brutal in his business dealings and was handed a monopoly by IBM due to inept... doug.mentohl (573)

Lovely Transvestite Seeks Black Men To Fill Me (Knowledge of Linux A+ ) 26 39 (6/8/2005 7:09:28 PM) comp.os.linux.misc http://www.open4success.org/ http://www.open4success.org/bio/Auto03.html In case you didn't know, guess who invented the internet! ... bone_smoker_university (3)

M$ patents sending smileys 5 29 (7/22/2005 6:04:28 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy And yes, it's another M$ patent, the sheer stupidity of which and M$' cheek to file it should have had the USPTO rolling over the floor, just before defenestrating both the application and the applicant. Inste... spamtrap12 (1974)

Lies Again 18 15 (7/28/2005 12:45:33 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Asked them to install JAVA 5. Yep, they installed Java. But it is not really Java, it is GCC, which, by the way, does not run all Java programs. We had to change our Java to run this weird Java. I installed ... trentallenblack (2529)