Teacher threatens to call the cops over Linux
pcpro.co.uk — A teacher has threatened to call the police after finding students using Linux in her classroom. She went mad in a letter to the HeliOS Project threatening to report it to the police for distributing illegal software. "I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you made are grossly over-stated." (Submitted by Barence) More…
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Obama wants to know: Why open source?
news.cnet.com — President Barack Obama is a smart guy. Where others zig, he zags. It's perhaps not surprising, then, that he's been asking around about the benefits of open source, according to Sun Chairman Scott McNealy, who has been asked by President Obama to author a white paper on the benefits the U.S. government can derive from open source. (Submitted by rtaibah) More…
Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]wkowtv.com — Her Verizon High-Speed Internet CD won't load, so she can't access the internet. She also can't install Microsoft Word, which she says is a requirement for MATC's online classes. (Submitted by andermic) More…
Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" officially released
geek.com — Canonical’s latest free Ubuntu Linux operating system version is officially released today. Ubuntu 9.04 for desktop, server and “netbook remix” is available for immediate download, CD purchase or you can request a free CD (Submitted by EGOvoruhk) More…
Typing "Prompt Commands" Sufficient to Seize Your Property
eff.org — You need to take the time to read the warrant available via PDF. Insanity. Someone's computer crashes and suspects it's a CS student's fault because he does things like "'jail breaks' cell phones" and he is sometimes seen with a "[computer with] a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on." Yikes. (Submitted by allocate) More…
Update Girl drops out of college because of Linux
wkowtv.com — this is the update to the earlier post about the girl that was so close to becoming a rocket scientist that she had to drop out of school because her laptop had Ubuntu on it. Now the problem is now all us Linux users out here that are just haters, make your own call on this. (Submitted by mharrall) More…
The 7 Deadly Linux Commands
junauza.com — If you are new to Linux, chances are you will meet a stupid person perhaps in a forum or chat room that can trick you into using commands that will harm your files or even your entire operating system. To avoid this dangerous scenario from happening, I have here a list of deadly Linux commands that you should avoid. (Submitted by Sh0rtstak) More…
10 Things Songbird Does That iTunes Can’t
blog.audiojungle.net — Songbird turned 1.0 this week, and aims to do to iTunes what Firefox did to Internet Explorer. That is, it aims to take the basic design of something closed and proprietary, and turn it into something open and extensible and fun. Songbird aims to give the power back to the people. (Submitted by ha3er0) More…
Linux tips every geek should know
tuxradar.com — What separates average Linux users from the super-geeks? Simple: years spent learning the kinds of hacks, tricks, tips and techniques that turn long jobs into a moment's work. If you want to get up to speed without having to put in all that leg-work, we've rounded up over 50 easy-to-learn Linux tips to help you work smarter! (Submitted by Fizzbuzzmeh) More…
Ubuntu 9.04: Wow
blogs.techrepublic.com.com — All of the claims Mark Shuttleworth has made about 9.04 are real. It’s faster than any distribution I’ve seen. It’s more stable than any other Ubuntu release to date. Everything is exactly where you would think it SHOULD be. And it all works perfectly, seamlessly, beautifully. (Submitted by motang) More…
Firefox eclipses IE6 in web share, threatens IE7
electronista.com — Firefox 3 has become the first non-Microsoft web browser to overtake Internet Explorer 6 in market share, according to new data from StatCounter. The open source browser climbed to 24 percent of users in February while IE6 dipped to just over 22.6 percent, making Firefox the second most popular browser by individual versions. (Submitted by Commodus) More…
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