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  Re: Older Laptops & Linux         


Author: 486box
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:31

mzmorpheus09@yahoo.com wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I bought the Toshiba Portege 720CT. It's sorta like this:
>
> http://www.bjassociates.com/610.htm
>
> But a little newer I think.
>
> Again, specs are:
> PIII
> 12GB HDD
> 327MB RAM
...
> So my question is which would work better, that Umbutu distribution or
> Damn Small Linux???
I'd suggest Xubuntu(a derivative of the Ubuntu another guy suggested)
for this laptop, and Damn Small for the older ones. Xubuntu has very
few driver issues, as does its parent, an easy installer, a good
program installer, the works. Damn Small's primary strength is just ...
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  Re: Why Microsoft Open XML is a Scam         


Author: Tim Smith
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:31

In article funkenbusch.com>,
Erik Funkenbusch despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:
>> Microsoft has routinely tried to palm off their "standards" while
>> providing no public documentation. Even when all they have done is
>> made trivial changes, often claimed by Microsoft to be 'enhancements'
>> but often turning out to be security holes, trojans, and back doors,
>> which now do nearly $100 billion/ year in primary and secondary
>> damages.
>
> There's 6,000 freaking pages of documentation. Don't give me that "no
> documentation" bullshit.

Wasn't it 2000 pages when initially submitted, and grew to 6000 as the
other members of the committee asked for parts to be expanded and for
more detail to be added?

--
--Tim Smith
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  Re: Older Laptops & Linux         


Author: 486box
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:26

mzmorpheus09@yahoo.com wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I bought the Toshiba Portege 720CT. It's sorta like this:
>
> http://www.bjassociates.com/610.htm
>
> But a little newer I think.
>
> Again, specs are:
> PIII
> 12GB HDD
> 327MB RAM
...
> So my question is which would work better, that Umbutu distribution or
> Damn Small Linux???
I'd suggest Xubuntu(a derivative of the Ubuntu another guy suggested)
for this laptop, and Damn Small for the older ones. Xubuntu has very
few driver issues, as does its parent, an easy installer, a good
program installer, the works. Damn Small's primary strength is just ...
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  Re: Older Laptops & Linux         


Author: 486box
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:15

mzmorpheus09@yahoo.com wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I bought the Toshiba Portege 720CT. It's sorta like this:
>
> http://www.bjassociates.com/610.htm
>
> But a little newer I think.
>
> Again, specs are:
> PIII
> 12GB HDD
> 327MB RAM
...
> So my question is which would work better, that Umbutu distribution or
> Damn Small Linux???
I'd suggest Xubuntu(a derivative of the Ubuntu another guy suggested)
for this laptop, and Damn Small for the older ones. Xubuntu has very
few driver issues, as does its parent, an easy installer, a good
program installer, the works. Damn Small's primary strength is just ...
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  Windows for the OLPC         


Author: B Gruff
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:13

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  Re: [News] The Complete Layman's Guide to Cyber Safety         


Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:11

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Oliver Wong
castortech.com>
wrote
on Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:34:01 -0500
wagner.videotron.net>:
>
> "The Ghost In The Machine" sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote in message
> news:e7uo44-9p4.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net...
>
>> - Get three free credit reports a year (one per bureau).
>
> What are these three bureaus that you speak of? Is this America-centric
> advice, or is it applicable internationally?

I'd have to look, but it's probably America-centric.
One of them is TRW, if I'm not mistaken.

I don't know what the Europeans and Chinese offer
in this realm.
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  Re: [News] Novell: Freedom to Slavery         


Author: High Plains Thumper
Date: Dec 8, 2006 17:02

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> | It's meant to threaten and intimidate those who develop software
> | in freedom, and to control what they will be allowed to do. I do
> | not remember requesting to become Novell?s slave, or of desiring
> | to pay a Microsoft slug for the right to practice freedom. As such
> | it is an insult to everyone who has ever contributed code that they
> | now use.
> `----
>
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1851

I am in a wait-and-see mode. The Microsoft-Novell agreement has created
considerable controversy. It has some wondering when "extinguish" will be
implemented, seeing "embrace and extend" have already been accomplished.

--
HPT
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  Re: President of large round space ship makes two executive orders that help LINUX.         


Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: Dec 8, 2006 16:53

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Wayne McClaine
gmail.com>
wrote
on 8 Dec 2006 14:42:10 -0800
<1165617730.096085.320250@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>:
>
> ericmatteson2003november@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Star Wars Saved By The Bell
>> Star Wars Episode 3 Thursday, December 7,2006
> ....
>> ericmatteson2003november@hotmail.com
>
> Dude - when you have that many shrooms, you're s'posed to share, not
> ingest all 5 pounds.
>
> -Gary
>
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  Re: MathScore patents randomly generated math problems ..         


Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: Dec 8, 2006 16:48

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Philip
xanadu.net>
wrote
on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:50:08 GMT
newssvr12.news.prodigy.net>:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> begin oe_protect.scr
>> Doug Mentohl linuxmail.org> espoused:
>>
>>>"MathScore's patent-pending technology build basic math
>>>skills for remedial students, it also allows high
>>>achievers to stretch for new mathematical concepts
>>>not yet covered by their class curriculum, achieving
>>>what many schools strive for but find difficult to
>>>accomplish in math - differentiated learning"
>>>
>>>http://www.mathscore.com/
>>>
>>>fuddie, do you think the US patent system needs reform.
>> ...
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  Re: [News] Battery Drain in Windows Vista         


Author: Tim Smith
Date: Dec 8, 2006 16:45

In article <1885409.pBWLUmMgSy@schestowitz.com>,
Roy Schestowitz schestowitz.com> wrote:
> Microsoft: Vista Wireless Access Could Cause Laptop Battery Drain
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Users running Windows Vista on laptops may see batteries draining
> | faster than they expect, Microsoft said in a warning on a company
> | blog, because some wireless access points aren't configured to
> | take advantage of the new operating system's Wi-Fi
> | power-saving mode.
> `----
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602417&cid
> =RSSfeed_IWK_All
>
> Embrace and extend. Illegally-obtained and retained monopoly enables that.

Could you explain how implementing a standard is embracing and extending?

--
--Tim Smith
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