Statistics for comp.os.linux.advocacy. 1/19/2008 4:27:43 PM

Not written by cocksucker Roy Culley.
No contributions from Mark Kent.
No modifications by asshole [H]omer, 2007.

Number of threads ................... 431
Number of articles .................. 2735
Average articles per thread ......... 6.35
Number of unanswered posts .......... 268

Top Threads

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1 262 Re: Apple's OSX crap compared to Linux
2 126 Who seriously uses Linux here for serious work?
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Acer now preloading Linux!

AMD 3600 / 512Mb RAM / 80 Gb SATA hd and dvd with Linux

135 pounds including VAT!

Fsck that!

The whole PC is cheaper than micoshaft OS!
And more power and faster and quieter because it comes with Linux.
Only Linux makes consumer choice possible for next generation
desktop OS.

http://www.ebuyer.com (in business PC section)

Some have already installed Ubuntu and it works.
see www.youtube.com for effects of installing
beryl and compiz for next generation desktop OS.

I made a Hacwerk 2.3 draft, don't you like it?
http://www.angelfire.com/psy/doctorbill/Hacwerk2_3.jpg
Your friend & hero George Hostler aka HPT aka Rafael has been added.
Roys smile reminded me to Ernie & Bert (Roy & Mark?), see below the pic of
the spammer.
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Cutting Through the SELinux Hype

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| SELinux began as a research project by the NSA (National Security
| Administration). The old model of reacting only to known threats has a
| glaring, obvious weakness: You're going to get beat up a lot. The idea behind
| SELinux is to protect a system from the unknown, and to close the door on
| zero-day exploits.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3722446

SELinux is good for *national* security, that's for sure.

Related:

Microsoft Sells Out to NSA... again!

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| So before you go to the store and get that shiny new laptop, consider asking
| the retailer to not put Windows on there because not doing so could end up
| being a serious mistake.  
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http://binaryfreedom.info/node/282

Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?

Come Fly with Fluxbuntu

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| Fluxbuntu is a must try Linux distribution which I feel has a very bright
| future ahead. I think new to Linux users will be able to handle it well with
| minor trouble. But, it might...

Empowering the Linux Community

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| From a Linux Developer point of view, when users are no longer developing
| with you...you’ve lost. Empowerment is key to a successful community in
| Linux. The day the community is no longer empowered to improve is the day
| the distribution dies. What kills empowerment? Helplessness. Despair.
| Inability.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/243-Empowering-the-Linux-Community.htm...

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Can you leave innovation to the customer?

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| Open source innovation: how does it work?
|
| Ideas or problems are made freely available to anyone who can be bothered to
| look at them. They are then aired in online forums, meaning that glitches are
| ironed out in record time, and the forum creator charges to a manufacturer to
| develop the prototype and get the product onto the shelves.  
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KDE 4.1 Release Schedule, Coming In July

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| Here is the KDE 4 release schedule for the next couple of months, as shared
| this morning at the KDE 4.0 release event keynote by Aaron Seigo. KDE 4.0.1
| will be released later this month with minor maintenance releases coming
| every month. KDE 4.1 is planned for release this July with much polishing
| since KDE 4.0.0.
|
| January - KDE 4.0.1
| February - KDE 4.0.2
| March - KDE 4.0.3
| April - KDE 4.0.4
| May - KDE 4.0.5
| June - KDE 4.0.6
| July - KDE 4.1.0
| August - KDE 4.1.1
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjI4Ng

First impressions: KDE 4.0

Foundation update
Current state of affairs

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| With help from Renat Lumpau (rl03), I spent some time this week talking to
| the Foundation's lawyers, collecting documents, and sifting through old
| e-mails. As I posted on gentoo-nfp a couple of days ago, the state of New
| Mexico did, indeed, revoke the charter for the Gentoo Foundation,
|
| [...]
|
| What about drobbins' proposal?
|
| I'd like to push off until Monday any actual decision, so that the above
| discussion can happen first. I don't think drobbins will mind the delay,
| although he's not around right now for me to check first.
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http://www.grantgoodyear.org/g2blog/gentoo/20080118.html

Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: 19 January 2007

BBC: Death by a thousand top-slices

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| So it looks like the end of the unique, state-centric model for funding the
| BBC. An incoming Conservative administration is unlikely to be more
| sympathetic to the BBC, with its stifling bureucracy and monopoly control
| over a compulsory tax.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/bbc_top_slicing/

Related:

BBC Director General grilled by MPs on iPlayer

Storm Worm turns one

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| Compromised machines, however they are infected, become zombie clients under
| the control of hackers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/storm_worm_botnet/

Mexico and Africa to become malware hotspots

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| The former Soviet Republic, China and Southern America have been hotspots of
| malware creation since around 2003, when malware for profit replaced mischief
| as a motive for creating computer viruses. Each of the regions contained
| individuals with sophisticated computing skills but without the job
| opportunities to make a living for themselves in the IT sector.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/future_cybercrime_hotspots/

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In zombies we trust