"Here we shall deal with another Quetzal-a live DVD/CD system, based on OpenBSD. The system contains a full OpenBSD installation, and a collection of selected applications. Our window manager of choice is WindowMaker. Its geometrical simplicity, modularity, performance, stability and internal architecture, match nicely with the philosophy of OpenBSD and UNIX in general."
- ovigia
from Bookmarklet
"The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), suggested by the US administration in 2007, aims to redefine global trade rules. The intention is to stem losses from counterfeiting and internet-mediated piracy of content like music and movies. It will do that by penalising internet service providers and websites that carry, or help people to find, pirated content. ACTA has quickly proved a hit with G8 nations, the European Union, South Korea and Australia, who are all using it as a basis for future national laws."
- Miguel Caetano
"While Firefox is considered a safe browser by most people, it can never hurt to add more layers of security in this day and age. And while you’re at it, there are a number of ways to increase your privacy online. Here are over 20 extensions that can provide you with useful ways to protect yourself, your identity and your family on the Internet."
- ovigia
from Bookmarklet
"Security and privacy are some of the major concerns these days while choosing a web browser to use. So much so that all the major players in the “browser wars” are providing or developing a private browsing mode. Firefox with the myraid of add-ons that it has to offer is never far from action. Here are some of the top Firefox security and privacy addons that you should install for safer browsing."
- ovigia
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"What are the goals of your GPL enforcement ? * To raise awareness of violations of GPL licensing * To assist vendors in their compliance with the GPL * To enforce the GPL and to protect free software from abuse."
- ovigia
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"gNewSense is a fully free software GNU/Linux distribution. Free software is software that respects your freedom. You can use it without restrictive licenses, make copies for your friends, school or business. To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting your rights to learn and to share what you learn with others. "
- ovigia
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been playing with it on my laptop, an old acer 3614, boot from an usb pen after installed it using unetbootin; very fast, beautiful, even compiz works flawlessly with the intel graphic card. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
- ovigia
"Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that brings the latest in free and open source software to your desktop, laptop and server. Fedora is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. You can read more information about the Fedora Project on our Overview page."
- ovigia
from Bookmarklet
"The current version 6.2 has been completely updated from Debian/"Lenny", "Testing" and "Unstable", and uses Kernel 2.6.31.6, xorg 7.4 for supporting currentmost computer hardware."
- ovigia
from Bookmarklet
Looks awesome, quite better than sidux. "0wn" (a funny name for knoppix's installer) had a couple of bugs preventing me to install it, if you run into the same problem check out http://lists.debian.org/debian-... (still not in the archive now, but I sent a fix to the mailing list).
- Marcos Marado
usually i don't install knoppix, i just use it as a livecd. beside that small error, what do you think about the installer? is it more flexible than sidux's installer? i really don't like it! what do you think about lxde/openbox? i'm using both but on my debian laptop. thanks for the tip, when i have some time i'll try it! :)
- ovigia
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Sidux is better to install than Knoppix, but then it is unstable to the point of uselessness. Knoppix was never made to be installed, and still isn't. The installer is bad (for instance, you have no choice but to have a reiserfs partition) and the result is a live-cd-like system (no passwords nor users). The system overall should be more Debian-like (what's that whole knoppix-startx...
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- Marcos Marado
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that is why i decided to install pure debian, usually i use a debian netinstall and install only the apps i really want. i'm using a debian testing/unstable right now plus the smxi script and the liquorix kernel and sometimes the sidux kernel, it's stable as a rock.... for wm i'm using lxde. this is my laptop config,for my desktop i'm going to install fedora 12 so i can study it.
- ovigia
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Good in theory, but I find I've been punished in the workplace for asking questions where people who don't know the answer either, but don't ask are left alone.
- Spidra Webster
I'm at a point where I don't care if people "punish" me for asking a question. If I need to know, I need to know, and screw what others think, personally.
- Helen Sventitsky
I don't accept being "punished" for asking a dumb question. I don't really understand. Why would people persecute you for not knowing everything?
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Salvo las Mossuo, a quienes preguntaría de todo... los proverbios chinos, no son de mis favoritos, pero este llama mi atención. Tal vez porque hace rato no tuiteo (o sea boludeo). Vamos allí. Cuando estaba en el primario pensaba que quien preguntaba cosas estúpidas, provocaba mi aburrimiento, pero lo toleraba por "solidaria". Me quedé con preguntas en el tintero? Sí, pero en la vida fui...
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- Céu de Buarque
Because employers often do things that are not logical or even good for the business.
- Spidra Webster
"So this post explains why your gut feel is wrong. The argument comes from a paper by Daniel M. Fleder and Kartik Hosanagar called Blockbuster Culture's Next Rise or Fall: The Impact of Recommender Systems on Sales Diversity. They simulate a number of different kinds of recommender system and look at how these systems affect the diversity of a set of choices. Towards the end of the paper they observe that some of their recommender systems increase the experience of diversity for every individual in the sample and yet decrease the overall diversity of the culture. So I wrote a program that does basically what they do in their paper and tweaked it to highlight this result."
- Miguel Caetano
"Software tools of this type can be used to create open source communities for both positive endeavors (like building resilient communities) to insurgency. For example, say I wanted to run an insurgency against financial capitalism, and in particular an effort that specifically targets Goldman Sachs. The software tool approach offers a variety of entry points for this endeavor. One aggressive methodology that enables corporate targeting would involve:"
- Miguel Caetano
"Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner"
- ovigia
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"Google unveiled its "Chrome OS" -- based on Debian Linux and the Chrome web browser -- and announced the open-sourcing of the project, promising public visibility for code and design documents. Due to ship on selected netbooks in late 2010, the cloud-oriented Chrome OS will offer seven-second boot-ups, the company claimed."
- ovigia
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