-From the Ubuntu Forms
I received my XPS with Ubuntu today. The first thing I will say is that when the Fedex guy delivered it he asked if Dell was having some kind of liquidation sale because he has delivered more Dells today than ever before. He told me that he had already delivered five and [...]
So because of the efforts of the Tux 500 campaign, so the car got the Tux logo on it. unfortunately it crash early during the race on Sunday causing it to finish dead last. After all that, it funny and sad at the same time.
-from Phoronix
We thought it was already clear what graphics processors and drivers work and don’t work with Linux desktop eye candy such as Beryl and Compiz, but it seems based upon the number of e-mails we have been receiving along with messages in community bulletin boards that the line isn’t so clear after all. For [...]
-from Engadget
There’s still no press release but those three Dell’s running Ubuntu are just minutes away from donning their direct-sales wings according to Dell’s official Direct2Dell site. Just like we heard, the three rigs available for the Linux pre-load include the E520 Dimension desktop, Inspiron E1505 consumer laptop, and XPS 410 media rig, now suffixed [...]
-from ubuntu documentation
Blu-Ray and HD DVD Video
Both Blu-Ray and HD DVD include DRM, which stops consumers from exercising fair use rights, including:
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The ability to use open source software to play the Blu-Ray and HD DVD films they have purchased.
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-from MydediBox
Here is a crappy help to boot linux on the 360.
First, you need :
- 360 xbox with an exploitable kernel (4532 or 4548).
- Dvd drive flashed with xtreme firmware.
- Serial adapter (http://mydedibox.homelinux.com/1.jpg).
- King kong patched.
- Xell loader (thanks tmbinc).
- A powerpc toolchain (http://kegel.com/crosstool/)
- Install NFS server on your linux box, and make a share [...]
-From CBC News
Linux switch can be painless, free
March 23, 2007
By David Conabree
The author is a regular reviewer of new high-tech gear and longtime computer user.
In all the “switcher” TV ads that the folks in Apple’s marketing department have come up with, the choice is always the same. Go with the clunky and complicated Microsoft Windows [...]
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