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Comment FreeBSD 9.1 Is Unix Heaven (Score 5, Insightful) 149

by AddisonW (#42428363) Attached to: New Releases From FreeBSD and NetBSD

I've got FreeBSD 9.1 running on my machine now and it is absolute Unix heaven.

The NVidia drivers work perfectly with my 580 card. The rest of my hardware was recognized and works properly.

All my gaming is done on my PS3 and Wii and a little bit on my Android devices. So my FreeBSD is primarily used for development and some webbrowsing. Working on a system that is stable and free from the crazy and random crap that plagues the various Linux distros is wonderful. The only negative I've found so far is the desktop's ports aren't as fully setup as you get as with something like Ubunut or Mint since the major focus of most of the FreeBSD devs is on server use.

I would like to thank all the lame people who have so diligently been posting their lame 'is dying' posts. I would never have checked out BSD if it wasn't for them. And it looks like the latest attempt at BSD FUD about funding massively backfired and led to a huge surge in project donations.

I usually hate these type of cute little sayings but after having switched from Linux to FreeBSD it really rings true:

Linux is for people who hate Microsoft
BSD is for people who love Unix

Comment Like There Were No Rectangles With Round Corners (Score 0) 90

by AddisonW (#42427165) Attached to: Ban on Certain Samsung Products Appears Likely ITC Ruling

Claims like that are simply bizarre.

The Blackberry 5810 - March 2002:

http://cdn.crackberry.com/files/u3/evo3BlackBerry5810.jpg

Status bar along the top - power,signal strenth,clock
Grid of app icons
Keyboard along the bottom

It really is amazing how Apple came up with the iPhone when there was NOTHING like it out there...

Submission + - FreeBSD Project Falls Short of Year End Funding Target By Nearly 50% (freebsdfoundation.org)

Submitted by TrueSatan
TrueSatan writes: Perhaps a sign of our troubled times or a sign that BSD is becoming less relevant to modern computing needs: the FreeBSD project has sought $500,00 by year end to allow it to continue to offer to fund and manage projects, sponsor FreeBSD events, Developer Summits and provide travel grants to FreeBSD developers but with the end of this year fast approaching it has raised just over $280,000...far short of its target.

Comment The Rise Of Truly Free Open Source Licensing (Score 3, Interesting) 150

by AddisonW (#41800093) Attached to: The Past, Present, and Future of OSS

The most important change is the maturation of open source developers and open source development.

Use of the viral and restrictive GPL is falling dramatically and truly free licensing like BSD is on the rise. Fading away are the days of the open source world being dominated by 15 years screaming about 'possibly GPL violation!!!' on Slashdot.

Everywhere that open source is succeeding is thanks to BSD licensed software:

* BSD based Chrome over the GPL based Mozilla

* Partially BSD based OS X on the desktop over the clusterfuck of GPL Linux desktops

* BSD based(outside the kernel) Android dominating the cellphone market over the effectively dead GPL based Linux cellphone efforts
Android

Microsoft's SmartGlass For Android Reviewed 107

Posted by samzenpus from the check-it-out dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has released their much anticipated SmartGlass application for Android, allowing the Linux-based mobile OS to act as an input device for their Xbox 360 game console. While the app has its share of annoying problems, it does offer a glimpse into a possible future where consumer electronics are no longer crippled by the artificial barriers of manufacturer or operating system."
Microsoft

Submission + - Startup Saves $100,000 by NOT supporting Internet Explorer (internetnews.com) 2

Submitted by darthcamaro
darthcamaro writes: Guess what — you don't have to support Microsoft's IE web browser any more to build a successful website. In fact, you might just be able to save yourself a pile of cash if you avoid IE altogether. That's the story in Canada's National Post today and to make this even sweeter — no one complained about the lack of IE support either.
Google

Submission + - Google Search Adds Knowledge Graph (informationweek.com)

Submitted by bonch
bonch writes: Google has augmented its search engine with Knowledge Graph, which presents a set of facts related to a search query. For instance, searching for a historical figure would display biographical information from Wikipedia in a sidebar, or searching for a location could display maps and population data. Though it could mean less traffic for third-party sites, the feature is intended to turn Google's search engine into an answer engine.
Technology

Submission + - Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By Half (technologyreview.com) 1

Submitted by bonch
bonch writes: Autoparts manufacturer Delphi has developed a diesel-like ignition engine running on gasoline, providing a potential 50 percent efficiency improvement over existing gas-powered engines. Engineers have long sought to run diesel-like engines on gasoline for its higher efficiency and low emissions. Delphi's engine, using a technique called gasoline-direct-injection compression ignition, could rival the performance of hybrid automobiles at a cheaper cost.
Google

Submission + - YouTube Phases Out The +1 Button (thenextweb.com)

Submitted by bonch
bonch writes: In an attempt to bring more content to the struggling social network, Google has announced it will be phasing out the +1 button on YouTube in favor of a Google+ Share link. Previously, the +1 button behaved similarly to Facebook's "Like" as a lightweight method of marking content you found interesting without embedding it directly in your stream. The new Google+ Share button will instead embed the content in your stream for followers to view and comment on.
Firefox

Submission + - Firefox Gets A Reset Button (cnet.com)

Submitted by bonch
bonch writes: Firefox 13 beta has added a "Reset Firefox" button that migrates bookmarks, cookies, and other data to a new profile while deleting the old one. Add-ons and tabs do not survive the transition, though they may be supported in a future update. The feature is intended to avoid complicated troubleshooting steps and allow users to start over with a fresh installation of Firefox simply by visiting the Help menu.
Android

Submission + - Google Made $550 Million From Android Since 2008 (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by bonch
bonch writes: Figures in court documents filed as part of a settlement with Oracle suggest Google generated only $550 million in Android revenue since 2008. According to the numbers, which were derived from figures offered by Google as part of a damages offer to Oracle, Google receives just over $10 per Android handset annually. Google's presence on iOS was much more lucrative, generating four times a much revenue--though it may not last, as Apple is working to replace its use of Google Maps.

Submission + - Will Google challenge VeriSign for operation of the dot-com registry? (circleid.com)

Submitted by
GeorgeK
GeorgeK writes: "Google has noted that their free Public DNS service is handing an average of 70 billion requests/day, which tops VeriSign's latest numbers for dot-com DNS requests.

Since Google does nothing without thought, is this demonstration by them that they can handle a greater DNS load than VeriSign a subtle sign that they might challenge for operation of the dot-com registry?

Certainly Google could be a formidable competitor if ICANN was to open the .com registry to a public tender process. A public tender would lead to lower prices for .com domains at the wholesale level, from $7.85 to perhaps below $2/yr.

Would you want Google to take over operation of the .com registry from VeriSign?"
Privacy

Submission + - Apple Bug Lets You Spy on Stranger's iPhone (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by skywolf86
skywolf86 writes: From the article:
The story is simple: a friend's son had some trouble with his iPhone 4. Being an awesome mom, our friend took it into the Apple Store when her kid was at school. School. Not college or grad school, but I'm-under-18 school. When she got it back, her kid's phone was in perfect working order—but it had also become a portal into another man's private life. No matter how many times we've reset the phone and entered our friend's information, every incoming and outgoing iMessage meant for Wiz shows up on her child's phone. His phone had become her son's phone—and there was an iMessage bevy of stuff you wouldn't want your child to see.

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