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Submission + - Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" Release Candidate 1 (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @09:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: The first release candidate of Debian 7.0 Wheezy was released this week. Debian 7.0 is set to introduce a number of new features including optional systemd support, a real-time Linux kernel option, UEFI installation support, and the Debian Installer now supports WPA/WPA2 wireless networks. More Debian 7.0 features are listed on the Debian Wiki and the 7.0 RC1 installer can be downloaded at Debian.org.

Submission + - CNN/Money Reporter Drives Tesla - Confirms Company's Claims (cnn.com)

Submitted by

karlnyberg

on Friday February 15, 2013 @08:12AM

karlnyberg writes: "Putting to rest the conflict between Tesla's Elon Musk and New York Times Reporter John Broder, CNN/Money's Peter Valdes-Dapena drives DC to Boston (primarily to test the SuperCharger network):

As he says in the money quote and byline of the article:

In the end, I made it — and it wasn't that hard.

As for the Supercharger network? Turns out that works, too."

Comment Re:The what? (Score 1) 328

by jasontn on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:42AM (#40943885) Attached to: Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE

Since when has Debian been positioned as the distro for the general public? It is up to Debian derivatives like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. to make things simpler for the average user. It is the distros like these that will be judged by the public whether Linux is ready for the mainstream, not Debian.

Comment Re:"HP's Linux" (Score 1) 230

by jasontn on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @01:21PM (#26971773) Attached to: 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux

Does anyone know why Dell would want to set the 1GB RAM limit? 4GB I can understand, but 1GB?

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 763

by jasontn on Sunday February 22, 2009 @03:53AM (#26947085) Attached to: Do Video Games Cost Too Much?

And it really happened to me. My buddy had to blurt it out before I had a chance to catch the movie.

Comment Re:MS Gets it right? (Score 1) 126

by jasontn on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @02:39PM (#25558999) Attached to: Microsoft Unveils Browser-Based Office Apps

Google suggests that you create a few empty documents when you are online. It may seem clumsy, but it's not impossible.

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