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Submission + - Falling into the Vista Trap

Submitted by iB1 on Friday March 02, 2007 @06:45AM

iB1 writes: Business editor of the BBC Tim Weber has an interesting tale of woe about his experience of upgrading from XP to Vista. Although it appears that the initial upgrade went without a hitch, it was the frustrating realisation that a substantial number of his peripherals did not and would never work with Vista that tipped him over the edge.

Submission + - Linux users get Windows-free Dell & Lenovo lap

Submitted by

wehe

on Friday March 02, 2007 @04:42AM

wehe writes: "Two leading hardware vendors, Dell and Lenovo, are quietly selling laptops without preloaded Microsoft Windows to Linux customers who know where to look, says Lincoln Durey, CEO of EmperorLinux, an Atlanta reseller that customises, installs and supports Linux on the major-brand laptops it sells."

Submission + - 16 million Americans living in poverty.

Submitted by kop on Sunday February 25, 2007 @10:02AM

kop writes: A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of census figures found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty.
One in three Americans will experience a full year of extreme poverty at some point in his or her adult life.
"It would appear that for most Americans the question is no longer if, but rather when, they will experience poverty.

In short, poverty has become a routine and unfortunate part of the American life course,"
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/1676069 0.htm

Journal Journal: Cattle Rearing Significantly Contributes to Global Warming

Journal by indierockcafe on Sunday February 25, 2007 @03:43AM

Whether you agree that human activity on earth is polluting the atmosphere and triggering a warming of the globe, the facts are in - cattle rearing contributes more to global atmospheric, water and land pollution than automobiles.

Submission + - The Best P2P Network Nowadays?

Submitted by

rigamarole

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @02:58AM

rigamarole writes: "Well, I've been using Limewire for most of my mp3 downloads for the past while. At first I was very satisfied with it after switching from Ares, because my download times were significantly faster. Recently though, I've been getting a lot of results like, "Stephen Spielberg gets a hilarious prank call!" and other such nonsense. Note that I get a lot of search results like this on both audio and video-specific searches. I'm sick of Limewire now, and I'm wondering what people in the know are using for their downloads nowadays. I should note that I've had some satisfactory results from using isoHunt for movie downloads, but I have no idea how good of a music source it is...and I prefer the classic KaZaA/Ares/Limewire layout anyhow. Thoughts?"

Submission + - DragonFly BSD to develop own filesystem

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25, 2007 @01:40AM

An anonymous reader writes: Matt Dillon has decided to develop a new filesystem from scratch to support DragonFly's clustering, rather than port an existing one. From his post: "There are currently two rough spots in the design. First, how to handle segment overflows in a multi-master environment. Such overflows can occur when the individual masters or slaves have different historical data retention policies. Second, where to store the regeneratable indexes."

Journal SPAM: Former Federal Prosecutor Publishes Indictment Of Bush 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday February 24, 2007 @10:38PM

Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth Vega has written a book containing a draft indictment of the so-called president and other top administration officials for conspiracy to defraud the American people on the issue of whether or not we needed to invade Iraq. The book also includes a fictional grand jury proceeding based on that indictment.

Submission + - Gizmodo calls for RIAA boycott in March

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23, 2007 @04:33PM

An anonymous reader writes: Gadget review site Gizmodo is calling for a boycott of RIAA-signed bands in the month of March: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/putt ing-our-money-where-our-mouths-are-boycott-the-ria a-in-march-239281.php Instead, they suggest spending your greenbacks on indy artists, or attending concerts/buying merchandise from your favorite RIAA artist (which puts money in the artist's pocket), rather than buying recordings (and further enriching the fat cats at the RIAA). All I can say is, "hell yes!"

Submission + - Where the Heck is Etch?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23, 2007 @01:03AM

An anonymous reader writes: Last September, some of the Debian Linux distribution's leadership wanted to make sure that Etch, the next version of Debian, arrived on its December 4th due date. So, the Dunc-Tank group decided to experiment with financially supporting some key developers to get Debian out the door on time. Almost two months later, though, according to the February 17th Release Critical Bug Report memo to the Debian Developers Announcement list, there are still 541 release critical bugs. Now, that's not quite as bad as it sounds.

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