Comment: Looking like dork is not a myth. (Score 4, Interesting) 363
You might as well have highwater pants, a short sleeved white dress shirt, and a pocket protector.
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Comment: What's with the ancient Chrome logo /.? (Score 0) 321
They've had two since this one.
Comment: Re:Hey Michael, how about more Ubuntu Desktops? (Score 1) 160
Gamers and Enthusiasts.
But the low-end XPS is also just a nice multimedia PC.
More expansion slots and so forth.
I actually could care less about games. I'd buy an XPS Desktop if I were buying a Dell PC because it gives me the options I want.
At the very least, a GPU and a sound card.
Oh and Ubuntu *is* an option with the XPS notebook.
+ - GNOME Foundation Defends OOXML involvement->
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angrykeyboarder writes "The GNOME foundation has recently been criticized for it's supposed "endorsement" of Microsoft's OOXML format.
They have since issued a statement clarifying the matter."
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+ - Myanmar Goes Offline->
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angrykeyboarder writes "Myanmar has been completely taken off the Internet. If you know anyone there, don't expect to hear from them for a while...."
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+ - Many Linux users work with multiple OS platforms->
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angrykeyboarder writes "Many Linux users in fact use multiple Operating Systems. While this isn't a surprise or big news, it does demonstrate that despite the desire of many in the Linux community, Linux alone does not meet the OS needs of everyone.
The author of an article on Linux.com took an informal survey of people on a Linux Users Group mailing list and found 75% of the (rather small sample of 25) respondents also used Windows or Mac OSX.
In addition, the author himself states that he 'recently received a new MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.4 from our corporate [Sourceforge, Inc. parent company of Sourceforge, Slashdot and Linux.com] headquarters' for use with some non-Linux apps."
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The author of an article on Linux.com took an informal survey of people on a Linux Users Group mailing list and found 75% of the (rather small sample of 25) respondents also used Windows or Mac OSX.
In addition, the author himself states that he 'recently received a new MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.4 from our corporate [Sourceforge, Inc. parent company of Sourceforge, Slashdot and Linux.com] headquarters' for use with some non-Linux apps."
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+ - 500 Giabyte DVD-sized discs?->
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angrykeyboarder writes "Scientists have discovered a way to fit 500 GB of data on DVD-sized discs. Now all we need is the hardware to go along with the discs."
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