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Comment Re:Get your lawyers ready /. (Score 1) 859

Say, a convicted imbezzler working with large amounts of cash?

Say, a convicted embezzler, having served his time, applying for a job with no amounts of cash whatsoever, but in spite of his otherwise fine qualifications not getting the job because he's cried out as a criminal in some public source?

hiding what someone has done in the past doesn't necessarily help the people they are around or to reform them

In a case like the above, and even in a case like the in the original post, I think getting over it and moving on -- after actually having served the penalty decided by the judicial system based on the laws passed by the parliament elected by the people -- is actually quite alright.

Comment Re:Another two words (Score 1) 849

Self-reply... after re-reading your post, I don't think it meant what I thought it meant. My response probably isn't all that relevant. Maybe it's interesting anyway...

Re:Another two words (Score:3, Informative)

by clone53421 (1310749) Alter Relationship on 2009.06.25 22:25

Apparently it's not as interesting as it's informative ;)

Comment Re:Incremental approach (Score 1) 455

2.20.10-0ubuntu1 can, and is the one still used in Ubuntu (even in 9.04).

The newest version of gdm available in Ubuntu, version 2.25.2-0ubuntu0.1 in the try-out gdm-new package, really cannot auto-login, nor can it do timed login or allow you to theme it much more than changing the background picture.

It's in the plans to make 2.25 (or a newer version) the login manager in Ubuntu Karmic (see the blueprint here), and they have (had) discussions about gdm at some gnome mailing list (I don't have the link presently).

Comment Re:"windows" article tag biased (Score 1) 408

... run your p2p app (mldonkey for instance) as a unprivileged user (usually nobody).

Unless your login name is "nobody", GP actually has a point. I for one like to keep my home dir safely chmod'ed to 0700.

Expecting that their distro will automagically take care of running any p2p app as "nobody" for them is another discussion - but I expect some p2p daemons actually run this way?

Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 906

You pay so others can go? I'm confused, how is church payed for by the government?

In many European countries (at least Denmark and Sweden, I know this for sure), there is an optional (opt-out) 'Church tax' (I don't recall its name which is less linked to Christianity) through which you can contribute to any officially acknowledged religious society you wish. This way you can support your preferred religious society, or the one you would be most likely to attend if you were a believer, or none at all.

Software

Submission + - Linux alternatives to Apple's Aperture (ubuntuproductivity.com)

somethingkindawierd writes: "An experiment focusing on open source tools for Ubuntu Linux to compete with Aperture on the Mac. The author didn't think he would find a worthwhile open source solution, but to his surprise he found some formidable raw processing tools. A good read for any Linux fan or photographer looking for capable and inexpensive tools"
Windows

Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing 868

spacefiddle writes "Computerworld has an article about a presentation from Gartner analysts in Las Vegas claiming that Windows is 'collapsing', and that Microsoft 'must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.' Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald provided an analysis of what went wrong with Vista, and what they feel Microsoft can and must do to correct its problems. Larry Dignan of ZDNet has his own take, and while he agrees, he suggests that the downfall of Windows will be slow and drawn-out. As an interesting tangent to this, there's also a story from a few days prior about Ubuntu replacing Windows for a school's library kiosks, getting good performance out of older hardware. '[Network administrator Daniel] Stefyn said he was "pleasantly surprised" to discover that the Kubuntu desktops ran some applications faster with Linux than when they ran on Windows. An additional benefit of Windows' departure from student library terminals saw the students cease 'hacking the setup to install and play games or trash the operating system.'"

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