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Submission + - Self-Driving Cars Will Be in 30 U.S. Cities by the End of Next Year (observer.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Automated vehicle pilot projects will roll out in the U.K. and in six to 10 U.S. cities this year, with the first unveiling projected to be in Tampa Bay, Florida as soon as late spring. The following year, trial programs will launch in 12 to 20 more U.S. locations, which means driverless cars will be on roads in up to 30 U.S. cities by the end of 2016. The trials will be run by Comet LLC, a consulting firm focused on automated vehicle commercialization.

“We’re looking at college campuses, theme parks, airports, downtown areas—places like that,”

Comment Re:Opposition is from a small elite (Score 2, Insightful) 550

An elite crowd trying to force on everyone else what they think is the right way? Thats one of the many reasons people are against systemd! One thing I don't understand is how in the hell it is considered ok to have this in Debian STABLE? Maybe, in Fedora or OpenSuse but Debian stable???!

Comment PCLinuxOS is the answer (Score 1) 622

by Clopnixus (#36697134) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Easiest Linux Distro For a Newbie
I would urge anyone new to Linux coming from a windows background to try PCLinuxOS. It took me a while to discover as it seems to be the best kept secret of Linux. I've gone through Debian, Arch, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Slackware, Mepis, Puppy but always come back to PCLinuxOS. It's easy to install, easy to maintain and has excellent hardware recognition. Add a welcoming community that is happy to answer all the newbie questions without insulting people and you have the recipe for the 'Distro hopper stopper'. The PCLinuxOS version of KDE4 is also the best set up of all that I've tried.

Comment Gnewsense (Score 1) 221

by Clopnixus (#32764094) Attached to: Unusual, Obscure, and Useful Linux Distros
No mention of Gnewsense? Unusual - Sure is. very few distros take software freedom this seriously. Obscure - Sadly again true. Very few Linux users take software freedom this seriously. Useful - If you want to know if your hardware doesn't require non-free binary blobs then this is a good way to check.

Comment Re:The abbreviated list (Score 5, Informative) 221

by Clopnixus (#32753870) Attached to: Unusual, Obscure, and Useful Linux Distros
Can't get to the site but if your list is complete I'm surprised there's no mention of Scientific Linux. The distro created by the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory and CERN has to be high on the list of unusual and interesting Linux distributions. Actually, works pretty well as a standard desktop too...

Comment Re:GIMP's stupid name (Score 1) 900

by Clopnixus (#30163610) Attached to: GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04
These odd naming conventions and 'complete lack of marketing savvy' are one of the reasons I love Linux. The Gimp is a slap in the face for all the 'Image over content' people. Its like the whole nonsense of branding. I choose a product because it does what I want, not because it has a cool name and makes me feel better about myself. Its not Linux naming conventions that need to grow up, but the rest of the world. If they changed the name of Photoshop to Plop would it change the underlying software? Nope... Would people stop buying it in droves? Yep... I'll continue to use Gimp because it does what I need...
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Submission + - SPAM: Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research

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narramissic
narramissic writes: "A Dutch university has received a 2.5 million (US$3.3 million) grant from the European Research Council to fund 5 more years of work on a Unix-type operating system, called Minix, that aims to be more reliable and secure than Linux or Windows. The latest grant will enable the three researchers and two programmers on the project to further their research into a making Minix capable of fixing itself when a bug is detected, said Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a computer science professor at Vrije Universiteit. 'It irritates me to no end when software doesn't work,' Tanenbaum said. 'Having to reboot your computer is just a pain. The question is 'Can you make a system that actually works very well?''"
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Comment Re:Secure? Sure. (Score 1) 175

by Clopnixus (#26782431) Attached to: Kaspersky Customer Database Exposed
I've had much better experiences installing Linux than with Windows. And I started out with dos 3.3. The most significant advantage is that these days usually all the drivers for your hardware are included in the kernel. Installing Windows is easy enough. Its the hours of tracking down drivers and applications after installing that is a pain in the backside.

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