Josh teh Jenius - Slashdot User

Comment Re:And newbies are your best friend... (Score 1) 1347

by Josh teh Jenius on Wednesday April 19, 2006 @04:33PM (#15160286) Attached to: Linux Snobs, The Real Barriers to Entry

I think too many people have a overdeveloped sense of superiority from the mere fact that they use an a particular OS, browser, tool, etc

This is something I will never understand. If I see you hammering a nail into a wall, I might suggest a drill and screw. You might appreciate the suggestion, or remain content with hammer and nail.

Why would either response be stupid?

Military Investigates Sale of Sensitive Data 136

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 14, 2006 @03:26PM from the not-the-best-news dept.

smokeslikeapoet wrote to mention an article being run in the New York Times detailing the sale of sensitive data in Afghan markets. From the article: "The military acted after The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press reported that computer memory drives smuggled out of the base were being sold in shops. Some drives bought by the reporters contained material marked secret as well as information about insurgency activities and names and personal details about American service members and Afghan agents working for the United States military." Fox News is reporting the sold storage units are being repurchased by the military as they can find them.

Linspire CEO dispels Linspire Linux Myths 278

Posted by samzenpus on Friday April 07, 2006 @06:03PM from the not-just-for-root-anymore dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Chances are that you think Linspire lets you run Windows applications, that you have to run it as root, and that it's really not quite a proper Linux. Wrong, wrong, and wrong. At LinuxWorld in Boston this week, CEO Kevin Carmony explained what Linspire Linux is, and isn't all about. Carmony said that people are still getting these things wrong. Yes, in the beginning, Linspire had the goal of letting Linux users run Windows applications with WINE, but it dropped that theme years ago. As for requiring you to run as root, that was, Carmony said, only the case with an early alpha release that was never put in the public's hands. As for not being a real Linux, that's nonsense, too."

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