SomeoneFromBelgium - Slashdot User

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: is Linux as a corporate desktop going extinct? 1

Submitted by SomeoneFromBelgium on Monday November 25, 2019 @04:28AM

SomeoneFromBelgium writes: Yesterday I spoke to a friend of mine who works for a company developing mostly integrated network solutions which are purely Linux based.
He complained that he was unable to convince his IT department to provide him and his fellow developers and testers with a Linux desktop. They stated that "it was more secure when using a VM".
We both agreed that the more likely problem is that the IT department is solely geared towards a Windows desktop environment and that they have nor the skils nor the inclination to support any other platform.
This got me wondering: is this also your experience?

Submission + - Terrorist attack in Brussels Airport and Metro station: 21 death confirmed (mirror.co.uk)

Submitted by SomeoneFromBelgium on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:29AM

SomeoneFromBelgium writes: This morning there was a double bomb explosion in Brussels, Belgium.
In the National Airport entrance hall an estimated 13 people were killed by a big explosion. Around the same time another bomb exploded in Metro station 'Maalbeek' close to the financial district, killing an estimated 10 persons.

Submission + - Climate damage 'Irreversible' according leaked climate report 1

Submitted by SomeoneFromBelgium on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @09:29AM

SomeoneFromBelgium writes: According to Bloomberg a leaked climate report of the IPPC speaks of 'Irreversible Damage'.
The warnings in the report are, as such, not new but the tone of voice is more urgent and more direct than ever.

It states among other things that global warming already is affecting “all continents and across the oceans,” and that “Risks from mitigation can be substantial, but they do not involve the same possibility of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts as risks from climate change, increasing the benefits from near-term mitigation action,”

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