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Submission + - The OSS Solution to Solving Linux Wi-Fi Problem (madpenguin.org)

Submitted by tobs on Monday September 10, 2007 @04:50AM

tobs writes: Matt Hartley of MadPenguin.org fame has published an open source way of solving the Linux Wi-Fi problem. He writes, "For intermediate to advanced users, who are willing to track down WiFi cards based on chipsets, live without WPA in some instances or have opted to stick with Ethernet, buying a new notebook for the sake of improved wireless connectivity may seem a little overkill. When a new user faces problems jumping through the NDISWrapper hoops, tracking down WiFi cards from HCLs and other related activities, the end result is almost always the same — they give up. What so many of us, as Linux users, fail to grasp is that projects like OpenHAL are critical to long-term development. The education on what to expect and what not to expect remains a complete load of hot air when articles claim how easy it is to setup wireless Internet on Linux machines. It's downright misleading.

Submission + - Linux Foundation Calls for 'Respect for Microsoft' (vnu.co.uk)

Submitted by

kripkenstein

on Friday August 10, 2007 @05:54AM

kripkenstein writes: "Jim Zemlin (executive director for the Linux Foundation) has said at LinuxWorld that the open source community should stop poking fun at Microsoft:

Open source vendors have to recognise that Windows is here to stay and that together with Microsoft it will form a duopoly in the market for operating systems. This also requires that the Linux community respects Microsoft rather than ridicule it.

"There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.

An interesting perspective, but saying Microsoft has "a good track record in fending off competition" is like saying Muhammad Ali was "good at hitting his opponents in the ring"."

Submission + - Sun lowers barriers to open-source Java

Submitted by Shyane on Friday August 10, 2007 @03:10AM

Shyane writes: Sun Microsystems is making it easier for open-source programmers to ensure their Java versions meet the company's compatibility requirements, but the deal extends only to those involved in Sun's own open-source Java project. The program grants access to its Java Technology Compatibility Kit to anyone with an open-source Java project that is based substantially on Sun's open-source Java software and governed by the GPL. Programmers need access to the test kit to prove that a project is in compliance with the Java specification. Projects that pass Sun's compatibility kit tests also can use the official Java logos for free, said Rich Sands, OpenJDK community marketing manager at Sun.

Journal Journal: AT & T Censorship

Journal by nightcats on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:19AM

AT&T, still facing a lawsuit from the EFF for turning over user data to the NSA, is now exposed as having censored song lyrics from a Pearl Jam recording, for their anti-Bush administration message.

So watch what you're doing on your iPhone, liberals--you may be next.

Journal Journal: The business case for open source 2

Journal by einhverfr on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @04:50PM

In a few posts to a recent article, I made a number of arguments for why businesses should consider open source software. I decided that it would be a very good idea to consolidate and put them together for greater coherence.

Journal Journal: Last chance to see - not for the dolphins

Journal by fymidos on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @10:00AM

Some of you may have read "Last chance to see" by Douglas Adams. The book, a documentary about endangered species, describes how the Yangtze River Dolphin population declined drastically in just one or two generations. Those dolphins were not slowly killed by man for food. They simply died, because all those engine ships going up and down the river rendered their sonar useless.
It is now 3 years since a dolphin was last sight

Comment Re:GPLv3 is incompatible with GPLv2 (Score 1) 562

by Valissystem on Thursday October 26, 2006 @05:12PM (#16600754) Attached to: When Stallman is Attacked

Better get used to it. You can't stop us. You can only complain.

This sort of attitude is exactly what annoys me the most, i.e. the explicit imposition of will without any concern whatsoever as to how it affects downstream "users" (whether ordinary users, or other programmers/coders). To me this shows exactly how the "Community" aspect of the "Open Source Community" is being destroyed by this debate.

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