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Submission + - Interview with Patrick Volkerding, Founder of Slackware Linux (linuxquestions.org)

An anonymous reader writes: In this in-depth interview with LinuxQuestions.org, Patrick Volkerding discusses how he got involved with Linux and Open Source, the succession plan for Slackware, the Slackware development model, his opinion on the current trends in desktop environments, potentially disruptive changes to Linux such as systemd, his favorite beer and much more.

Comment Inspiration from successful projects (Score 1) 9

Just look at the last successful adventure projects (Double Fine, Larry and Jane Jensen's), look at what they did and at what your project didn't. For example, video appearances with the project founders helped boost the Larry and Jensen projects, because would-be backers saw that they were credible and motivated.

Comment Re:color or couleur? (Score 1) 90

In fact, the British English word colour comes from the Old French word with the same spelling : colour (circa 1050-1100 A.D.). It's in French that the spelling changed for couleur!

A similar situation is with the English word connoisseur (borrowed form Old French), which is now spelt connaisseur in modern French.

Comment Perfect for demoing (Score 1) 121

Reading the comments already posted, I understand that some persons think that the service will be used to play games in whole (i.e. replace completly your PC or your console)... But if they'd RTFA, these persons would understand that Gaikai is mainly intented to demo games before getting them (now IMHO, that's a promising idea).

Comment Re:what about melanesians? (Score 1) 459

In his book Guns, Germs and Steel, the author Jared Diamond explains quite in details how "black" Asians (Papua, Negrito, etc.) really came from Southeastern Asia, and how their ancestors have nearly all been elimated from the asian continent (in fact, some remain, like the Pygmies from Thailand and Malaysia, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy).

Inside View on Apple WWDC Rumors 231

AppleLurker writes "In a recent interview with DVD newsroom an Apple employee talks WWDC rumors including the iPhone, Blu-ray, MacPro and the Apple Tablet. More realistic about what not to expect next week when Steve Jobs hits the stage." Apple's next move is always a hotbed of debate leading up to a product release and with all the rumors flying this year all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt.

'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales on the Horizon? 669

fkx writes to mention an eWeek article suggesting that, finally, the PC-using public is going to 'get' the Mac. According to the article, the new advertising, increased functionality of OSX, and Intel-based machines are all raising the profile of Apple's machines to new heights. From the article: "However, this cycle isn't your usual processor upgrade cycle that comes every time Intel or Advanced Micro Devices tweaks a process. This is a major shift that affects all parts of the Mac customer-developer-vendor ecology. Longtime Apple watchers can count two earlier events of similar magnitude. The first such transition occurred in March 1994 with the arrival of the PowerPC architecture. The Motorola 680x0 architecture that had served the Mac platform for a decade was quickly supplanted by a set of new, more powerful machines. "

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