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In the Continuum tv show, this device existed, called the Halo.
Will this infringe on our privacy?
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AMD isn't the one to watch out for. I'd be concerned with Atmel/Microchip.
They can deliver ARM chips that are on-par with Intel on performance/watt.

ARM laptops - Linus-approved.

You could use a separate subdomain: secure.slashdot.org, just make that host default to https. But a looming problem is that browser vendors may start making non-https look bad: http://thevarguy.com/secure-cl... I suppose the inverse could be done too, default to https on the regular address and have a subdomain dedicate to non-https.

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Hmmm, 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter

The 90% of desktop users that use Windows?

Don't forget the 15% (if that) of mobile! They're a powerful force!

Just like the Zune! Zune! Zune!

The boneheaded decisions of Canonical, plus the existence of Mint Linux, have all but decimated the Ubuntu userbase. Yes, I know there must be some Ubuntu users out there still, but they're somewhere at the fringe of society: you know nobody in your circle of friends, colleagues, family or acquaintances who uses Ubuntu.

The geek's circle of friends must be smaller than most.

Dell Ubuntu Laptop Developer Speaks About Future Plans

Splashtop introduces remote Ubuntu to Android and iPhone

10 reasons to choose Ubuntu 12.10 over Windows 8

The point being that Ubuntu remains a remarkably successful distribution --- particularly in markets where Linux can seem all but invisible.

Microsoft is essentially paying a large builder like Dell to put Windows on the systems. Linux, on the other hand, has no one paying Dell, so that $50 premium probably represents the loss those marketing dollars.

That would make sense except that just the other day a Dell Laptop was $70 cheaper with Ubuntu Linux. Screenshots are included. I won't argue against a Ubuntu computer being worth more than a Windows box, but something is wrong.

So your whole argument boils down to "LALALALALA I can't hear you we're happy here in fairytale land, I'm happy, everybody happy". Canonical is still losing money, you better check your facts. The last time we got a definitive answer on that (it's a private company so no public books) was in March 2010 when the new CEO took over. "We're not profitable now.". Linux is losing users which I backed up with statistics while you just throw insults, but hey great that you're trying your best to get rid to someone who has used Linux as my primary desktop now for three years (I dual boot for the games). You're a fucking retard. It's sad that the Linux community has to put up with pathetic pricks like you.

Dell is also offering a line of server products that use Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud: http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/03/24/dell-backs-ubuntu-enterprise-cloud/

1. Write an operating system and spend seven minutes making it secure
2. Sell it to a bunch of VPs, CTOs and OEMs from arm's length.
3. ...
4. Offer seven minutes worth of earnings to whoever catches "the bastard" that tried to rain on their parade
5. Profit!

I don't believe they were fooled by the company in any way. I don't believe that Groundwork takes advantage of backdoors or fools the developers. What I do believe is that this whole story is BS: the "poor little open source company" is portrayed as a victim of a mad greedy multinational. It's the kind of stereotypical reaction you get whenever a /. post has the words "microsoft" or "open source" in it. It's been going on for a couple of months, BTW. As what appears to be the rule here lately, /. is bringing stuff like this as a breaking news story when it is in fact old and cold. The crowd spits out some clichees and moves on to the next "article". There's no depth, novelty, insight or interpretation in this post. Have a look around the internets and you'll see that the story is "somewhat different" than how it is presented here. HP isn't the aggressor.

Ubuntu Linux tops 8 million users.

That's just Ubuntu. Not that it matters, I just want the number of Linux users to go higher regardless of what the actual number is right now.

I imagine the number is shrinking in the face of the fact that OSX is so well done.

You think an OS with a pre-loaded dock which is still tied to overpriced hardware should be outdoing a completely free OS which can have a dock as well as a hundred number of other ways of starting programs? I agree that certain things need better streamlining on Linux believe me, but I don't agree with your statement if only Linux had actual consumer choice behind it and visibility. Even though it may sound cliche that doesn't mean it's not true, I largely blame Microsoft's business practices for this. I think many consumers would choose the much cheaper Linux option, if they had the choice presented. I just disagree on that one point, but appreciate your criticism.

About ALSA though, I still don't understand why it's getting so much hate when Pulseaudio has been adopted by many of the "biggest" distros and is available of course for anyone to install. From Wikipedia: In a typical installation scenario under Linux, the user configures ALSA to use a virtual device provided by PulseAudio. Thus, applications using ALSA will output sound to PulseAudio, which then uses ALSA itself to access the real sound card. PulseAudio also provides its own native interface to applications that want to support PulseAudio directly, as well as a legacy interface for ESD applications, making it suitable as a drop-in replacement for ESD. So, perhaps you should take a look at PA's API then. ^^ Would be nice to have a few standardized audio APIs though which could be used with any sound server, but for now the sound servers are the ones being flexible and modular by being able to communicate with all these different APIs, like PA can, so that's better than nothing.