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  1. Re:'All powerful' root? by zig007 · · Score: 2, Informative · on The REAL Reason We Use Linux

    Yes, and I've also had Linux do the same thing. It didn't give an error, but no matter how many times I "kill -9"ed it the process never paid attention to the command and carried on churning away. I guess that's the process rather than the OS, but it's still not always "all-powerful root". :
    Well, to be THAT powerful you have to use other commands, because it's probably because the process is in an interruptible state, relevant post here:
    http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2004-June/022380.html
  2. To implement new things that aren't in GPLv2. by jbn-o · · Score: 1 · on Guidelines for GPLv3 Process Released

    We need new language (ostensibly, language that would appear in version 3) to address what RMS has called "some kind of patent retaliation clause", "something to deal with this case of public use on a server the public connects to", and something that is "designed to prohibit putting the software into something that won't let the user, that refuses to run a modified version if the user installs one". RMS has said that the library exception has been "reworked".

    But generally, the GPL will stay the same: "So I hope this shows you that it's all a matter of details here or there. It would be completely wrong to change the major outline of the GPL. And we're not going to.".

    All quotes come from RMS' 7 April 2005 talk about the free software movement (approximately 1h40m into the recording).

    There's no reason to be scared by what comes out of this process. If GPLv3 isn't to your liking, you can continue to license your programs under GPLv2.

  3. Hmmm... by dariuscardren · · Score: 0 · on A Linux Users Group for Professionals?

    I knwo Wplug in western PA seems to have a lot of professional type members, and seems to answer questions quickly on IRC or their mailing lists, but as a purely professional list I'm not sure if one exists.

  4. In the Pittsburgh area this Saturday? by gimpboy · · Score: 1 · on Will VoIP Kill the PBX?

    Come to the wplug's general user meeting:

    GUM TOPIC: "VoIP with Asterisk"

    Talk Abstract: Cost savings is something every business looks to do. Incorporating VoIP using the open source PBX software Asterisk allows someone to easily purchase telephone termination service from a low cost provider anywhere in the world rather than being forced into using your local telephone service provider such as Verizon or AT&T. Asterisk, is very flexible, allowing individuals or large corporations a complete solution in running their own home voicemail or corporate PBX system.

  5. In the Pittsburgh area this Saturday? by gimpboy · · Score: 1 · on Will VoIP Kill the PBX?

    Come to the wplug's general user meeting:

    GUM TOPIC: "VoIP with Asterisk"

    Talk Abstract: Cost savings is something every business looks to do. Incorporating VoIP using the open source PBX software Asterisk allows someone to easily purchase telephone termination service from a low cost provider anywhere in the world rather than being forced into using your local telephone service provider such as Verizon or AT&T. Asterisk, is very flexible, allowing individuals or large corporations a complete solution in running their own home voicemail or corporate PBX system.

  6. Funny that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Cobind Desktop Reviewed, With Interview

    Funny that I'm a member of the Western-Pennsylvania Linux Users Group (which serves Pittsburgh, PA... the home town of this distro), and this is the first I've heard of it.

    Too bad they haven't been involved in the local *nix community so far as I can tell.