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Ubuntu Is Hyper-Active At OSCON
ruphus13 writes "Ubuntu and Canonical have been very active at OSCON this year. They showcased a new distro, announced improvements to their code-hosting platform, and made Mark Shuttleworth available for a couple of talks and panel sessions. Quoting: 'Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a complete distribution designed to run on Atom-based Netbook PCs. The main difference that sets it apart from its big brother Hardy Heron is the Ubuntu Mobile Edition (UME) Launcher, a user interface created specifically for use on the teensy screens and keyboards of today's popular ultra-portable computers.' Canonical also announced Version 2.0 of Launchpad, their code-hosting platform. Enhancements include 'a planned API that'll allow third-party applications to authenticate, query and modify data in the massive Launchpad database, without a user needing to manually access the system via a browser.' Mark Shuttleworth went on to state that Linux's market share will grow when it has better eye-candy than Apple's."
For deploying planes to Cuba as a response to the U.S. missile threat in Europe. : a typical Bushite tactic. For the brain-dead, the U.S. started the Cuban Missile Crisis with a deployment to Turkey:
from Wikipedia:
In 1961, the U.S. deployed 15 Jupiter IRBMs (intermediate-range ballistic missiles) at Äzmir, Turkey, aimed at the western USSR's cities, including Moscow. Given its 1,500-mile (2,410 km) range, Moscow was only 16 minutes away. Yet, Kennedy gave them low strategic value, given that a SSBN submarine provided the same magnitude of threat, and from a distance.
Khrushchev publicly expressed anger and personal offense from the Turkish missile emplacement. The Cuban missile deployment â" the first time Soviet missiles were outside the USSR â" was his response to U.S. nuclear missiles in Turkey. Previously, Khrushchev had expressed doubt to the poet Robert Frost about the readiness of the "liberal" U.S. to fight over tough issues.[12]
From Novosibirsk With Vodka,
Kilgore Trout
Dude, free shiny stuff markets itself to stoned teenagers
... so, linux should adopt a 'first one's free' attitude?
The video and wireless work once the OS is installed..
You dont have to chase down weird libraries to make a peice of software work. sure APT and Yum are admirable but it isnt in the same league.
Does netcfg support multiple nics?
Will they ever settle for a propper name for commands like "pump" or rather dhcpcd, i mean dhcpclient.. but asking for "man pump" or "apropos dhcpd" act like your some sorta idiot from another dimension.. Yea, pulling that BS makes me pretty bitter about the process.
Really.. fix the dumb stuff.. it needs to be done otherwise users are just hobby linuxers are staying that way. Yea there are issues.. but come on.. man pump WHAT bloody retarded reason is there to leave no trace of it's succesor???
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