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  1. Re:Not much of a homecomputer on Eben Upton Remembers The Years Before the First Raspberry Pi (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    You can get it to boot straight into BBC Basic, though: https://www.riscosopen.org/content/sales/risc-os-pico

  2. Re: Yikes and Yuk on The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun (citylab.com) · · Score: 2

    Seems like they missed a trick - they should have called it Brawndo.

  3. Obligatory "Christine" quote on Ford Patents a Way To Remove 'New Car Smell' (freep.com) · · Score: 1

    "Ain't nothin' better than a new car smell...'cept maybe for pussy"

  4. There are a few with nature references:

    You step in the stream,
    but the water has moved on.
    This page is not here.

    A crash reduces
    your expensive computer
    to a simple stone.

    Others here: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/error-haiku

  5. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

  6. Re:I realized most distributions that say "32bit". on Ubuntu Linux-based Distro Lubuntu To No Longer Focus on Old Hardware (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Bodhi still offers a non-PAE "legacy" version. If you don't like the Moksha (E17) desktop, install LXDE on it you'll have something very like Lubuntu: http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/selecting-the-correct-iso-image/

  7. Solus (Budgie) on Ask Slashdot: What's the Fastest Linux Distro for an Old Macbook 7,1? · · Score: 1

    Solus is entirely independent (not a derivative of Debian or Red Hat etc.) and compiled to maximise speed (using the same improvements used by Intel for their Clear Linux).

  8. Re:CONSIDER YOURSELF SAFE AND LUCKY on Ask Slashdot: How Should I Replace My Netbook? · · Score: 1

    Nope - the 701 has a Celeron M, not an Atom, so it's still vulnerable.

  9. Re:Conscription on Chicago To Make Future Plans a Graduation Requirement (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Service Guarantees Citizenship! Would you like to know more?

  10. Re:But which standard? on The Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging, Says Apple Supplier (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It'll probably be Qi, they recently joined the Qi consortium so it's likely to be Qi, though they'll probably sell a charger that only responds to the iPhone "signature" (manufacturer ID) embedded in the Qi negotiation signals.

  11. Re:Aren't Apple customers 100% renewable energy ty on The Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging, Says Apple Supplier (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Transformers usually have an iron core, wireless charging is effectively an air core (much less efficient), plus there is the potential for misalignment which will reduce efficiency.

  12. I thought female captains weren't allowed in the TOS (or earlier) time period? That was the whole reason Janis Lester had to swap bodies with Kirk in order to become captain. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Janice_Lester

  13. Re:Sit down and shut up on Sorry America, Your Taxes Aren't High (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    As if the US does anything purely out of the goodness of its heart. Your military is there because your government thinks it gives it some kind of strategic advantage. Any additional benefits for locals is entirely incidental.

  14. Re:So you exclude half the taxes and what you get? on Sorry America, Your Taxes Aren't High (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    > United Kingdom: 110 (worth noting the UK is the highest in violent crime among western nations) The UK's definition of "violent crime" is MUCH broader than in the US, including such things as shouting at a police horse. I suspect many of the figures for other countries are similarly dependent on local definitions of what constitutes a crime. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/24/blog-posting/social-media-post-says-uk-has-far-higher-violent-c/

  15. Re:Less hope for Ubuntu sans systemd then.. on Canonical Killing Unity For Ubuntu Linux, Will Switch To the Superior GNOME (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    It *can* use systemd, but it uses sysvinit by default.

  16. Re:Is this a late April Fool's joke? on Canonical Killing Unity For Ubuntu Linux, Will Switch To the Superior GNOME (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
  17. Re:LXLE the best for lightweight linux distributio on Linux.com Announces The Best Linux Distros for 2017 (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    For a machine like that you'd be better off with AntiX (Debian based), or if you need Ubuntu repos use Bodhi or Peppermint.

  18. Re:Losing its luster quickly on Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? · · Score: 1

    BSD?

  19. Re:With Canonicals help on Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    There's Devuan or MX-16 if you prefer Debian without systemd.

  20. Re:Thinkpad X220 on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Cheap Linux-Friendly Netbook? · · Score: 1

    Also there's the similarly-specced (but often cheaper) Dell Latitude E6220.

  21. Re:200 Million Yahoo "Users" on Yahoo Confirms Massive Data Breach, 500 Million Users Impacted [Updated] (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Same here - years ago I used to have to use a helper app called YahooPOPS! to access it in Thunderbird (other clients are available). When that was no longer updated I discovered that Yahoo! Asia for some reason would let you access via POP freely, so that's what I've done for the last 12 years or so.

  22. Re:Devs screwed the pooch by guilting users to pay on Ubuntu-Based Elementary OS 0.4 'Loki' Achieves Stable Release (elementary.io) · · Score: 2

    Here you go (archive version as the text has been changed on their blog):
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150211134734/http://blog.elementaryos.org/post/110645528530/payments

    Note where it says "We want users to understand that theyâ(TM)re pretty much cheating the system when they choose not to pay for software."

  23. Devs screwed the pooch by guilting users to pay on Ubuntu-Based Elementary OS 0.4 'Loki' Achieves Stable Release (elementary.io) · · Score: 1

    The Elementary crew gained a poor rep by "forcing" downloaders to enter a price (even $0.00, which was allowed). Shaming/guilting people into paying for something they hadn't even had the opportunity to try didn't go down well.

  24. Re:COMMIES ARE GAY on Maximizing Economic Output With Linear Programming...and Communism (medium.com) · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Warning: Windows 10 is draining your battery on Windows 10 Warns Chrome and Firefox Users About Battery Drain, Recommends Switching To Edge (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    TLP is what you need! http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html