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  1. Re:why though on 100% Libre, Trisquel 4.5 STS 'Slaine' Released · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The main differences from Ubuntu are a rebranded Mozilla browser...

    $ apt-get install abrowser
    There. Ubuntu with an unbranded Firefox. It even removes firefox-branding.

    ...which never suggests the use of Adobe Flash

    Those that care are free to click the "no thanks" button and go without flash online.

    ...and instead uses replacements such as Gnash

    Wow. Best joke I've read all week.

    ...the removal of Ubuntu's Multiverse repository as it contains non-free software...

    Isn't that turned off by default?

    ...and a Linux kernel without any non-free binary blobs. Note that since the Linux kernel contains non-free software it violates its own license.

    So...Ubuntu with Debian's kernel.

  2. Re:Um... on 100% Libre, Trisquel 4.5 STS 'Slaine' Released · · Score: 1

    ...it is based on Ubuntu after all.

    You're starting to sound like a broken record.

  3. Re:Interesting idea on Firefox 4, A Day Later · · Score: 1

    Bah. Just have the shortcut point to firefox.exe. Did that at home. Had an IE skin for a while, but I eventually dropped that. Later dropped the fake shortcut, too. They still use Firefox. :-)

  4. Re:It's a good decision on ICANN Approves .XXX · · Score: 1

    CowboyNeal

  5. Re:Love the attempt, but... on IE9 Released, Media Has Opinions · · Score: 1

    AdBlock claims blocked downloading as a feature.
    The official "Adblock Plus for Google Chrome"... I think so, unless I'm reading that wrong. Bedtime...

  6. 200-line patch on Linux 2.6.38 Released · · Score: 1

    Isn't this the version that 200-line patch was slated for?

  7. Re:Redundancy and good planning. on Net Sees Earthquake Damage, Routes Around It · · Score: 1

    The term the OP used was "nuclear disaster".
    Chernobyl had a few hundred deaths, some more affected by radiation later down the line, and a small town abandoned to avoid elevated rates of cancer and birth defects.
    The bombings claimed a combined total of 150,000 lives (lowest estimates from Wikipedia). I doubt Chernobyl will reach that number of casualties.

  8. Re:Microsoft has been changing on Microsoft Reportedly Ends Zune Hardware Development · · Score: 1

    Hey, if it give the results you want, who cares? It's no effort to use Bing instead of Google, and when the spammers start targeting Bing, it won't be any effort to move on to something else.
    That said, I don't plan on switching from Google any time soon.

  9. Re:Portable players on Why We Should Buy Music In FLAC · · Score: 1

    iTunes or whatever equivalent could do it automatically.

  10. Re:Portable players on Why We Should Buy Music In FLAC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    FLAC wouldn't be for your Sansa; it'd be for your media library. You keep it on your PC and your backup media, and transcode that to Vorbis or MP3 or whatever for your portable device.
    Which is why they'd probably never go for it. A business model that is incompatible with DRM? Are you mad!?!?!?

  11. Re:UI is still sluggish on Firefox 4 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    It supports H.264...but not in an HTML5 video tag, which I'm pretty sure is that he meant when he said there isn't a plugin for it.

  12. Re:Good on Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    ...the x87 stack...
    ...the x87 FPU...

    Are you being consistent with your typo, or am I missing something?

  13. Re:I don't see the problem on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 1

    When they were separate, the kernel source was vanilla Linux, with all Red Hat modifications contained in the patches.

  14. Re:I don't see the problem on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 2

    Meh, you're probably right. I think someone here posted something from CentOS saying it wasn't a big deal for them.

  15. Re:I don't see the problem on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 1

    Yes, actually. Although I don't know whether Red Hat replaces the Tux image with something of their own.

  16. Re:CentOS on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 1

    3. Here's a question: why is there no CentOS equivalent based on SuSE products? Think about it.

    I don't hear people say openSUSE is a SUSE testbed as much as they say that of Fedora and Red Hat. Maybe openSUSE is "good enough" for people that want a free SUSE?

  17. Re:I don't see the problem on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't they want to use the same exact source and not pick and choose patches?

    Except where Red Hat put their logos and trademarks. Now instead of searching the patches for those, they need to search the entire patched source.

  18. Re:fuck timezones on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 1

    Does the countdown end in 2012?

  19. Washington on 'Spam King' Released From Prison, Now Lives In Seattle · · Score: 2

    First Microsoft, now the Spam King. It is clear: the world's IT evil is gathering together in Washington. War is coming.

  20. Re:1996 on Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Wikipedia says the first implementation of Bittorrent came out in 2001, only months before XP.

  21. Re:Two things ... on Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies · · Score: 1

    But the other half are here in California. Is there noone left to live in Mexico?

  22. Re:Of course prior art on Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies · · Score: 1

    But this is on a computer, which makes it totally different!

  23. Re:Plugin Support on Firefox 4 the Last Big Release From Mozilla · · Score: 1

    What plugins do you need that update so slowly? Adblock Plus and NoScript usually stay compatible with the most recent beta.

  24. Re:Clue bat achievement unlocked on UK Gov't Says Open Standards Must Be Royalty Free · · Score: 1

    Meh. I just don't see the lower levels caring. Internally, they'll use what they are accustomed to, and maybe export to an open standard when making a file available to the public. Which, more often than not, will be PDF.

    Video...no one will care. They don't make videos with the intent of distributing the raw file, they make videos to be watched YouTube or integrated into something else (like their website or a powerpoint)

  25. Single Languages on Device Addresses Healthcare Language Barrier · · Score: 1

    With over 170 languages spoken in the US alone, medical personnel attending an emergency or working in a busy hospital are no doubt often faced with communication problems when trying to dispense treatment.

    And how many non-English monolingual people are there in the US?