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  1. Desktop Linux on Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With a plethora of excellent choices for the Linux desktop available like Ubuntu, Fedora, etc who really cares?

    Red Hat targeting the server market makes more sense, they still support Fedora Project so nothing new to see here.

  2. Re:Well, it was nice knowing you Yahoo... on Microsoft Sets Three Week Deadline for Yahoo! In Public Letter · · Score: 1

    Buying yahoo still won't turn their late entry into the web services* market into anything profitable.

    At best it is just another competitor out of the way. I admit I do like Yahoo! finance, I find it pretty useful.

  3. Re:$30 webcam on Cubicle Security For Laptops, Electronics? · · Score: 1

    Stick a $30 webcam under a pile of junk so it's not hugely obvious. You've already said your machine is networked all night. Leave it taking a shot every half second and uploading it to an external server. That $30 webcam will yield you 172,800 pictures every 24hours, roughly 24GB of pictures a day (averaging 150kb per picture).

    Time to buy a new fileserver too.
  4. large work environment? on Cubicle Security For Laptops, Electronics? · · Score: 1

    Do you really work in a place large or insecure enough that you would have to worry about someone walking off with your laptop, or are you just paranoid?

    Where I work it is small enough that everyone knows everyone, or at least knows who should be in what area and who shouldn't.

    Perhaps I am naive or overly-trusting of my co-workers, but I just simply do not worry about someone walking off with my laptop while I am at work.

  5. Re:KDE and Gnome on From GNOME to KDE and Back Again · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe GNOME appeals to the "simple" user more and KDE to the bleeding edge more of a "programmer user". Correct me if I'm wrong I find the exact opposite. Where I work 99% of our developers use GNOME (with default settings/background etc) with a few that basically run screen or ratpoison.
  6. choice is good on From GNOME to KDE and Back Again · · Score: 1

    I find that I alternate windowmanagers/desktop environments occasionally.

    GNOME --> KDE --> Fluxbox --> XFCE .. I am currently using GNOME 2.2x which works quite well for my uses.

    It's fun to switch it up.

  7. Re:Funny that on Young Employees Pose Increasing Risk to Networks · · Score: 1

    Most of the highly technical and well paid jobs (system admins and the like).. Privy tell, from what spectrum of the universe might I find the strawberry fields where most sysadmins are well paid?
  8. Bad Experiences with GoDaddy on GoDaddy Silences RateMyCop.com · · Score: 1

    I've had bad experiences with GoDaddy ranging from first level tech support/CS screaming at me for forgetting my password (they have a 3 time lockout policy), then hanging up on me and screening my calls afterwards.

    She refused to give me her name or transfer me to her supervisor while she was berating me also. They actually went as far as to pick up the phone then hang up, when I called from a different number they answered. I didn't bother reporting the person because I figured someone with those types of issues/disposition will have it coming to them sooner or later anyways.

    In another incident I have had them totally hose content through software upgrades (Simple Machines Forum) and then deny it ever happened. After pursuing the issue up the chain it was finally restored "free of charge."

    I would not recommend them to anyone else after the way I have been treated, I will be moving all my domains to slicehost shortly.

  9. Re:Solution on When Should We Ditch Our Platform? · · Score: 1

    if you are still utilizing flaming urns, walking skeletons and flashing text it's time to move on.

  10. Re:Vista is slower than XP even when XP is *Virtua on 158 Pages of Microsoft's Dirty Laundry · · Score: 1

    Innotek Virtualbox 1.52 I believe it was, You mean they actually made software?

    I thought Initech was just fabricated for "Office Space."

  11. Re:People use Photoshop to Dev the Web too Adobe! on Adobe To Port AIR To Linux · · Score: 1

    I for one would applaud efforts to make an out-of-the-box usable Adobe Flash for Linux X86_64 instead of having to go through the hassle of wrapping the 32bit flash inside of ndispluginwrapper.

  12. Re:Microsoft is being extraordinarily abusive. on Vista SP1 Is Even Less Compatible · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You've got to be kidding. Dr. Death? Which OS maker gives "mainstream" support for their previous version for longer than Microsoft? XP's successor (Vista) was released about 13 months ago. That's more than 2 years of continued mainstream support for XP after Vista was released and more than 7 years of mainstream support over XP's lifetime. Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides support for up to 7 years after its release.

    http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
  13. It seems to be missing something on TR Picks 10 Emerging Technologies of 08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do not see Duke Nukem Forever on that list anywhere

  14. It's obvious what happened on Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone wasn't there click "Allow" when the dialog popped up asking "Are you sure you want to proceed with the fireworks extravaganza?"

  15. terrible timing on Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks · · Score: 0

    A friend of mine who was present at the event said people were booing/hissing hysterically. This was all over the local news in Seattle I am surprised it too so long to make /.

  16. 356 Million? on Microsoft Paid Novell $356 Million in '07 · · Score: 0

    And I all I got was this lousy T-Shirt?

  17. CentOS helps Red Hat on Is CentOS Hurting Red Hat? · · Score: 0

    The fact that they exist further exemplifies Red Hat's goals and mission in FOSS.

    If people want enterprise support on RHL based systems they can simply opt for RHEL.

  18. Re:not an enterprise operating system on Where Does Linux Go From Here? · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is no standard way of monitoring RAID/Fans/Hardware failures


    SNMP is pretty standardized :) Most enterprise organizations use Nagios http://www.nagios.org/ or a similar solution for monitoring of HW, hosts and services.
  19. well .. on Where Does Linux Go From Here? · · Score: 1

    The way I see it, it is just getting started

  20. Re:The on to get! on Microsoft Planning to Buy Open Source Companies? · · Score: 0

    Get Red Hat!!!


    I seriously doubt this will ever happen.
  21. oh well on What's Really Broken with Windows Update - Trust · · Score: 0

    As far back as windows 2000 i've had ambiguous updates completely hosed healthy, working systems. Nothing new to see here

  22. well on Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 0

    that's a gutsy step enabling it by default.

    i guess it does the release name justice :)

  23. oh well on ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard · · Score: -1, Troll

    Better luck next time.

    This is a good indicator that their (substantial) monetary influence could not sway ISO, and the process is at least somewhat subjective.

  24. early? on What Vista SP1 Means To You · · Score: 0

    Isn't it a bit early for a SP1 compared to the release date of XP and it's first SP1? .. or Windows 2000 SP1?

  25. Re:I think it's good on Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? · · Score: 0

    Those extra beakers and hammers are really valuable!


    as long as they arent' extra hammers and sickles :)