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  1. just skip updates on Windows 7 Enters Its Final Year of Free Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I stopped updating my Windows 7 Pro about 3-4 years ago after extenuating failures updating. Only Windows Defender gets updated. It works, no problems. And I hope it will last for the next 10 years saving me from a fresh MS tax.

  2. Novell is not SCO on IBM To Buy Red Hat, the Top Linux Distributor, For $34 Billion (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3

    The UNIX code belonged to Novell not to SCO. SCO had nothing else than hot air and bluff. Or so the courts decided without consulting you.

  3. un-blockchain slashdot on Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Are Useless, The Economist Says (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    slashdot, stop promoting hot air!

  4. do not take redhat off the table on How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    >>> If we take consulting, services, and support off the table as an option for high-growth revenue generation
    >>>

    What about Redhat?

  5. So they found that a number of exploits against the Linux kernel would fail against a micro-kernel. Their conclusion: micro-kernel is safer.

    Wait a moment: how do they rule out that new exploits would come up expressly targetting the micro-kernel and failing against the monolithic kernel?

    Strong logic.

  6. riding a bird scooter with smartphone in hand? on 'Bird Scooters Are Ruining Venice' (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Hello Nate Jackson, would you mind posting here on Slashdot a photo of somebody riding a bird scooter with one hand and holding (reading) a smartphone with the other?

  7. Re:Do we trust the legal system? on Google Loses 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    >>>
    If some content is libelous, proven defamatory, or otherwise illegal; sue and remove it at the SOURCE. Once the illegal content is removed, it will automatically fall out of the index the next time
    >>>

    As matter of fact, people suing Google & Co. are trying (indirectly) to stop access to the original court decisions -- which we do not want to forbid.

    And besides, consider a new book that touches on a particular case that already enjoys court protection. Do we want to stop any review of and links to it?

    Count me out.

  8. Re:History of the Zombie on The SCO Vs IBM Zombie Shambles On (uscourts.gov) · · Score: 1

    >>> Judge Gross then appointed a Trustee to be the caretaker for the Chapter 11-protected TSG - and this Trustee was himself a retired Judge. >>>

    He was retired and also utterly ignorant of computers and software in respect to technology and in respect to business. He sincerely believed the TSG stories.

    Anyway. He did milk the remaing liquid funds for his personal fees, but he had free legal services from the original TSG lawyers who pocketed a $30m global fee covering everything from here to eternity - courtesy of Sun MicroSystems and Microsoft, to the tune of $15m each for Unix copyrights fees (ahahaha).

    He is now fighting ahead using the same resources and hoping one day he'll be able to recover his fees which unfortunately must stay billed but unpaid for a while.

  9. Ubuntu 16.04.3 with kernel 4.4.0-109-generic on Meltdown and Spectre Patches Bricking Ubuntu 16.04 Computers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    Absolutely no disturbances with Ubuntu 16.04.3 with kernel 4.4.0-109-generic.

  10. broccoli on Should Plant-Based Meat Replace Beef Completely? (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    I like broccoli when I manage to give them some taste. They are very taste-resistent.

  11. Here is the cure, Mr. Stiglitz... on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Dear Mr. Stiglitz, you are right. And here is how to cure most of those infirmities: all transfers traceable to a conversion bitcoin/dollar or reverse will be fiscally considered donations.

  12. Re:Solution is clear on FOSS Community Criticizes SFLC over SFC Trademark War (lunduke.com) · · Score: 1

    Lawyer Moglen has presented the case for dynamic linking under GPL2 and honestly concluded that it is not clear. He and SFLC accepted dynamic linking, SFC did not and started a war.

    I personally got the impression that the fanatics are on SFC side. The pragmatics can only support SFLC. Their position makes everything easier and no freedom is lost with it.

    The trademark fight is not the real issue. The two parties should sit down and talk.

  13. Re:Plaintiff created the defendant, no name object on FOSS Community Criticizes SFLC over SFC Trademark War (lunduke.com) · · Score: 1

    The SFConservancy's reply is B. Kuhn's reply and is a classical example of non-denial denial. The SFLawCenter was trying for years to talk to them over a wide range of issues and not simply about a name.

    They coulnd't talk because Kuhn was soo busy. Well, I guess he will have to find the time to appear in court and answers a few questions. It smells of bastards as far as I'm concerned.

  14. Re:Basically has NO job on Apache OpenOffice: We're OK With Not Being Super Cool (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    >>>
    The whole point of OO is that it lets you load a MS Word document. Once loaded, you can get the text onto the clipboard and paste it into a text editor.
    >>>

    Nobody will hinder you to save a document from MS Word or OO or LibreOffice as text file.

  15. Re:The key is not getting caught on Russian Troll Factory Paid US Activists To Fund Protests During Election (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    >>> it took a fundamental breakdown over just about everything to make a guy who used to be a Simpson's joke our actual president. >>>

    It took an electoral law that gave second place to the first past-the-post by 2.8m votes.

  16. Thanks, Elon Musk on Elon Musk Teases Reddit With Bad Answers About BFR Rocket (reddit.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, Elon Musk, the answer to trolling is trolling.

  17. There is no siesta in Spain on Spanish Siesta Culture Lets Entrepreneur Turn Naps Into Gold (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    The word 'afternoon' does not exist in Spanish nor does the concept exist in Spanish minds. They eat between 3-5 p.m.

  18. >>>
    Why isn't linux on the desktop? Fragmentation.
    >>>

    Ten years ago it was freedom of choice. Next excuse please.

  19. disable positionig on David Pogue Calls Out 18 Sites For Failing His Space-Bar Scrolling Test (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    The issue is all those click objects dispersed on the page. Get rid of them with a browser that has a toggle to switch positioning on/off. e.g. Opera 12.17.

    You might be able to write a little js routine for your browser doing the same.

  20. please, please... on Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    >>> I'd actually prefer it to look like Windows NT/2000/"Classic". That has been, and forever will be, my preferred "working GUI". Right now my Cinnamon setup more or less looks just like it. It's how I make MATE and XFCE look as well. >>>

    Please, please tell the world how you managed to overcome the overlay scrollbars, the fading scrollbars, the persistent notification clouds on the desktop, the non-menu and other Cinnamon amenities. I failed.

  21. Appeal to Slashdot: a new name for LibreOffice on Is Apache OpenOffice Finally On the Way Out? (apache.org) · · Score: 1

    There seems to be hope that OpenOffice will disappear and leave the field to LibreOffice.

    However, LibreOffice has a terrible name and is not alone, you will see occasionally LibreThis and LibreThat.

    The issue is that 'free' in Engish may point to free as in beer and free as in freedom.

    Please, Slashdot, collect suggestions from readers for a new name. Methinks LibreOffice should morph to FreedomOffice.

  22. e-bikes vs. pedelecs on Electric Bikes Won Over China. Is the US Next? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The Germans are ahead in the curve. They have e-bikes and pedelecs. Pedelecs do have a battery which is only engaged and helpful if you push yourself on the pedals. Pedelecs wastly outnumber e-bikes. Max. speed 25 kmph is rarely attained.

  23. no replacement for Opera 12 on Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users · · Score: 1

    How do you toggle javascript on/off? How do you toggle style sheets on/off? How do you disable positioning?

    Fuck you, Vivaldi.

  24. the bubble burst on Linux Mint Hack Is an Indicator of a Larger Problem (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Linux Mint Cinnamon was a bubble waiting to burst. Bursting it did last week in an oblique way. If you want Cinnamon, install it under Debian or Ubuntu.

  25. Re:write to NTFS using Midnight Commander on ReactOS 0.4 Brings Open Source Windows Closer To Reality (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 2

    The ntfs-3g driver to read and write to NTFS from Linux is built-in into the kernel.

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