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  1. Re:They said it couldn't be done... on Sun Releases ODF Plugin for MS Office · · Score: 1

    It is difficult for Microsoft to agree to the GPL, so yes

  2. Re:Only three ? on Dell Ships Ubuntu 7.04 PCs Today · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately that might not be far from the truth

  3. Software? on Australian Extradited For Breaking US Law At Home · · Score: 1

    So does anyone know what software he "pirated?"

  4. Cups? on Kodak Challenges HP's Printer Sales Model · · Score: 0

    Does it work with cups, some of don't have _ANY_ windows machines.

  5. Re:JS on Should JavaScript Get More Respect? · · Score: 2, Informative

    for (i=25000;i=1;i--) {
        document.write((i + ' bottles of beer on the wall,' + i + ' bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around ' + (i-1) + ' bottles of beer on the wall\n');
    }

    I only had 3 lines.

  6. Scorched Earth on Best 2+ Player Video Games? · · Score: 1

    Played for hours, usually with 4-5 people.

  7. Re:Configure which sites get javascript? on JavaScript Malware Open The Door to the Intranet · · Score: 1

    It's a little odd that there's an add that moves itself using javascript on a page for an extension that blocks javascript.

  8. Re:Old dog, old tricks. on The Future of Innovation At Stake? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why weren't they dealt the same blow as AT&T and the railways?

    Because they paid big bucks to aid with the Bush Campaign.
  9. If only... on DHS Gets Another "F" In Cyber Security · · Score: 2, Funny

    We had elected Al Gore. I hear he invented the internet. We'd be in much better shape then.

  10. Re:Some won't on Trustworthy Computing · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is libwmf vulnerable on my slack box?

  11. Kmail on Mozilla Thunderbird Gets Firefox-style Tabs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So when can I expect this feature in kmail?

  12. Re:The only major KDE distro? on Shuttleworth's Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE · · Score: 5, Informative

    Slack still ships with KDE as main desktop, if you use X anyway.

  13. Re:yes, lazy on American Workers: Lazy or Creative? · · Score: 1

    I personally find very creative ways to be lazy

  14. Re:tar on New Winzip in the Works · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you but I usually create or open an archive with a tar command, I'm not sure I've ever called gzip or bzip2 directly.

  15. Re:I wanna know on WinFS Beta 1 Released Early · · Score: -1, Troll

    Other than this misfortune of having to use Windows, what does WinFS offer that ReiserFS does not?

  16. Video on Google Instant Messenger Coming Really (or Not?) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Any chances for a linux client that does video?

  17. My boss is an ass on Is Your Boss a Psychopath? · · Score: 1

    ... ow wait, I'm self-employed

  18. Re:Not enough on Microsoft to Fight Crime With Spammer's Millions · · Score: 1

    So true, that 5M is roughly equivalent to throwing a quarter in the tip cup at your local coffee shop.

  19. ISOs? on An Early Taste of OpenSUSE · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So are there ISO images or do you still need to take several hours doing an FTP install?

  20. Re:Cut! Cut! on March of the Penguins Tops Box Offices · · Score: 1

    I've had to tell several different people, on different occaisions, that the linux mascot is "not a duck". While Tux is a pretty cool mascot, his beak looks more like a bill and can confuse some people

  21. Re:So how is this pronounced? on Will AJAX Threaten Windows Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Ajax is a character in the Illiad, I'm pretty sure that both the bleach and the football got the name from there.

  22. Re:Poster COMPLETELY Wrong. on Monad Shell Removed From Vista · · Score: 1

    The important thing is that you shouldn't need to buy a new OS to get a good shell.

    Yeah, imagine if there was a free operating system with a really good shell... oh wait.

  23. Re:Top secret info on Injecting Audio Into Insecure Bluetooth Handsets · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this would qualify as an end run around the subpoena needed for a wire tap?

  24. Re:oooops on Microsoft Testing Rival to Google's Start Page · · Score: 1

    When will they rival google's search?

  25. Re:Don't Interrupt on Preview of KDE 3.5 · · Score: 1

    Looking at the number of posts & threads on linuxquestions.org, which has more users than distrowatch. I would say slackware is still pretty popular among new users

    Slackware 142305 Posts, 20862 Threads
    Debian 38393 Posts, 6969 Threads
    Mandriva 61737 Posts, 11512 Threads
    Red Hat 21288 Posts, 5060 Threads
    Fedora 38312 Posts, 8211 Threads
    Suse/Novell 22613 Posts, 4190 Threads
    Ubuntu 4002 Posts, 758 Threads