I can’t get wireless to work with Mepis Linux, so I downloaded PCLinuxOS and burned a CD. Problem with that is, it doesn’t properly recognize my notebook display adapter. I end up with a blank screen instead of a sign on screen. I will be looking into this more tonight.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- OLPC nears low-cost Linux laptop production
- Free software developers get protected
- Tips and Tricks for the Linux Admin: Roll Your Own
- For Funambol, open source software makes business sense
RIAA/MPAA/BSA/FCC
- RIAA slams ‘fair use’ changes
- RIAA: we love fair use. No, really!
- RIAA Under Fire For 750 Dollar Lawsuits Over 70 Cent Songs
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Best Buy tries to copyright sales prices
- Microsoft patent pledge ‘worse than useless’, say open source lawyers
Other News
- Rumsfeld Faces Lawsuit In Germany For War Crimes
- Borland Spins Off Its Tools Unit
- Electronic voting: the silent catastrophe
- Corporate Propaganda Still On the News: Study Finds Local Stations Overwhelmingly Fail to Disclose VNRs
- International poll ranks Bush a threat to world peace
Security/Our Rights
- Accounting software has come a long way under Linux
- Security at the Forefront at TechEd Europe
- OneCare slaps viral warning on Gmail
- MS Patch Day: IE, XML Zero-Day Flaws Fixed
- Microsoft plugs Windows worm holes
- Kevin Mitnick’s Security Advice
Big Brother
- The nice guys behind REAL ID
- U.K.: Extreme Big Brother fears to become a reality
- Secret law case sent to Supreme Court