Firefox Reaches 25%
People are switching to Firefox fast as ever, while IE’s share drops every day!
Archive for May, 2007
IBM to debut Power6 servers Tuesday
After years of development, IBM will be announcing POWER6 this week. The dual-core dual-thread chip supports AltiVec and will run at 4-5GHz. It will be shipped in IBM servers and blades this year.
Linux Powers HDD Digital Media Centers for Networks in Japan
ACCESS Co., Ltd demonstrated the operation of the PS3 as a “DMS (digital media server)” that transmits content stored on its HDD to other machines on the network. Using “Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for PlayStation 3,” the company demonstrated its NetFront Living Connect for Linux at the “10th Embedded Systems Expo (ESEC).”
HOWTO: Install Linux on Your PS3
Here’s a guide to installing Yellow Dog Linux, the Linux that was designed for the PlayStation 3. It’s not too complicated a process, but you’ll have to have a USB mouse and keyboard plus some storage to hold the Linux install on. After you’re done, you can use your PS3 as a DVR, a media machine, or even a webserver.
Yellow Dog Linux history as seen by Google
Using Google Experimental tool, launched few days ago, you will find this. Quite interesting. Change the individual distro to see their history too.
Say What?! Jesus was a Buddhist!
These differences along with the startling similarities lead many to believe that the Christian faith may in a sense be a hybrid of Judaism and Buddhist teachings and that Jesus in effect fused both faiths together taking elements from both to create a new belief system. Do you think Jesus was influenced by Buddhism ?
Fight anti-Christian bias in Europe, Orthodox bishop urges
The Russian Prelate said that European leaders should work to eradicate anti-Christian bias, as well as hostility toward other faiths. “European leaders, while opposing anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other phobias, often forget about the numerous occasions of Christianophobia and anti-Christian acts,” said Bishop Hilarion of Vienna.
BBC Admits to Being Politically Biased, anti-American and anti-Christian
Senior figures admitted that the BBC is guilty of promoting Left-wing views and an anti-Christian sentiment. They also said that as an organisation it was disproportionately over-represented by gays and ethnic minorities.
PS3: The easiest guide on installing Yellow Dog Linux!
The author had a nightmare with guides about installing Yellow Dog Linux on the PS3. However he found a brilliant ABC guide on this site. Seems like the editor took the best of the guides out there and compiled an easy to follow version.
PlayOgg! Now that the music is being set free from DRM…
Both popular music file formats MP3 and AACS are patent encumbered - that means we all end up paying too much for our music one way or another. Time to switch to playing Ogg! Playing Ogg is ethically, legally and technically superior. Download this Ogg friendly media player for Mac and Windows now! (Ogg support comes o’natural for GNU/Linux users)
OS X Style Dock that will make your Co-Workers Drool
Enlightenment’s Engage Dock not only looks great on any Linux distro, it’s got amazing functionality. It has a system tray built right into it, so that you won’t have to compromise missing out on your Gaim notifications. And with a vista Style clock included, this bad boy will make your friends and co-workers drool. Check out my pimp review.
Police scuffle with followers of rebel Greek monks
Police and coast guards scuffled Wednesday with more than 150 supporters of monks from a rebel monastery in northern Greece. Authorities said pilgrims at the port of Ouranoupolis were stopped from boarding a boat to the Orthodox Christian sanctuary of Mount Athos because they were not under the obedience to the State Run Greek Orthodox Church.
The time of “Christian Society” is over. “Christendom” has ended.
George OZ says the sooner we learn this the better. “What the State does with Civil Unions has nothing to do with us. The only thing we can protest is if the State attempts to impose acceptance of Civil Unions on the Church. The Church began in Europe in societies which condoned homosexuality, and orgies, and idolarty. Yet the Church still managed to flourish.”
The first children have received their 100$ laptops
Children in test schools in Brazil, Thailand, Uruguay and Nigeria have received the first OLPC 100$ laptops. These are some of the first videos of those children using the OLPC on the Internet. Currently they are using Beta-3 laptops, full scale mass production starts in September.
Torvalds: MS patent claims are FUD
Torvalds told Linux.com “If MS actually _wanted_ us to not infringe their patents, they’d tell us. Since they don’t, that must mean that they actually prefer the FUD.”
Motorola Launches US Linux Phone
Linux/Java has topped CEO Ed Zander’s list things to look for from Motorola as it attempts a financial turnaround. At a New York press conference this morning, Zander introduced Linux-based ‘Rokr’ and ‘Razr2′ [photos|video] models, along with new top-level executives. Native SDKs won’t be available.
Tectonic: Microsoft ‘evidence’ turns against them
The claim by Microsoft earlier this week that open source infringes 235 patents, has taken an interesting turn.
Motorola finally launches U.S. Linux phone
Linux/Java has topped CEO Ed Zander’s list things to look for from Motorola as it attempts a financial turnaround. At a New York press conference this morning, Zander introduced Linux-based “Rokr” and “Razr2″ models, along with new top-level executives.
ATI Real Position on Open Source Drivers
There already is an Open Source driver for the r500 series cards, and it has existed for a while. But ATI/AMD won’t allow it to be released.
Get Free Linux Goodies Just For Sharing Your YDL HowTo, Showcase, or Story!
Terra Soft Solutions has for 8 years built its success upon storytelling. So they want your HOWTO, your own story, and/or your business showcase of Yellow Dog Linux running on your PowerMac, IBM p5, PS3, etc.. If your story is published, you will receive a care package full of YDL goodies like DVDs, Shirts, Lunch Boxes, Coffee Mugs, Frisbees, etc.!
China, Russia to boost inter-parliamentary cooperation
The strategic partnership between China and Russia has entered a new phase and the two legislatures should help transmit China-Russia friendship from generation to generation, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Tuesday in Beijing. Hu and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed to host national theme years in each country.
Linux courses avaliable online free
The following Linux courses have been created by me, released under the GFDL . They can be viewed in slide format online, but for a more complete introduction to the material I am available for teaching (contact information is listed at the bottom of this page). I have taught these courses commercially…
Communist symbol returns to Russian Army’s flag
Russia’s Parliament has voted to restore the communist-era hammer and sickle to the official flag of the Russian Army. For many Russians, especially the elderly, its symbolism is immense. And you thought the media was telling the truth when they declared that communism was dead in Russia.
Muslim Arrests Finally Made In Egypt Church Dispute
59 Muslims were arrested after 11 Christians were hurt in Friday’s anti-Christian attacks, and 25 Christian homes and 5 shops were damaged. This same group of Egyptian Muslims have been kidnapping teenage Christian girls and forcing them to convert to Islam and also marry much older men. The police have turned a blind eye and even supported this!
Just Who Is Responsible For Kidnapping & Raping Coptic Christian Girls?
Stories of forced illegal conversion of Christians to Islam in Egypt. Heidi, 17, drugged, raped, forced to wear the Islamic veil, and scissors were used to try and cut out the Christian cross that was tattooed onto her wrist. 16 Muslims Rape Pakistani Christian Girl, 12. Nadia from Pakistan, 15, snatched and forced to convert.
Nigerian Christian Children Kidnapped and Forced To Become Muslim
A major Christian rights group has expressed concern that Muslim militants in Nigeria are increasingly kidnapping Christian children to convert them to Islam.
Muslims Taking Christians As Slaves
The systematic rape, murder and enslavement of the black Christian Sudanese African tribes by Muslim raiders from the north have been going on now, for decades, if not centuries. But finally something has changed. A Christian group Christian Solidarity International is buying back the freedom of some of those slaves.
Fedora Core and Yellow Dog Linux: Two More Good Choices for Mac Hardware
With Yellow Dog and Fedora resting on a very similar code base, which one is right for your Mac hardware? The answer isn’t very straightforward, but Fedora is more up-to-date and benefits from having a wide range of contributors in comparison to the relatively small resources of Terra Soft. On the other hand, I’ve had video trouble with Fedora on some Macs that use older ATI chipsets. Yellow Dog has installed fine on these machines. Terra Soft’s knowledge of the Mac platform shines through in situations like this.
OLPC makes it’s debut in Uruguay [PICS]
The One Laptop Per Child project became a reality in Uruguay, as the 160 children of school #24 in the humble town of Cardal received their XO computers.
British girl feared abducted turns four
A British girl kidnapped in Portugal Has spent her fourth birthday still missing, prompting a call from her parents for redoubled efforts to find her.
DIGGERS, LET’S GET THIS GIRL’S PICTURE OUT EVERYWHERE (Please Blog It!) AND PERHAPS SAVE HER LIFE AND REUNITE HER WITH HER DEVASTATED PARENTS!
How-To: Installing Yellow Dog Linux and VLC Media Player on the PS3
A cool guy named Solid from the T-Break Forums wrote an in-depth tutorial on how to install Yellow Dog Linux and VLC Media Player on the PS3. This how-to covers almost everything - it tells you where to download applications you’ll need, and it has a step-by-step guide on how to install YDL and VLC.
HOWTO: Get Chinese Characters to Appear Properly in Yellow Dog Linux v5
Unfortunately it is more than just installing Chinese Support via YUM or Add/Remove Programs, but this step-by-step guide will make it simple as pie!
Red Hat Summit (inspirational) keynote: You are here
What Red Hat CEO and chairman Matt Szulik meant was that the open source and open standards in the hands of the developers, IT managers and systems administrators today will be the applications tomorrow’s developers will use en masse. It’s for the children, really.
