The New OLPCThe New OLPC
TED has a post about the design of the new OLPC [1]. I never liked the previous OLPCs [2], for my use a machine needs a better keyboard than the[...]
Month: May 2008
Debian SSH ProblemsDebian SSH Problems
It has recently been announced that Debian had a serious bug in the OpenSSL code [1], the most visible affect of this is compromising SSH keys – but it can[...]
Ideas to Copy from Red HatIdeas to Copy from Red Hat
I believe that the Red Hat process which has Fedora for home users (with a rapid release cycle and new versions of software but support for only about one year)[...]
Smoke from the PSUSmoke from the PSU
Yesterday I received two new machines from DOLA on-line auctions [1]. I decided to use the first to replace the hardware for my SE Linux Play Machine [2]. The previous[...]
Release Dates for DebianRelease Dates for Debian
Mark Shuttleworth has written an interesting post about Ubuntu release dates [1]. He claims that free software distributions are better able to meet release dates than proprietary OSs because they[...]
Miro AKA DemocracyPlayerMiro AKA DemocracyPlayer
www.ted.com is a premier partner for the Miro player [1]. This is a free player for free online content, the site www.getmiro.com has the player for download, it has binaries[...]
The Future of XenThe Future of Xen
I’m currently in Xen hell. My Thinkpad (which I won’t replace any time soon) has a Pentium-M CPU without PAE support. I think that Debian might re-introduce Xen support for[...]