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Kernel Log: Btrfs 0.16 released, new stable kernels released, Wifi drivers for
2.6.27 merged
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| The developers of Btrfs have released version 0.16 of the still experimental
| file system. new features include Access Control Lists, support for which is
| needed by SE Linux, and orphan inode protection to stop losing files after a
| crash. Alongside these new features are improvements in the scalability and
| performance of the new file system.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-Btrfs-0-16-released-new-stable-kernels-released-Wifi-drivers-for-2-6-27-merged--/news/111280
Recent (days ago):
Microsoft to Users: We're Giving Up on Windows
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| It's true: Microsoft has confirmed that it's abandoning Windows as we know
| it. Cagey as ever, the Microsofties won't say when it'll happen, but they
| have talked a little bit about what the next OS is going to look like--or not
| look like.
|
| Microsoft code-named the project Midori. As best I can figure, it's cloud
| computing: Everything, including applications and data, is on the Internet.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/007383.html
Linux is a platform, not an OS
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| Microsoft, a staunch opponent of Linux, already understands this very
| vividly. They no longer see Windows as just an "operating system", but as
| an entire platform. They realize that the only way Windows has a prayer of
| surviving, especially in today's open source world, is if everything runs on
| Windows, including every FOSS program out there. They've even admitted that
| as much themselves, saying that they think that all open source should run on
| Windows.
|
| And Apple is no different, nor Sun, nor IBM. They see their respective
| operating systems as platforms, not OS's. Sure, IBM supports Linux, but they
| also support IBM Unix, and in both cases they see their respective operating
| systems as platforms onto which they place lots of other software. So
| ultimately one of the biggest failings of Linux marketing is that people are
| working too hard to sell the operating system side of it, but failing to sell
| the platform aspects of it.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=448
Some advice for Microsoft: Dump Windows
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| In light of the new Windows flaws announced yesterday, I think it's time to
| reiterate a point I made a long time ago:
|
| It's time for Microsoft to dump Windows.
|
| In fact, ten years ago would have been a good time to start. At the risk of
| berating the obvious, it's clear that security will continue to be a major
| problem for Microsoft. The reason is their tether to legacy code, and their
| patchwork attempts to shore up their OS core. It's time to let it go.
|
| Apple did it, and did it well. They created a virtualized environment to run
| Classic MacOS apps in order to ease the transition. When they switched
| processor architectures, they developed Rosetta, which allows PowerPC apps to
| run on an Intel platform without modification, again, easing the transition.
| It can be done. It has been done. It should be done.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/018104.html
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