Comment Re:ATI Driver Issues (Score 1) 236
The release notes mentions an experimental ATI driver that you could try.
Comment Re:And you can save even more (Score 2, Informative) 275
Canonical:
Revenue: $30 Million
Owner(s): Mark Shuttleworth
Employees: 200+
Red Hat:
Type: Public (NYSE: RHT)
Revenue: $652.57 million USD (2009)
Net income: 78.72 million USD (2009)
Employees: 2800 (2009)
Yeah, you see, having a business model helps. Someone's gotta actually write that software that Canonical gives away for free, you know...
Comment Re:Using a monopoly to destroy competing technolog (Score 1) 165
Describe to me the harm that would arise against the good of humanity if Microsoft and Apple through customer demand were forced to implement Ogg Vorbis and Theora support in their browsers.
When you're done, you can continue by describing the harm that was inflicted on humanity when Microsoft was forced to start producing a web browser for Windows so that people wouldn't use non-Microsoft software.
Comment Re:Great a notebook with a broken package manager (Score 1) 29
- unused packages removal - ie, if a a package is only installed as a dependency, and if no package which depend on it are still installed, the package can be automatically removed.
yum install yum-utils
package-cleanup --leaves
- suggested packages, ie., packages has a list of packages which enhances the package in quesiton.
- recommended packages, ie, packages which are not strictly required but should normally be installed with a package.
I don't think so, but as crush mentioned PackageKit will sometimes suggest packages to install.
- support for packages deprecating and/or providing other packages
Sure.
- support for running configuration utilities and such during installation
No, RPM package installation is completely non-interactive by design.
Comment rpm+yum+PackageKit (Score 1) 29
Moblin has about as much Fedora roots as it has SUSE roots and the package management does come from Fedora, not from SUSE, AFAICT.
Comment Nothing to see here, move on. (Score 2, Informative) 147
Given the Microsoft-Red Hat deal in February, are we seeing Red Hat's 'Novell Moment?'"
Oh, you mean the one where Red Hat got exactly what they wanted: A no-patent deal with Microsoft.
It's good that people are watchful of Red Hat, but this article is just an implicit accusation taken out of thin air.
Comment Re:Defensive Patents (Score 2) 147
That's exactly what it is, which is why the laws and their interpretation at the patent office and the courts must change.
Comment Re:It always starts out with good intentions (Score 1) 147
Normally: at this point RH & <evil company> would enter a cross licensing agreement, but I doubt that RH will do that, it will be interesting to see what they do do.
They might, but to be consistent with what they've done before and with their stated intentions they would have to licence the other party's patents for all open source software (or perhaps all GPL:d software). I think they'd do that, even if they have to throw some cash into the deal as well.
Comment Re:Protection Racket* (Score 1) 147
I don't have a clue about Red Hat's intentions, but I do know that they can't not protect its intellectual property without risk of losing rights to it.
NOOOO! That's about _trademarks_. Patents do NOT work that way.
Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards 147
I Believe in Unicorns writes "Red Hat's patent policy says 'In an attempt to protect and promote the open source community, Red Hat has elected to... develop a corresponding portfolio of software patents for defensive purposes. We do so reluctantly...' Meanwhile, USPTO Application #: 20090063418, 'Method and an apparatus to deliver messages between applications,' claims a patent on routing messages using an XQuery match, which is an extension of the 'unencumbered' AMQP protocol that Red Hat is helping to make. Is this a defensive patent, or is Red Hat cynically staking out a software patent claim to an obvious extension of AMQP? Is Red Hat's promise to 'refrain from enforcing the infringed patent' against open source a reliable contract, or a trap for the unwary? Given the Microsoft-Red Hat deal in February, are we seeing Red Hat's 'Novell Moment?'"
Reader Defeat_Globalism contributes a related story about an international research team who conducted experiments to "quantify the ways patent systems and market forces might influence someone to invent and solve intellectual problems." Their conclusion was that a system which doesn't restrict prizes to the winner provides more motivation for innovation.
Comment Re:By that definition (Score 1) 589
No, there's a Java-based player for Vorbis+Theora. Here's an example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ubuntu_install_and_remove.ogg
MGM First To Post Full-Length Features To YouTube 116
Lithal13 writes to tell us that MGM studios will soon be the first major movie studio to post a complete feature-length film on YouTube. Some credit commercial video site Hulu.com for the mended relationship between YouTube parent Google and Hollywood. "YouTube has developed systems that help keep pirated clips off the site and is developing video players that present clearer images than the site's standard player. When it comes to financial terms, Google has proven much more flexible than in the past, according to three studio sources. [...] The only obstacles to Google and YouTube getting more studios to post full-length movies is Google's insistence on a particular ad format, say the sources. They declined to say which ad unit Google prefers. The other hurdle is that some studios are skeptical that users will accept all the ads that need to accompany a feature film in order to make it profitable."
Comment It doesn't have to be slow and expensive (Score 1) 812
Your internets are slow? Maybe it's not the users' fault.
My ISP provides me with internet access at advertised speeds, and they don't charge me an arm and a leg. I think it has something to do with there being a working market with ISPs that actually compete with quality.
Of course, I live in Europe.
Comment Re:Snakes... (Score 2, Interesting) 129
Because we have very few species of snakes in Scandinavia. In Sweden there are only three species, and none is especially dangerous. Even the snakes think it's too cold up here in the north.
Scandinavians long for warmer weather, palm trees and fierce animals. The most dangerous animals in Sweden are the moose (car accidents) and wasps. Boring.
Scandinavians long for warmer weather, palm trees and fierce animals. The most dangerous animals in Sweden are the moose (car accidents) and wasps. Boring.
Authentic Viking DNA From 1,000-Year-Old Skeletons 189
FiReaNGeL writes "Scientists were able to extract authentic DNA from ancient Viking skeletons, avoiding many of the problems of contamination faced by past researchers. Analysis of DNA from the remains of ancient humans provides valuable insights into such important questions as the origin of genetic diseases, migration patterns of our forefathers and tribal and family patterns. Using freshly sampled material from ten Viking skeletons from around AD 1,000, from a non-Christian burial site on the Danish island of Funen, Dissing and colleagues showed that it is indeed possible to retrieve authentic DNA from ancient humans."
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