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[News] [Rival] SJVN on GNU/Linux for Sub-notebooks, Vista 7's Early Signs of Death

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] SJVN on GNU/Linux for Sub-notebooks, Vista 7's Early Signs of Death
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:34:16 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Linux does have a future on netbooks

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| That reminds me. Dell is now offering the newer Ubuntu 8.10 on its Inspiron 
| 15n laptop. In the past, they were only offering the LTS (Long Term Service) 
| Ubuntu 7.04. Check it out. You see, Dell is taking desktop Linux seriously.  
| 
| All the other big vendors, including Lenovo, make it almost impossible to 
| find their desktop Linux offerings. You’d almost think they want desktop 
| Linux to fail, and they’re only offering it because those darn, pesky 
| customers keep asking for it.    
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_does_have_a_future_on_netbooks

What's the point of XP Mode anyway?

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| VirtualBox will not only let you run XP on top of Windows 7, it will also let 
| you run Win 7 on top of XP, or Linux, or Mac OS X. or what-have you. It also 
| won't cost you a single red-cent, it runs great, and it's not 
| half-as-annoying to set up as XP Mode is.   
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/whats_the_point_of_xp_mode_anyway

"Buy Vista 7... it runs XP... well, on some motherboards it might."

This has "disaster" written all over it. Vista v.2.


Recent:

Microsoft patches first critical bug in Windows 7 beta

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| Microsoft Corp. patched the first critical vulnerability in Windows 7 Tuesday
| as it rolled out an update that fixes three flaws in the new operating
| system's kernel.
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http://www.itworld.com/windows/64099/microsoft-patches-first-critical-bug-windows-7-beta


Microsoft admits it messed up Windows 7 security

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| Following a week where no less than two security flaws were reported in
| Windows 7 which were officially dismissed and not constituting a
| vulnerability, it seems there has now been a rather huge change of mind at
| Microsoft and a frankly astonishing confession.
|
| Microsoft has been at the sharp end of the flawed security stick this week,
| and the funny thing is it seems that they both made the stick and have been
| responsible for the continued prodding with it.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23084/1231/


Data breach incidents are increasing, study shows

,----[ Quote ]
| My official title may be "analyst," but market research is the part of my job
| that appeals to the geek in me. Good thing I work at ESG, where we do market
| research around information assurance all the time.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10157069-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Windows 7: Not Quite The Change We Need

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| To fix those deeper-seated ailments, however, Microsoft would have had to put
| in a lot more than two years of work. We might not be able to try out Vista's
| replacement for another year or two--but at that point, we might see a
| dramatically improved operating system that could never be mistaken for a
| Service Pack update to Vista.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/01/windows_7_not_quite_the_change.html?hpid=sec-tech


Windows 7 Beta Flunks Out Of Georgetown

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| A prestigious Washington, D.C., university has barred students and faculty
| from using the trial version of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system on
| school computers.
|
| "Do not install new Microsoft beta release," states a new warning from
| Georgetown University's IT group. "Installing any beta version of software is
| extremely risky," the warning states.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903508&subSection=All+Stories


Some Fanboys Don’t Like Windows 7 Either

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| Amazingly, the Windows Supersite of Paul Thurrott is showing some falling out
| of lockstep with Redmond.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2009/01/15/some-fanboys-dont-like-windows-7-either/


Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Windows 7 Edition

,----[ Quote ]
| Windows 7, the much-hyped upcoming version of Windows operating system is now
| in Beta. And though it’s kind of promising based on reading some of the
| positive reviews, one thing is for sure; it will never become the 'awesomest'
| operating system that everyone will love.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/01/blue-screen-of-death-bsod-windows-7.html


Windows 7 Unmasked

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| But after the stage props came down, and after the projectors finally went
| cold, attendees were left with a pre-beta copy of something that looked less
| like a new OS than the repackaging of an old one. At least that was my
| impression after I started exploring the Windows 7 M3 (Milestone 3) bits that
| came on my shiny new 160GB Western Digital USB hard disk (one of the better
| tchotchkes I've received at a conference). As I reported on my Enterprise
| Desktop blog, the more I dug into Windows 7, the more I saw an OS that looked
| and felt like a slightly tweaked version of Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| Just what was so new about Microsoft's next Windows, apart from a rejuggled
| UI? Windows 7 appeared to suck memory like Vista, to consume CPU like Vista,
| and to have the same consumer focus. How would this product be received by
| enterprise customers, the vast majority of whom had soundly rejected its
| predecessor? After all, if Vista wasn't good enough for big business, then
| surely a Vista-derived encore would meet with a similarly chilly reception.
|
| [...]
|
| Otherwise, Windows 7 operates much like Vista. There are subtle visual tweaks
| here and there, but nothing on the level of the dramatic XP-to-Vista
| transition. Ironically, Vista users may be more annoyed by the UI changes
| than users coming from XP. Because the Windows 7 and Vista Aero experiences
| are so similar, seasoned users of Vista will be more likely to look in the
| wrong places for common functions. By contrast, XP users won't be burdened
| with now-outdated Aero navigation skills.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/153624/windows_7_preview.html?tk=rss_news


Windows 7 Fail

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| Windows 7 RC is out today.
|
| This is great news.
|
| Because surely by now they've fixed Windows Explorer.
|
| You see, in Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista, Explorer used to Hide extensions
| for known file types. And virus writers used this "feature" to make people
| mistake executables for stuff such as document files.
|
| The trick was to rename VIRUS.EXE to VIRUS.TXT.EXE or VIRUS.JPG.EXE, and
| Windows would hide the .EXE part of the filename.
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http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001675.html
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