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Still Livin' La Vida Linux
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| It's been over a year since I wrote about my
| conversion to a Linux based digital media
| environment, and since it's the holiday season
| (or just after) I thought it was time to
| update the story, and describe some new Linux
| based devices I'm using that others might find
| useful.
|
| In the original essay I spoke about converting
| all my physical CD's to digital files into the
| patent-free FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
| format. At the time I was looking at the Sonos
| multi-room music system to play the files. I
| took the plunge and ended up buying a four
| room system last year. They aren't cheap,
| but they're the most robust devices I own.
| They never crash (and for a device as
| sophisticated as this that's a real
| pleasure). I've owned televisions that fail
| more often than the Sonos boxes.
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http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/301
Linux and windows people are the same.
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| Linux is, for the average user, no easier
| nor harder to use than windows. It is more
| configurable and flexible than windows will
| ever be and this gives power users more of
| an opportunity to tweak and twiddle than
| their windows brethren. Those who don't
| tweak and twiddle have the same computing
| experience with Linux that they have with
| windows. The caveat here is, of course,
| that they must use the operating system as
| it is designed to be used. You don't drive
| a manual car like an automatic so to speak.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/linux-and-windows-people-are-the-same-36146
Recent:
Episode 0x1B: Jeremy Allison of the Samba Team
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| Bradley and Karen interview Jeremy Allison of
| the the Samba Team.
|
| This show was released on Thursday 19 November
| 2009; its running time is 00:55:38.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/nov/19/0x1B/
Mono and Samba: smell the difference, says Allison
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| It may be recalled that Allison quit Novell in disgust
| soon after the company signed a patent indemnification
| deal with Microsoft in November 2006.
|
| [...]
|
| "Miguel's employer, Novell, has a patent agreement
| with Microsoft that exempts Mono users from Microsoft
| patent aggression, so long as you get Mono from
| Novell. Miguel takes pains to point this out," Allison
| wrote.
|
| As far as Mono goes, De Icaza has implemented parts of
| it which are not covered by the specifications
| submitted to the standards body ECMA by Microsoft; the
| parts submitted are said to be available on royalty-
| free terms and without fear of patent violations.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28570/1090/
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