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Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/microsofts_internet_driving_...

Barely a day goes by when you switch on your computer, plug into the web and come across yet another deranged scheme to restrict freedom in the name of security, safety or morality. RIAA, DMCA, RIPA, Pallidium computing, the list almost seems to grow exponentially. So, some guys got together in a dark room, brainstormed and came up with yet another ruse to curtail access to and use of the internet. Relax, this one won’t fly. Trust me. But the sheer audacity of it! Even the bovine docility of Windows users wouldn’t stomach this one (or would they?)—and here’s the irony. It seems to have been dreamed up by someone at Microsoft but in reality this nonsense has form. The wrap sheet’s a long one. Welcome to the world of “Microsoft’s Internet license”.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/chrome_os_desktop_winner_thi...

When Google announced their ChromeOS there was a flurry of comment and opinion on what this could mean for the GNU/Linux user and the future of free software. Our esteemed editor, Tony Mobily made a bold statement (albeit framed as a question) at the time that Google’s ChromeOS could turn GNU/Linux into a “desktop winner”. I’m not sure that it’s true.

Whatever happens of course the fact is that when somebody of Google’s size and impact enters a market, there will be winners and losers, losses and gains. Now that the dust has well and truly settled let’s have another look at the potential impact of ChromeOS.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1407598

We had an OP who had gotten a little carried away with removing old kernels via Synaptic .. Yeah, you're well ahead of me on this one

Took a little while, and a couple of attempts.. But, this works.. As just as it was written, we had another OP who'd aborted an upgrade to Media after installing the RT kernel, they got his 'normal' kernel back as well. May help someone else

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/linux_performance_linux_slow...

This is an aspect of FOSS that is regaining some measure of interest: for years, it was considered that writing production-ready FOSS meant lean and mean software. However, recent events have shown that, in the case of the Linux kernel, this is no longer exactly true: performance is dropping slowly yet steadily.

How come?

With Linux powering nearly every mobile device that hits the market, the demand for Linux-related jobs is rapidly growing despite national unemployment figures. Combine this with the ongoing success of companies such as Red Hat and it’s easy to see why demand for Linux professionals is on the rise.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1378125

We will be work with Ubuntu 9.10, which comes with grub2 (referred to here as just grub), the boot loader program we will be working with. Using its Live CD, use GParted to make your partition table. It is advisable that you use a ext3 format for all your linux partitions, at least for the ones that will primarily be using Ubuntu. When setting up a partition table, try to keep your OSs on the SATA hard drive as the ATA HDDs (HDD = hard drive) can be slower at reading, writing, and loading data. Feel free to put things anywhere you like, with the following constraints.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/community_posts/rise_of_web_applicat...

The significant thing about Chrome is that it sets a new way of thinking. It does not mean Chrome will dominate the world. Open standards mean that other companies could provide similar services. It’s the 80% scenario. 80% of what we do could be web based and probably will be in the future. It is near 100% for 80% of the population. It does not then make much sense to have everyone running a desktop OS just in case they might happen to want a specialist application that is dependent on that technology. Some people will still need this, but not the majority.

There's been a lot of technology predictions for the upcoming year, with Linux playing a big part in the future direction of tech. Fortunately, we won't have to wait long to see how some of those predictions will play out: it's just a mere three more days until the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1351701

Im going to post basic instructions on how to build a customized kernel for karmic without using git.
Note that this will take some research as you need to know your computer's hardware components.
It might also take a few tries for you to set all the modules and stuff right.

so lets begin....