Hey guys
Hears an entertaining clip of a presentation by Paul Fenwick, who did the
presesntation on "The art of klingon programming" earlier in the year.
http://blip.tv/file/1137169
Thought alot of you guys would get a laugh out of it
Here's an embedded Linux system that boots in under a second;
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/14/montavista_boasts_1sec_linux_boot/
It'd be nice to see some of the same ideas applied to the next
generation of netbooks..
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When those shiny Chrome things get used and beaten up, rust spots
showing through, bits flaking off , etc ... then they start to look real
tacky and so yesterday.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [wlug] Fwd: FW: Google announces Chrome operating system
> From: Simon Green <simon(a)simongreen.name>
> Date: Thu, July 09, 2009 11:08 am
> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
>
>
> 2009/7/9 Roderick Aldridge <rod-a(a)hnpl.net>
>
> > Yes, I think it is a two-edged sword for FOSS. It has the potential to
> > split and weaken FOSS - Chrome browser is a competitor of Firefox.
> >
>
> I think it is excellent news. We already have a variety of GUI based browser
> (epiphany for gnome and konquerer for KDE). Chromium (the Chrome based
> browser for Linux) is a long way off from being production ready though (it
> still doesn't support plugins like flash or gears).
>
> ComputerWorld has an article today[1] about the privacy aspect of ChromeOS.
> As it's open source, any one that wants to know what the code is doing can
> do so. That's something that Microsoft don't offer.
>
> -- simon
>
> [1]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roderick Aldridge [mailto:rod-aldridge(a)xnet.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, 9 July 2009 9:26 a.m.
To: Waikato Linux Users Group
Subject: Google announces Chrome operating system
Speculation that Google is developing a web-focused operating system is
confirmed by the announcement.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
"Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that
will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will
open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be
available for consumers in the second half of 2010.
...........................
The software architecture is simple - Google Chrome running within a new
windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers,
the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically
work and new applications can be written using your favorite web
technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google
Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux
thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform."
Big long-term implications for FOSS, Microsoft and many others.
Some comments:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/http://kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-systemhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139711.stmhttp://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/five-things-googles-chrome-os-wil
l-do-for-your-netbook/
http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/google-chrome-operating-system/
We live in interesting times.
Rod
Something like this?
http://www.dansdata.com/sharer.htm
That useful to know.
Cheers,
2009/7/6 Harry Wieldraayer <h.wiel(a)hnpl.net>:
> I have used for a long time a IP sharer with my dynalink modem is was a
> serial modem
>
> Could luck
A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today.
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Saturday July 4th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street.
We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.
A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow.
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Saturday July 4th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street.
We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.
