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Netbook security – Still inadequate

8 July, 2009 (13:47) | linux, netbooks, security | By: MrZaius

I’ve been roundly disappointed by the Xandros Linux build on my 20GB Eee PC 900, but not quite enough to remove it. Ubuntu et al take far too long to boot; Moblin shouldn’t work, given its new Atom requirement; Windows is too bloated and slow to boot, although it would be okay with a conventional [...]

Presidential succession

30 October, 2008 (08:32) | politics | By: MrZaius

The Washington Post recently put out a piece about the declining health of Cheney. This raises a question that I’ve always wondered about. Maybe someone knows the answer:
What happens when a lame duck president or veep kicks the bucket? In those cases where the Presidency is staying in the party or, even simpler, going straight [...]

Pontificating

4 October, 2008 (08:13) | linux | By: MrZaius

Here’s what someone should build (Tom – Are you listening?):
It seems patently obvious that there would be a market for an entirely self-contained, easy to use SOHO inventory management device. Call it “Library in a Pocket” or something like that, but all you need is a cheap little ARM based Linux handheld with a barcode [...]