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by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Have you already registered your machine at the Linux Counter ? Luxembourg is fairly poor: Linux users per 1000 IP hosts: 9.27 http://counter.li.org/reports/place.php?place=LU Maybe you just need to add your machine to improve statistics? - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl Tel: +352 406776 GSM: +352 621 350037 7, Rue des Pres L-5316 Contern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAkq55nAACgkQPOfrcNNQX7oYFwCeNjl8T46YPJbTUkk0TA4f752Y 1VYAmPuCGdUyNHeTQLbI3MvP6TE83WQ= =9mIZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

16 years, 9 months

LiLux: Next Meeting

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday September 30 at 20h in the LGL. See you there. Best regards. - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl Tel: +352 406776 GSM: +352 621 350037 7, Rue des Pres L-5316 Contern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq4nM4ACgkQPOfrcNNQX7rNWwCgt/CeeKRHBO8kENq2cYoo3sil F9QAoKdwogBgDnDOuf9cxDHBlQ5zcmfn =PI+9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

16 years, 9 months

[Fwd: LiLux: Ubuntu Local Community Reloaded!]

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I already answered we would be interested. Our next meeting should be around the 24th of September (to be confirmed) and we could talk about it. - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: LiLux: Ubuntu Local Community Reloaded! Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:24:13 +0200 From: Dirk Estievenart <dirk.estievenart(a)gmail.com> - --------------------------------------------------- - ---FRANCAIS --- Salut, Nous essayons de rassembler les adeptes d'Ubuntu de la Grande Région (de Luxembourg). Le but est de s'aider mutuellement, de faire connaître Ubuntu aux Luxembourgeois, de contribuer à Ubuntu et de s'amuser evidemment. Le weekend du 2-4 Octobre prochain, aura lieu le "Global Ubuntu Jam", toutes les teams locales sont invitées à se rencontrer. On aimerait profiter de cette occasion pour essayer de redémarrer la "Local Community Team Luxembourg". Si vous êtes intéressé n'hésitez pas à vous faire connaître! Nous aurons besoin de vous! Tous le monde est le bienvenue! Dirk - ---- ENGLISH --- Hello, We are trying to gather Ubuntu fans of the "Grand Region". The goal is to help each other, to make Ubuntu known in Luxembourg and to contribute to Ubuntu. The weekend of 2-4 October Ubuntu organises the "Global Ubuntu Jam", a worldwide gathering of all the LoCo teams wher people work together on Ubuntu (development, bugs, translations, documentation...) . We would like to take this opportunity to restart the "Local Community Team Luxembourg". If you are interested please les us know! We need you! Everybody is welcome! Dirk - ---- DEUTSCH --- Hallo, Wir versuchen, die Ubuntu-Fans der Luxemburgischen Großregion zu versammeln. Ziel ist es, einander zu helfen, um Ubuntu in Luxemburg bekannt(er) yu machen und beizutragen an Ubuntu. Am Wochenende vom 2-4 Oktober organisiert Ubuntu die "Global Ubuntu Jam", ein weltweiter Zusammenschluss von allen LoCo Teams überall dort wo Menschen gemeinsam an Ubuntu arbeiten(Entwicklung, Bugs, Übersetzungen, Dokumentation ...) . Wir möchten diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um das "Local Community Team Luxemburg" neu zu starten. Wenn Sie interessiert sind, bitte las es uns wissen! Wir brauchen Sie! Alle sind herzlich eingeladen! Dirk - -- http://www.dirkou.net - -- You can't develop industrial strength software if you don't treat your code as a publication for other programmers to read, understand and modify. Bartosz Milewski - Physicist,Author,Programmer - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl Tel: +352 406776 GSM: +352 621 350037 7, Rue des Pres L-5316 Contern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqyJdEACgkQPOfrcNNQX7qxegCaA5TFpydiKaHVKwKS2Z4rmXKf TC4AoJSDZ5euluadzj7xW3Q9IA7dG9it =SDko -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

16 years, 9 months

Windows 7 : la Free Software Foundation énonce les 7 péchés capitaux du nouvel OS de Microsoft

by Michel-G. Maria-Sube

see following links: http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20090828/tsc-windows-7-la-free-software-foundat… and especially: http://windows7sins.org/

16 years, 9 months

Chose your poison...

by Brent Frere

http://guybrush.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/apple_microsoft_desktop1.jpg -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 58, rue d'Esch L-3720 Rumelange Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Phone: +352-20.20.22.69 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 URL: http://BFrere.net This e-mail signature can be checked if you have the CaCERT certificate installed. Check http://www.CaCERT.org for details.

16 years, 11 months

Five reasons why it's not business as usual for Microsoft

by Brent Frère

Source: http://blogs.computerworld.com/five_reasons_why_its_not_business_as_usual_f… Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols <http://blogs.computerworld.com/sjvn> Five reasons why it's not business as usual for Microsoft Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft <http://blogs.computerworld.com/good_bye_mr_gates> for good at the end of the month and Microsoft would have you believe that it will be business as usual for Microsoft. I understand they also have a great bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn that they'd like to sell you. Cheap! 1) You can't replace genius. Steve Ballmer is moving into the top slot, but I've met Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates. He's a big, bouncy sales guy. Can't you just see Ballmer selling used cars on a local TV ad spot? Instead of running around a stage shouting: "Developers! Developers!" just visualize him running around a car lot shouting, "Cars! Cars!" I find it far too easy to do just that. This is the man who's going to replace Bill Gates? I don't think so. Besides, he already has a track record as acting head of the company, and it's lousy. Fire Ballmer <http://blogs.computerworld.com/five_reasons_to_fire_ballmer> now, why wait for him to fall on his face? 2) Microsoft has already dropped Vista <http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/has-microsoft-disavowed-vista>. Microsoft officials will never admit it, but there's no question about it: They've given up on Vista <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAUlK8_2VE>. In its place, Microsoft is talking up with Windows 7 <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art…>. It's beginning to sound more and more like Windows 7 will show up in 2009. My question: How is Microsoft going to get Windows 7 right in two years of rushed development when they made such a flop of Vista with five years? I can't see it. 3) Microsoft's already lost its technical expertise. How do you think Vista became such a mess in the first place? If you read Mini-Microsoft <http://minimsft.blogspot.com>, the answer's clear: Microsoft has become mired in big company internal politics and -- The horror! The horror! -- meaningless process <http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2004/09/satans-process-excellence.html>. It's not just Vista though. Take, for example, the miserable fiasco that is Windows Home Server <http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/windows-home-server-unbelievably-b…>. All this stupid software/hardware package was supposed to do was operate as a basic file server. How could you blow this? Don't ask me, but Microsoft managed it with software that managed to corrupt files <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art…> when you tried to edit or save them... with Microsoft's own programs! Come on! /I/ can create my own Linux home server and it will work just by clicking a few buttons on any modern Linux distribution. Which reminds me: What's the point of Windows Home Server anyway when I can just buy a terabyte or so of NAS (network attached storage) for a few hundred bucks? 4) New leadership will step forward to rescue Microsoft. OK, like who? I happen to like Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, but he's not a dynamic leader. As for the rest, well, who do you think have been 'helping' Ballmer steer the good ship Microsoft into shoal waters anyway? If there's a real next generation of leadership, as opposed to middle managers, I sure haven't seen them. You? 5) Last, but not least, Microsoft has lost its vision. Think about it. Microsoft didn't see the shift coming to cheap, lightweight laptops. So, now Microsoft has had to reverse itself and give XP Home a new lease on life <http://blogs.computerworld.com/xp_lives_sort_of>. I'm quite sure that they'll also soon have to bring XP Pro out of retirement <http://blogs.computerworld.com/will_linux_force_microsoft_to_give_xp_pro_mo…> too. Even when Microsoft knows darn well what's happening, like its constant erosion of Web browser share to Firefox, it seems to be unable to play catch up. Here's a small bet. By year's end, there will be more people using Firefox 3 <http://practical-tech.com/network/firefox-3-past-present-and-future> than Internet Explorer 8 <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art…>. Do I have any takers? What do all these things have in common? They're all going to happen or have been happening because Gates is no longer in charge. If you think Microsoft is the "can do no wrong" economic Goliath of the late 90s and early 00s, you are so wrong. It's only going to get worse for Microsoft, a lot worse. -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 58, rue d'Esch L-3720 Rumelange Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Phone: +352-20.20.22.69 Fax: +352-20.20.22.19 URL: http://BFrere.net If you have problem with my digital signature, please install the appropriate authority certificate by browsing https://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt.

17 years, 1 month

Bye bye little butterfly...

by Brent Frere

Picture <http://e9.img.v4.skyrock.net/e9a/kingsparda666/pics/2316002255_1.jpg> -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 58, rue d'Esch L-3720 Rumelange Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Phone: +352-20.20.22.69 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 URL: http://BFrere.net This e-mail signature can be checked if you have the CaCERT certificate installed. Check http://www.CaCERT.org for details.

17 years, 1 month

FOSS vs. MS in Switzerland

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, an article of possible interest at the (german-language) NZZ: <http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/fragwuerdige_auftragsvergabe_des_bund…> Essentially, a public institution tried to hide the acquisition of MS licenses from the public, instead of following proper procedure for procurements. FOSS group CH/Open went against this... Greetings, Eric

17 years, 1 month

Cisco is a strong supporter of open source software

by Brent Frère

Source: https://www.techworld.com.au/article/270748/cisco_sued_copyright_infringeme… *Cisco sued for copyright infringement* Linda Leung (Network World) <https://www.techworld.com.au/author/2087087128/linda_leung/articles> 12/12/2008 10:10:00 *Tags:* Free Software Foundation <https://www.techworld.com.au/tag/Free%20Software%20Foundation>, Cisco <https://www.techworld.com.au/tag/Cisco> Have your say! <https://www.techworld.com.au/article/270748/cisco_sued_copyright_infringeme…>0 <https://www.techworld.com.au/article/270748/cisco_sued_copyright_infringeme…> The Free Software Foundation Thursday slapped Cisco with a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement related to Cisco's Linksys wireless routers. The FSF alleges that "in the course of distributing various products under the Linksys brand, Cisco has violated the licenses of many programs on which the FSF holds copyright, including GCC, binutils, and the GNU C Library". Cisco has denied its users their right to share and modify the software as a result, the FSF adds. FSF Licensing Compliance Engineer Brett Smith writing in his blog said the FSF in 2003 learned that the Linksys WRT54G wireless router used a GNU/Linux system in its firmware, "but customers weren't receiving all the source code they were entitled to under our licenses". Smith adds that the FSF began working with Cisco in 2003 to help the company establish a process for complying with FSF's software licenses. It also emerged that other Cisco products were not in full compliance either, according to Smith, who described the FSF's five-year effort to get Cisco compliant as a "running game of Whack-a-Mole." Cisco has refused to "notify customers about previous violations and inform them about how they can now obtain complete source code," Smith claims. "The FSF has put in too many hours helping the company fix the numerous mistakes it's made over the years. Cisco needs to take responsibility for its own license compliance," he adds. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by the Software Freedom Law Center, which is providing representation to the FSF in this case. A copy of the complaint <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/complaint-2008-12-11.pdf> is available on the FSF Web site. In a statement, Cisco says: "*Cisco is a strong supporter of open source software*. Cisco takes its open source software obligations and responsibilities seriously and is disappointed that a suit has been filed by the Free Software Foundation related to our work with them in our Linksys Division. We are currently reviewing the issues raised in the suit, but believe we are substantially in compliance. We have always worked very closely with the FSF and hope to reach a resolution agreeable to the company and the foundation." -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 58, rue d'Esch L-3720 Rumelange Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Phone: +352-20.20.22.69 Fax: +352-20.20.22.19 URL: http://BFrere.net If you have problem with my digital signature, please install the appropriate authority certificate by browsing https://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt.

17 years, 2 months

Windows sera remboursable dans les grandes surface

by Michel Maria-Sube

see folllowing links: http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20090408/ttc-windows-sera-remboursable-dans-les… and also: http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/50252-vente-liee-grandes-surfaces-rembour…

17 years, 2 months

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