Bug#689448: unblock: xorg-server/2:1.12.4-1

Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Please unblock package xorg-server unblock xorg-server/2:1.12.4-1 One revert for a regression from 1.12.3.902 (sorry about that one, I ...

Message posted on the October 02nd, 2012 - 02:40 pm ET

Samsung's latest teevee ad is funny

The new Samsung ad shows people waiting in line for the new iPhone. Then it is shown that some of the people in line are holding places for their parents/friends... but their parents/friends have already got Samsungs, with features they've already ...

Message posted on the September 23rd, 2012 - 03:16 pm ET

Apple maps on BBC Breakfast

What a disaster. A takeaway in the middle of a river, town names misspelled. How do you enter your destination when the app has the town name wrong? There again, perhaps that is better than it returning a wrong location. 'Apple continue to improve ...

Message posted on the September 22nd, 2012 - 02:50 am ET

Bug#688346: installation-reports: Impossible boot with LVM crypted disk on non-QWERTY keyboard

Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i Boot method: VirtualBox + ISO Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b2-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2012-09-20 Machine: Classical ...

Message posted on the September 21st, 2012 - 04:30 pm ET

Apple steals again, when will this stop?

http://www.examiner.com/article/apple-accused-of-stealing-ios-6-clock-app-design Why don't they invent their own stuff. It has become their culture to swipe. Don't they have shame. Here it is right from the cats mouth; ...

Message posted on the September 21st, 2012 - 10:44 am ET

Comments on Mate DE

Mate Desktop environment (http://www.mate-desktop.org) I am writing in support of Mate DE. In less than a year a few people have designed an alternative to Gnome 3. I have been averaging one reconditioned HP Compaq nc6400 laptop per quarter year, ...

Message posted on the September 19th, 2012 - 02:20 pm ET

Apple Stock Closes Above $700. per share. A new record.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-stock-closes-above-700/2012/09/18/b7799658-01be-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_story.html http://tinyurl.com/9byddg6 "Shares have climbed 6 percent since Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 on Sept. 12. ...

Message posted on the September 18th, 2012 - 05:22 pm ET

Linux 3.6-rc6

Ok, another week, another -rc. And as I suspected, the reason -rc5 was so small was that a lot of people were still getting ready after the Kernel Summit. So -rc6 is a bit larger, since people were playing catch-up. That said, it's not *huge* ...

Message posted on the September 16th, 2012 - 07:10 pm ET

Bug#685839: jampal: contains material without permission to redistribute

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) clone 685839 -1 -2 reassign -1 ftp.debian.org reassign -2 release.debian.org retitle -1 RM: jampal -- non distributable retitle -2 RM: jampal -- non distributable thanks Dear Ftpmasters ...

Message posted on the September 15th, 2012 - 09:10 am ET

IPhone 5 pre-orders sell out; Apple shares hit new high

<http://tinyurl.com/94ozayn> The first batch of iPhone 5 smartphones has already sold out on Apple's website, and that's helping the company stock price reach new heights. What? In COLA I read it was a big disappointment with little to ...

Message posted on the September 14th, 2012 - 11:41 am ET

Desperate Apple now resorts to kidnapping slave labourers

Forced labour in Apple death camps: [quote] Foxconn and Apple are in hot water again after a Chinese newspaper alleged how kids are being press ganged into the plant so that the iPhone 5 can get out in time. According to the Shanghai Times, ...

Message posted on the September 07th, 2012 - 08:56 pm ET

The Apple Tax and hypocrits

<http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/08/26/the-apple-tax-part-ii/> "There seems to be a moral aspect, here, as if Apple should be held to a higher standard. Last year, Apple and Nokia settled an IP misunderstanding [1] that also resulted in a ...

Message posted on the September 07th, 2012 - 06:02 am ET

Peter Köhlmann, The IT Oracle.

Got a Question about IT or FOSS in general? Ask Peter! You'll know you're one little step closer to knowing the correct answer after he has given you the 100% incorrect one. Here is his current FAQ:- ,- | For the record, I did note that in general ...

Message posted on the August 31st, 2012 - 04:24 pm ET

Free Software Foundation stooge decries iPads for elementary school students

http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/guest-post-why-schools-should-refuse-ipads This is classic stuff. Among other gems of open source drooling, the sad MS-hating and Apple-hating schmoe says "Apple software is proprietary. There is no way to ...

Message posted on the August 28th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ET

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