Novell Linux Mocks "I'm a Mac" TV Ads

Novell have done a great collection of spoof ads of Apple’s “I’m a Mac” series, you know, the ones that had a UK launch in January this year.



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LinuxMCE

Here is Google Video comparing LinuxMCE with WindowsMCE:

How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)?

Step 1: Download FreeDOS boot disk floppy image




wget http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDOEM.144.gz


gunzip FDOEM.144.gz



Step 2: Copy your BIOS flash utility and new BIOS image to the mounted floppy disk image




mkdir /tmp/floppy


mount -t vfat -o loop FDOEM.144 /tmp/floppy




# cp 75DVSTA2.60 ASRflash.exe /tmp/floppy



Step 3: Burn a bootable CD which will emulate floppy device for us




mkisofs -o bootcd.iso -b FDOEM.144 FDOEM.144


cdrecord -v bootcd.iso



Step 4: Reboot, flash, reboot, enjoy your new BIOS



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Linux friendly MP3 Player

Wow, Vibes (www.vibes.us) is not only a slick and beautiful MP3 Player but also is Linux friendly too! Check it out.

Open Letter to Steven Ballmer

It's come to many in the Linux community’s
attention
you have claimed again
and again,
that Linux violates Microsoft's intellectual property.
only that, but
it's been reported Microsoft has convinced businesses to pay for a
Linux patent
that you
can't provide.

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Windows-to-Linux roadmap

Yet another great Linux tutorial.



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OpenMoko

Openmoko has been around before Apple announced iPhone. Why would anyone buy a iPhone? if Apple can't make iTunes for Linux why would one think iPhone will work on a Linux system. My bet is on Openmoko.