http://www.bikergeek.org Random thoughts of a Harley Davidson riding biker geek. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:19:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.nraila.org/obama/ The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where apparent nominee Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of support for “sportsmen” or ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/23/on-the-second-amendment-don%e2%80%99t-believe-obama/ http://www.motorcycledaily.com/04august08_2009hd_vrod&touring.htm By Dirck Edge Beautiful Sonoma, California was the staging area for our test of several 2009 Harley-Davidson models. Our focus was on the significantly redesigned touring bikes and the stunning new V-Rod Muscle. Read more http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/20/2009-harley-davidson-touring-models-and-v-rod-muscle/ Don't diss the PC, man. read more | digg story [caption id="attachment_288" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mac PC Linux Truth"][/caption] http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/19/mac-vs-pc-the-real-truth-pic/ Vista may be what Microsoft sells, but XP remains popular. August 18, 2008 (Computerworld) More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, a performance and metrics researcher said today. read more ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/19/a-third-of-new-pcs-being-downgraded-to-windows-xp/ The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/18/canonical-joins-the-linux-foundation/ gOS--a company known for its debut in the US$199 Wal-Mart gPC and Netbooks--announced the details of gOS 3 Gadgets, the newest version of its Linux OS for consumers.The main feature of gOS 3 Gadgets is its ability to instantly launch Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, allowing users access to ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/11/goss-new-linux-os-embraces-google-applications/ If this has any validity to it then it's INCREDIBLE NEWS!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian scientists are hoping to cure leukemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after their breakthrough discovery of how to stop killer blood cells growing. The team has unlocked the secrets behind the protein which controls the way the blood cancer cells ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/11/cancer-secret-cracked/ At the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS. We look at what this means for the commercial Linux landscape and the future of Ubuntu.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/08/analyst-ubuntu-community-distros-ready-for-the-enterprise/ A fast, fast-booting, implementation of GNOME aimed at netbooks and older hardware has emerged, and shows "a lot of promise." LXDE has already stacked up a heap of distribution partners.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/08/lightweight-gnome-derivative-emerges/ I've been using this beta on one of my testing laptops and I've been very impressed thus far. Installation was a snap, just like Ubuntu. Give it a shot if you like Google's stuff. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you haven’t heard of gOS yet then you’re missing out. Its an Ubuntu based version of ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/07/gos-3-gadgets-beta-released-just-plain-tech/ A nice resource for new and intermediate Linux users. Also a great magazine.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/06/a-good-starting-point-for-new-linux-users/ Excellent news for Linux lovers around the world. For the first time, IBM and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market worldwide by 2009.read ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/06/ibm-canonicalubuntu-novell-red-hat/ A promising looking entry into the EEEPC market segment. GAME ON!!! Lenovo (former IBM OEM manufacturer) also entered the fast growing Netbook market with their Ideapad S10. Like the Eee PC 1000 this Netbook also features a 10-inch widescreen LCD. In the US it will be available with Windows XP Home ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/04/lenovo-ideapad-s10-netbook/ Looks great I can't wait to get one of the new EEEPC's for using while I'm on the road. I'll put Ubuntu on it as soon as I get it. A modified version of the latest Ubuntu for the EEEPC.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/03/eeebuntu-ubuntu-for-the-eeepc/ The latest OpenSuse brings out SUSE from the dark.read more | digg story http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/03/opensuse-110-viable-alternative-to-ubuntu/ Another follow up from a previous posting. Only a week after the bad press coverage regarding the Linux-related bugs in a number of motherboards released by Foxconn (Which turned out to be the AMI BIOS that several board makers use), Foxconn is the first vendor out with a publicly released test ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/03/foxconn-releases-test-bios-fixing-linux-crashers/ Just a warning note: Read the install file and the README before using this to save you from wasting time. Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISP's and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/08/01/is-your-isp-throttling-your-connection-check-using-this/ It's official - NVIDIA has extremely poor closed source drivers that do not work properly on Linux systems. The KDE 4 issue is a widely known problem amongst Linux users. I created the thread to raise awareness of those who were left in the dark after purchasing expensive, high end ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/07/30/nvidia-screws-over-linux-users/ This is follow up to one of my previous posts on this topic. It affects MSI and ASUS boards that have an American Megatrends (AMI) BIOS as well. The issues prevent Linux from functioning properly on these systems. Foxconn says they expect the update before the end of the week.read more ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/07/29/foxconn-says-linux-killing-bios-is-amis-doing/ This is a post from the Ubuntu Forums from a guy who wrote about why he left Linux. I felt a need to respond both there and here, just for my piece of mind. Below is the thread he started, it's currently 28 pages and I really only wanted to respond ... http://www.bikergeek.org/2008/07/29/my-respose-to-someone-saying-why-i-left-linux/