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More tales of Linux slopware woe: dual-boot Win7 works beautifully, Ubuntu random freezes with no sound

"I am running Karmic on my HP tower. The tower itself is about a month old. I dual boot Windows 7, and Windows 7 works beautifully. Ubuntu worked great up until about 2 days ago. Then, randomly my mouse would freeze (battery was fine, doesn't happen in windows) and I had to keyboard restart. Then, this morning my computer started booting REALLY slowly. It would take... more »

By DFS - 12:56am - 1 new of 1 message

NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 6 January 2010 NYCBUG: Edward Capriolo will give a Whirlwind Tour of Hadoop

<blockquote what="official NYC*BUG announcement" and="Thursday 7 January 2010 NY Perl Mongers will gather and Mark Sullivan will be there." edits=""> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:31:24 -0500 To: annou...@lists.nycbug.org From: NYC*BUG Announcements <annou...@lists.nycbug.org> Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tomorrow, other announcements... more »

By secret...@lxny.org - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	(Proprietary) Opera for GNU/Linux Gets Much Better, Flash Too
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Download Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha Build 3186 ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Collaboration optimizes Flash Player for Freescale i.MX ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 2 new of 2 messages

	MAFIAA Gets "Blowback" for Mistreatment of Customers
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RIAA victim Tenenbaum asks for a new trial ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Nothing to celebrate on Public Domain Day 2010 in the US ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	A Glimpse at Ballnux Phone from Samsung
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Samsung M1 Vodafone 360 combines functionality and form ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Recent: Samsung bada OS Screenshots Revealed [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	Nokia Wants Embargo on Apple Products, H-P Wants Patent on 1912 Inventions
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nokia Lawsuit Looks to Block Imports of iPhones, iPods, and Macs ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Nokia Fires New Patent Lawsuit at Apple in Growing Battle [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	More Projects Go Open Source: GenoCAD, Ruckus Wireless Tool
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 GenoCAD Source Code Licensed to ISCB ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Ruckus Wireless open sources Zap wireless performance tool ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	Microsoft Troll "Darryl" Still Harassing Linux Blogs (Banned in Some)
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Forecasts for 2010, 2011, and beyond ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Recent: Carphone Warehouse is now sending spam to ask for blog spam. ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Windows Mobile Can't Handle 2010
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 2016 bug hits Windows phones ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] Recent: 10 Things Microsoft Did Wrong in 2009 ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	RawTherapee Turns to Free Software (GPL), ShimBi SeE MyBlog Too
	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RawTherapee 3.0 alpha 1 and license changes ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link] ShimBi SeE MyBlog Version 1.0 Open Source Web 2.0 Blogging Software Released ,----[ Quote ] ...`---- [link]... more » By Roy Schestowitz - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message