Cloverleaf Dead: The Kids Pick Up Their Toys and Go Home

by Dietrich Schmitz It began with Fuduntu's spring closure announcement, then its team opened a new project called FUSE, a spin of openSUSE.   And now comes another announcement by Shawn Dunn "...we are stopping development on Cloverleaf...": "Due to many factors, the most important being lack of available manpower, we will be refactoring our efforts as part of the openSUSE project, whether in an official or non-official capacity.  Initially,...

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A Delightful Surprise: Lubuntu Extra Life Extension (LXLE) 12.04.3

by Dietrich Schmitz Delight.  It's that feeling you get when you stumble upon something new that you had no idea existed. You may know that I've got a penchant for lean minimalist Distributions and using an Acer Aspire One Netbook with 2 GB ram can be demanding.  So, naturally, I want to ring all the power I can get out of  a given Distro, whatever that may be.  I try not to Distro-hop, but in the recent past have moved...

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Pamela Jones Voluntarily Shuts Down Groklaw.net

by Dietrich Schmitz This is outrageous.  Pamela Jones has singularly been probably the biggest shining light on Linux Advocacy there is.  She has won many awards in recognition of her accomplishments. Today, she posted a story about her decision to voluntarily take down her website because of her concern that email privacy has been compromised. In her situation, she deals with and contacts many people throughout the world in the highest...

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USAWatchdog.com: Chain Reaction of Breakdowns in Progress

by Dietrich Schmitz Folks, this is another in a series of public service reports about the U.S. economy.  This information, I feel, is vital and therefore I am sharing it with you here on my Linux Advocates website.  Please reshare with Friends and Family.  Original story here.  -- Dietrich Chain Reaction of Breakdowns in Progress-Dr. Jim Willie 7 AUGUST 2013 NO COMMENT By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   Dr....

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It's in the Vault. RetroShare.

It's in the Vault.  RetroShare. Don't be a victim.  Privacy is your right.  Own it with RetroShare.    -- Dietr...

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Come on Peace Train, Take Me Home Again

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Lubuntu: One Honkin Fast Lean Mean Distro

by Dietrich Schmitz You know, when you look in the Linux parts bin, you see bolt-on guis like KDE, Unity (only Ubuntu), Xfce, LXDE, Enlightenment, Gnome3. And you see a division of packaged Distributions along Gentoo's Emerge, Arch Linux Pacman, Red Hat RPM, and Debian deb package systems (those are the major players).  Everything else at Distrowatch is combinations and permutations of the aforementioned parts with different philosophies...

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