Free vs. Proprietary and HTML5

July 25, 2010 by Linerd · Leave a Comment
Filed under: news, opinion 

I just read a couple of articles (x264Dev and Phoronix) about the latest open source decoder for the recently open sourced VP8 codec from Google/On2. It turns out that the new ffvp8 decoder library from the FFmpeg developers is already outperforming the libvpx decoder that was released as open source by Google back in May.  Read more

From The “WTF, Apple?” Dept.

May 19, 2010 by Linerd · 2 Comments
Filed under: news, opinion 

I just saw a story on ABC news tonight about Apple refusing to sell their beloved iPad's for cash. They would only sell them to credit card customers. They claim that it was to cut down on gray market sales.

Well, sorry Apple Geniuses. Have you ever taken a moment and read the words on a dollar bill? Read more

There’s Always One Bad Apple

May 18, 2010 by Linerd · Leave a Comment
Filed under: General, news, opinion 

I've been following the story of the lost iPhone 4G prototype since the story broke on April 19 in technology blog Gizmodo. In the early days after the incident, it appeared that Apple was taking it all in stride. It even appeared that they had a good sense of humor about the whole situationRead more

Re: Selling vs. Shaming

October 11, 2009 by Linerd · 1 Comment
Filed under: linux, news, opinion 

I read a post today on Zonker's blog called Selling vs. shaming. In it, the author argues that it's better to have non-free software loaded on a mostly free software system if it pleases the user, rather than have a pure free software system that doesn't meet the user's wants or needs. I couldn't agree more. Read more

Three More Reasons Not To Use Linux

September 20, 2009 by Linerd · 2 Comments
Filed under: humor, linux, opinion 

Last week I read a half-witted blog post citing "3 Reasons why we shouldn't use Linux". I've got one tip for TechBirdy, the blog author.

sudo apt-get a clue

TechBirdy's reasons are either borne out of complete ignorance, or from a desire to spread pure FUD. Read more

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