Our next FOSS SIG meets May 29th at 1pm at the TBCS clubhouse. We’ll discuss using LXLE as a replacement for WindowsXP and Duck, Duck, Go in place of Google (see this article). We’ll also look at the latest APCUG videos.
Other May discussion ideas:
- Why I don’t care about the end of Windows XP
- Windows XP Security Risks: They’re Real And Heading Your Way In 2014 Given the extensive coverage, you could easily think Windows XP end of support was just a hype. Sadly not. Without security updates, the aging operating system becomes a Trojan horse in your home or business.
- Windows 8 Has An XP Mode Windows XP mode is restricted to Professional versions of Windows 7. But there’s a way to get Windows XP Mode running on Windows 8 anyway. All you need is a computer running Windows 8.
Open Source Code Has Fewer Defects Than Proprietary Software Research suggests that the quality of today’s open source software is actually higher than that of some proprietary projects- Low level format of hard drive
- Use Portable VirtualBox to Take Virtual Machines With You Everywhere
- Fanless x86 mini-PC runs Debian on 2.3 Watts DMP announced a Linux-ready “Ebox-3100” mini-PC, running on an x86-based, 400MHz Vortex86EX processor and offering 2.3 Watt consumption and a $95 price.
- Heartbleed: Open source’s worst hour People assumed that open source software is somehow magical, that it’s immune to ordinary programming mistakes and security blunders. It’s not.