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Posted by timothy on Friday September 03, @08:15AMfrom the holy-cow dept. It's time again to take another look at Slashdot articles from the past week. Click below to read updates for two previous articles about a research paper on why User Friendly sucks and the truth about Steve Ballmer, and to read about the latest developments in Hemos' life. ( Read More... | 14 of 139 comments) Posted by Cliff on Friday September 03, @07:11AMfrom the think-before-you-post dept. Erica Caskinette asks, "I'm wanting to try Linux, but I don't know where to begin. My friends recommend Slackware Linux and Linux Mandrake, but what is really the most user friendly Linux distribution?" So what are your thoughts? ( Read More... | 102 of 391 comments) Posted by JonKatz on Friday September 03, @06:11AMfrom the I-Like-To-Use-Capital-Letters dept. Over two decades ago, the concept of the Spiritual Republic was one of the most insightful ideas coming from the Net. Now everybody is a little more skeptical, and less naive. Still, could the idea come back? ( Read More... | 55 of 264 comments) Posted by JonKatz on Friday September 03, @03:35AMfrom the It's-Time-To-Panic! dept. Virtual Democracy is an idea whose time has come. But narrow-minded hackers and bible-thumpers must change their ways before it can happen. Click below for details. ( Read More... | 145 of 315 comments) Posted by Cliff on Friday September 03, @03:35AMfrom the what-a-question dept. Annie Gorden poses this question: "I'm wanting to try Linux, but I don't know where to begin. My friends recommend Debian GNU/Linux and Slackware Linux, but what is really the best Linux distribution?" Good question! ( Read More... | 120 of 365 comments) from the oops-i'm-sorry-about-that dept. Yesterday's story about Coolbitbucketchat.com triggered a massive attack on their website, causing 4 servers to literally explode. At least 2 employees were injured by flying sparks, but none seriously. We really do apologize for this massive denial-of-service attack: Slashdot needs to use its power for good, not evil. ( Read More... | 96 of 370 comments) |
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