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Virtualbox is an out-of-tree module and hence needs to be compiled. The base package is GPLv2 and is compatible with the Linux kernel license, but I don't know if Virtualbox develo…

True. If you follow LKML, you will notice that the majority of changes are to the device drivers code. And it makes sense, after all, you want the kernel to run on a wide variety o…

>The thesis is that things like Linux belong to a category of >human endeavours that are opposite in nature to most of what >regular consumers are exposed to nowadays But this is t…

Yes, I learned it the hard way when I had around 200 BTC stolen from the online service I was using. I kept blaming the service but the fact is it's stupid to think of bitcoins = h…

Agreed, this is through wine, but if this is real, it's awesome! Edit : Actually, it does look real : http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIyO... Basically, silverl…

The reason I won't accuse Linus of not being open even though he doesn't support my feature-of-choice is because while he ditches my idea saying it is crap, he still gives me the s…

Not everyone who advocates opensource is a developer. I am an end user of Netflix. I would like to see Netflix run on my Linux laptop and I don't care if Netflix talks about the un…

Sorry for being melodramatic. I meant Linux :D. And evinugur has listed exactly what my problem with Netflix is.

Exactly. Associating "Netflix" with "opensource" is kind of ironic considering they still haven't been able to deliver any workable streaming solution for the free OS.

Not that there aren't any keyloggers for Linux, I never found anything suspicious, nor have any of my other accounts been breached into. But yeah, if there is a keylogger, I bet it…

Putting aside the way the Bitcoinica account got compromised, I wanted to mention that I learned the hard way that either Mt.Gox is rife with security holes or a lot of these breac…

Technically, anyone who has contributed to the Linux kernel can drag them to court. Probably not something an average developer will jump into :) That said, Harald Welte has a dedi…

"Some of you may think such a test is a waste of time but I assure you it is not. It's astonishing how many people can't do this." Well, I can assure you that as a kernel programme…

"Another funny thing about US immigration law is, that if you are an international student in the USA (on an F1 visa) you are entitled to work only for the university that has issu…

And please don't think of forking the FSF because RMS made fun of Steve Jobs if that is what people think he did.

No it's not. It has its own set of problems. And bugs too! KVM has its pluses too, I agree, it's a VMM in kernel mode which apparently makes it faster, it is very non-intrusive to …

Yes, you are right. Actually, it's just the bootloader. So, technically Microsoft can come up with a bootloader (GPLed) that can boot Linux or modify the current one. My bad! Regar…

Not just the bootloader, from what I understand, the whole OS needs to be signed : drivers in particular or anything else that could talk to the firmware. So, they need to be signe…

And UEFI fans can still use it as a payload to coreboot! Although I am not sure why anyone would be a fan of UEFI. An extra layer of abstraction on top of BIOS ? Wait, why ?

That is true. But being on H1B myself, I have rarely come across any employer who's willing to hire me part time. But again, it's possible.

I came here exactly with the same question! To build my company from ground up, I need to work for it. But how can I do that if I am already working full time for my current employ…