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Linux Mint 19.1: A sneaky popular distro skips upheaval, offers small upgrades
Anecdotally, Mint feels like one of Linux's most popular distros—updates like 19.1 show why.
While Ubuntu and Red Hat grabbed most of the Linux headlines last year, Linux Mint, once the darling of the tech press, had a relatively quiet year. Perhaps that's understandable with IBM buying Red Hat and Canonical moving back to the GNOME desktop. For the most part Linux Mint and its developers seemed to keep their heads down, working away while others enjoyed the limelight. Still, the Linux Mint team did churn out version 19, which brought the distro up to the Ubuntu 18.04 base.
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Apple may be gearing up to release new iPads, 7th-gen iPod Touch soon
The iOS 12.2 beta references four new iPads and one mysterious iPod.
All the new iPads are listed as variants of "iPad11," showing both Wi-Fi and cellular models of the same device. The new iPod in question is dubbed "iPod9," a designation that hasn't been assigned to any existing iPods.
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I didn't even know that they still made the Touch!
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Huawei Matebook 13 review: A cheaper Matebook X Pro with killer performance
This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro.
Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market. Following the release of the Matebook X Pro last year, the Chinese company debuted the Matebook 13 today. The thin-and-light notebook promises to be lighter on customers' wallets than last year's more premium model but still strong in design and specs.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Huawei Matebook 13 review: A cheaper Matebook X Pro with killer performance
This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro.
Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market. Following the release of the Matebook X Pro last year, the Chinese company debuted the Matebook 13 today. The thin-and-light notebook promises to be lighter on customers' wallets than last year's more premium model but still strong in design and specs.
What do you think of these @scottalanmiller ? You willing to use them in your company?
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I don't know if Huawei makes it on the safe list.
Their CFO was just requested to be extradited to the US for numerous crimes. . .
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Huawei Matebook 13 review: A cheaper Matebook X Pro with killer performance
This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro.
Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market. Following the release of the Matebook X Pro last year, the Chinese company debuted the Matebook 13 today. The thin-and-light notebook promises to be lighter on customers' wallets than last year's more premium model but still strong in design and specs.
What do you think of these @scottalanmiller ? You willing to use them in your company?
Has there been any solid evidence again Huawei?
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Huawei Matebook 13 review: A cheaper Matebook X Pro with killer performance
This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro.
Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market. Following the release of the Matebook X Pro last year, the Chinese company debuted the Matebook 13 today. The thin-and-light notebook promises to be lighter on customers' wallets than last year's more premium model but still strong in design and specs.
What do you think of these @scottalanmiller ? You willing to use them in your company?
Has there been any solid evidence again Huawei?
I would think so. . . see my previous reply.
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@mlnews I would use these. Ive used their phones for several years now. Very nice design, fast, and reliable.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
Serious enough to warrant additional caution before purchasing. Because who honestly knows what else may be occurring that hasn't surfaced.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
Serious enough to warrant additional caution before purchasing. Because who honestly knows what else may be occurring that hasn't surfaced.
That's fair.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
Serious enough to warrant additional caution before purchasing. Because who honestly knows what else may be occurring that hasn't surfaced.
Seems like "our government doesn't like your government" kind of issues, rather than "our companies steals from your company" kinds of problems. It's all about the US beef with Iran, which is really a theater show of what the US is really concerned about. From the sounds of it, Lenovo affects Americans, Huawei affects corrupt government officials. So if you are just an American, it might not matter. If you trying to manipulate world politics for your own gain, then Huawei might not be so good for you.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
Now we have a moral dilemma, Do you choose to support a company that appears to be breaking US law? Does what the law they are breaking really matter? I'm not sure that it should. We don't want to reward them for breaking the law period, right?
Granted it's US morals - clearly the Chinese morals are different - they don't care about copyright, etc.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/business/huawei-charges/index.html
Hmm. One of corporate espionage the other was selling to Iran. Neither of which are similar to what Lenovo had done in the past. Both of them are serious allegations though.
Now we have a moral dilemma, Do you choose to support a company that appears to be breaking US law? Does what the law they are breaking really matter? I'm not sure that it should. We don't want to reward them for breaking the law period, right?
Laws are different from ethics. It used to be legal to have slaves, that didn't make it moral to have slaves, right?
What the law says and what is ethical are unrelated. Sure, we wish that they were aligned, but they are not. In fact, it's a trivial argument to make that following the law blindly is itself unethical. We have an ethical responsibility that supercedes the law.
The law defines that for which you can be punished, ethics defines what is "good".
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Granted it's US morals - clearly the Chinese morals are different - they don't care about copyright, etc.
It's US laws. Not US morals. I think most Americans find the law unethical, or do so indirectly. Most don't understand how the law works, what it is for, how it impacts out peoples, etc.
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/android-malware-china-huawei-zte-kryptowire-blu-products/
They got caught shipping malware in their products in the past, so it's not unreasonable to suspect them again. Especially when another high ranking employee gets arrested for espionage: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huawei-poland-wang-weijing_us_5c3b032ae4b0e0baf53e254b
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@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cyberscoop.com/android-malware-china-huawei-zte-kryptowire-blu-products/
They got caught shipping malware in their products in the past, so it's not unreasonable to suspect them again. Especially when another high ranking employee gets arrested for espionage: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huawei-poland-wang-weijing_us_5c3b032ae4b0e0baf53e254b
Oh I'm not saying it isn't reasonable or that they aren't doing something bad. It's more that we just don't know at this point and the two cases are pretty different. But sure, they might end up being pretty awful.
