ITWorld: IEEE issues WiFi spec that could expand hot spot from 60 feet to 60 miles

Wireless tower icon

This new spec would allow wireless in the UHF and VHF (previously only for open air tv signals) bands. From the article:

Because the UHF and VHF signals travel farther and more clearly than other WiFi signals the distance at which they can make fast connections is vastly greater than any of IEEE's other WLAN flavors most cell networks and even the much-anticipated but so far disappointing WiMax.

IEEE pitches the protocol as a way to reach remote or rural areas that have little access to broadband or the Internet at all except through dial-up.

Fast booting distros

Icons showing different distributions

In my quest for a different Linux distro to try for my aged netbook, I discovered this article on 10 fast-booting ones:

Linux enthusiasts have been working on projects like this for years - fast booting, stripped-down distributions which offer the core functionality most users are looking for in a pinch: web browsing, music and video playback, photo management, and some basic games.

Forum is back up

Forum is back up and everything should be working fine. Please let me know if you have any problems. Won't be trying to upgrade to 2.0 for a while after that fiasco.

There are a few new changes. First there, are now three categories of boards - PLUG, Linux and non-Linux. The PLUG category contains boards specifically to do with PLUG or the board such as the rules. The other categories should be self explanatory. Hopefully, this will make finding things easier with the two new non-Linux boards:

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