Sadly, I think forum users need to realise that this has got nothing to do
with open government, free sdoftware, GNU/Linux etc ... aqnd also that
the headline on the Register article is misleading.
Francis Maude is a leading Tory MP whos remit at the Cabinet Office is to
made so-called
Debian can be fully free, as long as you don't enable the non-free
repositories.
Batch is not for Windows/MS-DOS only?
The battery is one way. But you can also try changing the jumper. Read your
Mainboard manual and follow it. Not every mainboard can be reset by removing
the battery or changing the jumper. Some mainboards needs both, one after
another and viceversa, etc. Generally, removing the battery is
I'm sure µTorrent is technically better than Transmission in some way, but
consider what you're doing by surrendering your freedom for such a minor
practical convenience as better efficiency. If you do not value your freedom
more than practical convenience, you can easily lose it.
My personal favorite ripper is Sound Juicer, it is in the repo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_juicer
MS-DOS has its well known batch-files[1], but the concept of batch
proccessing is much older, it comes from the punched card era[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_file
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming_in_the_punched_card_era