On 1st July 2013, Google Reader is no more. Google Reader is part of Google A second spring of cleaning. I suppose, it is only a matter of time before it is shut down. There have been no or few updates to the application in years. It has matured, so there is nothing left to do. There is also the fact that, there is no monetization on Google Reader, which is bad for Google, because it is very popular and surely takes a lot of bandwidth. Bandwidth that Google have to pay for. So, from a company stand point, it is time to shut ii down.

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There is a very interesting story from the LCA (Linux Conference Australia) 2013. An IT Wire reported had been asked to leave the conference due to "aggressive behaviour" as told by LCA Media and Diversity Officer. Now, I am not present in LCA 2013, but from the research I did into this subject, it seems that "bad publicity" is something that is avoided by Linux Community like a plague.

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The title of this post is actually the call to action from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in helping people stand up against "Restricted Boot" from Microsoft. The "Secure Boot" idea itself is good, it helps prevents bad software such as malware, virus, trojan from infecting the Operating System (OS) by directly injecting itself into the OS. However, Microsoft it seems have twisted this idea into "Restricted Boot", where installing other OS outside Microsoft owned OS is not possible. This is not a good idea. Because of this, I have signed up for the petition against "Restricted Boot" and you should too. Head over to the FSF webpage to voice your support.

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