shakezilla

I have run Linux (Suse) on my laptop for at least 10 years. not to mention 95% of all the servers i have built.

shake out

To anyone out there I need a list of linux websites, that have good articles and useful tips, I know there is

linux.com

linuxformat.com

Digg has sometimes useful links to linux related articles

tombuntu.com

madberry.org

internetling.com

more would be useful thanks for any recommadations you might have

slashdot.org

AP is reporting

"BY GRANT PECK ASSOCIATED PRESS

BANGKOK, Thailand-- The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.

An announcement on Thai television declared that a "Council of Administrative Reform" with King Bhumibol Adulyadej as head of state had seized power in Bangkok and nearby provinces without any resistance.

Thaksin, who has faced calls to step down amid allegations of corruption and abuse of power, was in New York at the U.N. General Assembly, and he declared a state of emergency via a government-owned TV station.

At least 14 tanks surrounded Government House, Thaksin's office.

A convoy of four tanks rigged with loudspeakers and sirens rolled through a busy commercial district of Bangkok, warning people to get off the street for their own safety.

A senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin had used the military to take over power from the prime minister.

Massive rallies earlier this year forced Thaksin to dissolve Parliament and call an election in April, three years ahead of schedule. The poll was boycotted by opposition parties and later annulled by Thailand's top courts, leaving the country without a working legislature.

Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai Party twice won landslide election victories, in 2001 and 2005 and had been expected to win the next vote on Oct. 15, bolstered by its widespread support in the country's rural areas.

In March, Boonyaratkalin, sought to ease speculation that the military might join the political fray, as it last did in 1992 and more than a dozen other times during earlier crises.

"The army will not get involved in the political conflict. Political troubles should be resolved by politicians," Boonyaratkalin said at the time, echoing comments of other top military officials. "Military coups are a thing of the past."

Thaksin, who had been scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday night, switched his speech to Tuesday at 7 p.m. EDT.

On Monday, Thaksin had said he may step down as leader of Thailand after the upcoming elections but would remain at the helm of his party, despite calls for him to give up the post.

In Bangkok, several hundred soldiers were deployed at government installations and major intersections, according to an Associated Press reporter.

Army-owned TV channel 5 interrupted regular broadcasts with patriotic music and showed pictures of the king. At least some radio and television stations monitored in Bangkok suspended programming.

The cable television station of the Nation newspaper reported that tanks were parked at the Rachadamnoen Road and royal plaza close to the royal palace and government offices.

"The prime minister with the approval of the cabinet declares serious emergency law in Bangkok from now on" Thaksin said by television from New York. He said he was ordering the transfer of the nation's army chief to work in the prime minister's office, effectively suspending him from his military duties.

Thaksin's critics want to jettison his policies promoting privatization, free trade agreements and CEO-style administration.

Opposition to Thaksin gained momentum in January when his family announced it had sold its controlling stake in telecommunications company Shin Corp. to Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings for a tax-free $1.9 billion. Critics allege the sale involved insider trading and complain a key national asset is now in foreign hands.

Thaksin also has been accused of stifling the media and mishandling a Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand that flared under his rule.

In Thailand's mostly Muslim south, separatist insurgents have waged a bloody campaign that has left at least 1,700 dead, mostly civilians, since 2004. Citizens there have complained of rights abuses by soldiers and discrimination by the country's Buddhist majority.

Bhumibol, a 78-year-old constitutional monarch with limited powers, has used his high prestige to pressure opposing parties to compromise during political crises. He is credited with helping keep Thailand more stable than many of its Southeast Asian neighbors.

He is the world's longest-serving monarch, celebrated his 60th year on the throne with lavish festivities in mid-June that were attended by royalty from around the world.

Many Thais are counting on him to pull the country through its current political crisis, which has left it with no functioning legislature and only a caretaker government after a divisive, inconclusive election.

Bhumibol was born in Cambridge, Mass. He became the ninth king of Thailand's Chakri dynasty on June 9, 1946, succeeding his older brother, Ananda, killed by an unexplained shooting.

Since then, the beloved king has reigned through a score of governments, democratic and dictatorial. He has taken an especially active role in rural development.

In 1992, demonstrators against a military strongman were gunned down before the king stepped in to end the fighting and usher in a period of stability."

Good Luck, keep your heads down

hands down SuSe. You can still DL 9.1 personal from http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofes...nt_mirrors.html

it is a single CD. You can also try opensuse.org

As far as the javascript issue, use the browser you have and go to getfirefox.com

Linux still requires a bit of work, but it is more than worth it.

by the way I am writing this on my laptop which has been Linux only since I bought it

some years ago. I really dont use my windows desktop for much anmore and I havent used

I.E. in years.

Under stiff emergency measures approved by decree Friday, authorities can detain suspects for up to 30 days without charge, search and arrest without warrant and tap phones among other actions.

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over here we call this the patriot act

perhaps Thailand could call it the freedom act.

The businesses I am talking about would be located away from Thailand, with non-Thai customers, non-Thai deposits, and non-Thai bank accounts.

If your business is entirely conducted outside of Thailand then why would you bother to tell the Thai govt about at all.

Well that is kind of my point.

We all know lots of people are doing this already.

But you would have to assume that some of them are living with some level of fear that they are in voilation of the working in Thailand restrictions.

This visa optiom would allow people who like to sleep well at night a straight forward legal option.

touche

The businesses I am talking about would be located away from Thailand, with non-Thai customers, non-Thai deposits, and non-Thai bank accounts.

If your business is entirely conducted outside of Thailand then why would you bother to tell the Thai govt about at all.