links for 2007-10-27

• A Vista vs. Linux matchup — Part 1: Leveling the Playing Field
  A personal take on how Linux stacks up against Microsoft.
  (tags: desktop linux software ubuntu vista microsoft)
• Calling for the immediate resignation of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Noli de Castro and for the Holding of Special (“Snap”) Elections within 60 days Petition
  If you agree to the call, then go for it. Just be prepared to know that some “signatories” are in fact against it.
  (tags: philippines philippinepolitics activism)
• New UN environmental report paints a very bleak future for humanity
  The seas are rapidly running out of fish stocks. Warming temperatures are eradicating the coral reefs and sources of massive biodiversity. These are some of the problems to besiege the future.
  (tags: environment unitednations)