Slashdot Mirror

I was able to get in before it was fully slashdotted (it was crawling when there were only two posts here).

Here are some US mirrors:
CA ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/DragonFly/
TX ftp://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/
VA ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/iso-images/

And some EU ones:
UK ftp://ftp.as6911.net/pub/DragonFly/
Germany ftp://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/

Here's the Release Notes:
Release Improvements

* A new DVD ISO release image is now available, in addition to the CD release.
* The new DVD release has a full X environment ready-to-go and many packages pre-installed.
* A full pkgsrc tar is now available on the CD/DVD in /usr.
* Full sources tar now available on the DVD (kernel sources only on the CD), in /usr.
* The nrelease build now trivializes package selection for people creating customized releases.
* The installer is now able to create a HAMMER filesystem setup.

Kernel changes

* First step towards AMD64 support (done by Jordan Gordeev during the Google Summer of Code 2008).
* The system control intr_mpsafe is enabled by default.
* Move /kernel to /boot/kernel and /modules to /boot/modules.
* Add RFC3542 support (done by Dashu Huang during the Google Summer of Code 2008).
* Add HW checksum support to the loopback interface, which doubles performance.
* acpi_cpu(4) update. It's now possible to use higher (lower power usage) C states than C1 in modern (multicore) CPUs.
* First steps to use network threads without the Big Giant Lock (this feature is considered experimental).
* Fixed CVE-2008-2476 IPv6 security issue with modified patches from NetBSD.
* bridge_input works now in parallel.
* Fix bugs in dealing with low-memory situations when the system has run out of swap or has no swap.
* Major rewrite of usched_bsd4 and related support logic, plus additional improvements to the LWKT scheduler.
* Major revamping of the pageout and low-memory handling code.
* suser_* replaced with priv_* implementation from FreeBSD.

HAMMER changes

* HAMMER is now considered production-capable. Many bug fixes and other improvements have been made.
* It is now possible to boot from a HAMMER-only disk. No need for a single UFS partition for /boot. However, for production systems we still recommend a small UFS /boot followed by swap followed by one large HAMMER partition.
* Add HAMMER read support to the boot loader.
* Now uses per-mount kmalloc pools for bulk data structures, particularly for inodes and records.

Hardware changes

* Add ACPI support module for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad laptops (from FreeBSD).
* Add ACPI support module Asus laptops (from FreeBSD).
* Add acpi_video(4) - a driver for ACPI video extensions (from FreeBSD).
* It is possible to power down PCI devices during

It's really interesting how such myths spread. I think the most interesting things are just how much computer geeks are NOT foreign to sex.

Now, some of the new people I'm not sure about. If you take the intersection of the people from this year's photo and last year's photo, you'll have a hard time finding a wine hacker appearing in both that is not either married, or has had a GF for over half a year (You will find me in the bottom row in the new picture. Personally, I more or less belong in both categories, having been married + now having a GF for over half a year).

As for the general myth - I took an online "sex quize" a few months ago. One of the questions was, unsuprisingly, "are you a virgin?". Another question was "are you a trecky". At the end, they showed some statistics.

• Over 40,000 people took the quiz at the time I took it.
• The percentage of virgins among the treckies was lower than the percentage of virgins in the general population.

In other words, being a trecky makes you MORE likely to have sex, not less.

Just some points to think about.

Shachar

Indeed it does, and it can render even complex web pages. Here it shows the Adobe SVG plugin, as you can see it renders correctly and the issue with the ratings doesn't occur. Here it is viewing microsoft.com

I guess MS has funny ideas of "tight OS integration" =)

Well, you can install IE just like an update to Windows 95 or 98. IE is undoubtably integrated though - many apps expect it to be there and won't run if it isn't.

Indeed it does, and it can render even complex web pages. Here it shows the Adobe SVG plugin, as you can see it renders correctly and the issue with the ratings doesn't occur. Here it is viewing microsoft.com

I guess MS has funny ideas of "tight OS integration" =)

Well, you can install IE just like an update to Windows 95 or 98. IE is undoubtably integrated though - many apps expect it to be there and won't run if it isn't.

Here you go.

The Mirror

http://users.theshell.com/~jms/case/

clickable url there...

click!!!!!!

Sometimes, they base their whole GUI around IE.

What, you mean like RhymBox?

So WINE will not be able to run these programs.

Are you sure about that?

There are more here

I use Wine almost every day to run IE6 with the Adobe SVG Plugin and it works great. How do I do this? Simply, I got a copy of Crossover (a commercial distro of Wine) and pointed it at a build from Wine CVS.

Wine isn't yet easy enough to setup for most people, so Codeweavers do it for you. Think of them as the Redhat of Wine. It is possible to do anything you can do in CrossOver with WineHQ wine, but it's a lot harder. Wine is scheduled to get "ease of use" some time around 0.9 and 1.0 which are happening probably sometime mid to late next year.

There are more here

I use Wine almost every day to run IE6 with the Adobe SVG Plugin and it works great. How do I do this? Simply, I got a copy of Crossover (a commercial distro of Wine) and pointed it at a build from Wine CVS.

Wine isn't yet easy enough to setup for most people, so Codeweavers do it for you. Think of them as the Redhat of Wine. It is possible to do anything you can do in CrossOver with WineHQ wine, but it's a lot harder. Wine is scheduled to get "ease of use" some time around 0.9 and 1.0 which are happening probably sometime mid to late next year.

1) No, not all Linux UIs look like Windows. Check out this for an ironic screenshot - that's RedHat 8 in GNOME2. GNOME doesn't really look much like anything else, yet is still usable. If you want something a bit more far out, try Enlightenment or Ion (no windows for them). You might think that is ugly, but whatever floats your boat you know? Clearly they liked it that way.

2) Macs are not easy to use for newbies. I wish more people would realise this. Pretty much all newbies on Macs I've observed have had big problems, because they are used to Windows. Note: these are newbies using other peoples Macs, not people who have bought them, so they are under less psychological pressure to adapt. They have problems with the mouse, the keyboard, the "closing window doesn't quit app" issue and more. Macs have high internal consistency, which means once you've got used to its quirks and habits, those quirks tend to stay the same.

3) There are Linux HIG guidelines, the GNOME project created them but they are available for everyone to use. A lot of development software (non gnome software) is starting to use them, for instance xchat and gaim CVS are both partially compliant. Expect to see more in future.

4) Apple themselves blatantly ignore their own HIG. The whole brushed-metal justification was inserted into the HIG after 10.2 was shipped, with pathetically weak guidance - "something that resembles a real world object". The number of contradictions in Apples own software is phenomenal with respect to this.

Ah, yes: we must maintain our choices. No consistent interface for us. Long live the Revolution.

That's like claiming all cars should have manual gearboxes, or they should all be automatics, because that way they are consistant. Oh yeah, make sure they're all identically sized as well. Multiple user interfaces increase usability, because instead of people adapting their own habits to fit the machine, the machine can be adapted to fit theirs.

1) No, not all Linux UIs look like Windows. Check out this for an ironic screenshot - that's RedHat 8 in GNOME2. GNOME doesn't really look much like anything else, yet is still usable. If you want something a bit more far out, try Enlightenment or Ion (no windows for them). You might think that is ugly, but whatever floats your boat you know? Clearly they liked it that way.

2) Macs are not easy to use for newbies. I wish more people would realise this. Pretty much all newbies on Macs I've observed have had big problems, because they are used to Windows. Note: these are newbies using other peoples Macs, not people who have bought them, so they are under less psychological pressure to adapt. They have problems with the mouse, the keyboard, the "closing window doesn't quit app" issue and more. Macs have high internal consistency, which means once you've got used to its quirks and habits, those quirks tend to stay the same.

3) There are Linux HIG guidelines, the GNOME project created them but they are available for everyone to use. A lot of development software (non gnome software) is starting to use them, for instance xchat and gaim CVS are both partially compliant. Expect to see more in future.

4) Apple themselves blatantly ignore their own HIG. The whole brushed-metal justification was inserted into the HIG after 10.2 was shipped, with pathetically weak guidance - "something that resembles a real world object". The number of contradictions in Apples own software is phenomenal with respect to this.

Ah, yes: we must maintain our choices. No consistent interface for us. Long live the Revolution.

That's like claiming all cars should have manual gearboxes, or they should all be automatics, because that way they are consistant. Oh yeah, make sure they're all identically sized as well. Multiple user interfaces increase usability, because instead of people adapting their own habits to fit the machine, the machine can be adapted to fit theirs.

There is a Shell provider TheShell.com That offers a fully anonymous account. All one needs to do is send a payment (cash/money order) and the account is setup without any logging. They are really expensive but you can run any programs you want without intrusion. Even personal http proxy servers. It is a good solution.

I checked out the company theshell.com. It seems they offer vhosts for IRC.

Basically this "business" is an eggdrop site/ shell whore site for script kiddies. Also it's been noted in previous posts that the domain was registered AFTER battlebots.com was.
This is no case of a corporation going after a little guy, this is a case of a script kiddie/wannabe admin/etc whining because his leet domain is trademarked.
IRC has broken down into lame vhosts, theshell.com seems no exception.

Before you go sending off those letters to battlebots.com...just look at this:(I'm assuming with 99% certainty he owns the entire ip block)

[N] Resolved 63.236.138.57 to www.battlebots.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.58 to clubslut.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.59 to oddlyshaped.nutsack.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.60 to fuckthenet.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.61 to keg.drinker.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.62 to beer.drinker.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.63 to met.your.momma.at.the.clubslut.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.64 to heavy.alcohol.drinker.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.65 to killall-9.battlebots.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.66 to screwdriver.drinker.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.67 to irc.erisfreenetwork.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.68 to big.nutsack.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.69 to two-a-day.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.70 to you.aint.leet.enough.to.crack.512bit.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.71 to my.passwd.is.512bit.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.72 to i.once.hacked.512bit.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.73 to hacked.512bit.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.74 to elite.512bit.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.75 to erisfreenetwork.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.76 to ircd.erisfreenetwork.net
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.77 to erdmanphoto.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.78 to some-day.i.will.fuckthenet.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.79 to help.me.fuckthenet.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.80 to fuckyourmom.fuckyoursister.fuckyourdog.fuckthenet. org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.56 to thenarrator.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.55 to vhosts.theshell.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.54 to pennstsucks.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.53 to emeraldbp.com
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.52 to licked.and.fondled.nutsack.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.51 to has.a.d0pe.nutsack.org
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.50 to instinct.love.le.gs
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.49 to DONT.touch.my.le.gs
[N] Resolved 63.236.138.48 to lezbos.like.to.lick.Britney.Spears.le.gs

Save your battles for someone who really needs help.

I can't really fault the domain owner, or his lawyer father. The loss of this domain can't be all that much of a blow to his core business, if it would only cost him $5k. Personally, I would much rather dump a non-vital domain for just compensation, than have to live through a hellish court battle.

Sure, it's not fair, but not everyone has time (even if money is not an issue) to deal with stuff like this.

It's easy. Check out http://www.theshell.com. They are the folks that provide the hosting for AlphaLinux. They have an extremely fast net connection, great reporting, a crack staff that is focused on security, and SSH access. I know the staff personally - they all have extensive security backgrounds. It's a great organization - and for icing they are involved with Linux. And it's definitely within the pricerange you are asking for. Check them out - http://www.theshell.com