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What to Expect from Linux 2.6.12
apt-get writes "Saw this Linuxworld report from the annual Australian Linux conference, Linux.conf.au, in Canberra last week. The article outlines some of the new features we can expect for the 2.6.12 kernel release, including: support for trusted computing, and security enhanced Linux. The kernel developers are also working on improving the 'feel' of the Linux desktop with inotify for file managers and events notification so hardware 'just works'. Unfortunately no release date other than 'sometime soon' is given."
does this mean I can tust my computer now?
:-(
we've had a growing apart since it started cheating on me and got a virus
Never ask for directions from a two-headed tourist! -Big Bird
'iNotify' Apple about this release and let's see what they have to say about 'iT'.
GUN Linux
Eric, is that you?
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"Kernel advances such as position independent executables, non-executable memory regions, stack smashing protection and execution capabilities are introduced. Implementations such as PAX and exec-shield are compared." Now if they can just get those last few kernels to execute properly, we will have created flawless popcorn!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Just let my mom use a linux box for a while, she'll break it.
Sorry mom! *ducks* No I mean it, I'm sor*smack*
so hardware 'just works'
...
Begun, the Just Works wars have
Yeah, you might have good judgment, but is your box an island? :)
In the case of cars, traffic lights, while an admitted PITA, do make commuting possible.
Or are you one of those just-put-in-a-roundabout Brits?
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
The 2.7 tree? You know, normally time-travellers are not supposed to give too much away.
If you don't need protection, don't turn it on.
And then don't bother connecting to the internet either, because no web-site operators will let you view their pages without Trusted Computing enabled.
Otherwise, you might republish their copyrighted works without compensation... that's just too much of a risk. Or you could execute many other forms of abusive programs to disrupt the experiences of their other users.
Really, untrusted PCs are just too dangerously unpredictable to allow out in public.
When I saw this story on the front page, it had 286 comments. Very appropriate, since the purpose of "Trusted Computing" is to turn the clock back to the bad old days.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.