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McAfee, Macromedia Flirting With F/OSS Community

Posted by timothy on from the batting-eyes-shuffling-feet dept.

xbsd writes "Those computer industry specialists claiming that the end of Linux is fast approaching may be interested in two recent movements inside the industry. Two weeks ago, McAfee, one of the world leaders in computer security products, launched its first commercial antivirus solution for Linux, and just yesterday, Macromedia announced that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation and plans to deliver a next-generation rich Internet application (RIA) development tool code-named Zorn based on the popular open-source IDE."

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  1. Anti-Virus by ThisIsFred · · Score: 5, Informative

    By the way, the most effective and affordable AV program of the Windows world, namely Grisoft's AVG, already runs on Linux. Prepare for competition, McAfee!

    --
    Fred

    "A fool and his freedom are soon parted"
    -RMS
    1. Re:Anti-Virus by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 4, Informative

      its also better than any scanner ive seen for windows in memory footprint and not hogging the screen during updates (usde freshclamd to update for you).

      Plus there's klamav (kde frontend) which is quite good.

    2. Re:Anti-Virus by ThisIsFred · · Score: 4, Informative
      I use ClamAV on the server-side, but only as a proactive tool; It halts the spread of viruses when used in conjunction with dazuko, because it blocks access to the infected files. ClamAV's drawbacks are that it can't repair files, and its quarantine feature isn't sophisticated enough to properly file away infected files. It can only dump them in one location, which is obviously bad when two files with otherwise important data happen to have the same name.

      I note that ClamAV might have had a memory leak up until 0.80, but it appears to be fixed now. Also, it's totally sweet how easily it can be configured to target certain areas, certain files, or even certain sizes of files. As you can see, I have not forgotten about ClamAV. :o)
      Plus there's klamav (kde frontend) which is quite good.
      Don't forget the Windows port!
      --
      Fred

      "A fool and his freedom are soon parted"
      -RMS
    3. Re:Anti-Virus by niiler · · Score: 4, Informative

      This is honestly one of the most annoying features of Windows AV programs. If you aren't click-happy, you don't need such features, especially on a linux box. When you turn it off on Windows, your machine speeds up by a factor of two.

  2. Macromedia? by Conception · · Score: 5, Informative

    By Macromedia, you mean Adobe right? Super F/OSS friendly Adobe.

  3. Re:Virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    To scan for Windows viruses. You can use it on
    samba file servers in a windows network, for example.

  4. Re:Oh crap. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    You know, virii isn't, never has been, and never will be the correct plural form of virus.

  5. Not the first McAfee Linux product by Curmudgeonlyoldbloke · · Score: 2, Informative

    McAfee have had scanners for Linux for a while. They claim this is the first on-access scanner, though.

  6. Re:Macromedia? MOD PARENT UP by sankyuu · · Score: 2, Informative

    The parent is first to mention that Adobe DID buy Macromedia (for $3.4B). Adobe isn't exactly nice with its patent arsenal (which it used to sue Macromedia), and hasn't made known any intention to support F/OSS.

  7. Re:from McAfee's datasheet... by Slime-dogg · · Score: 3, Informative

    All the world. Though non-windows systems were not affected, the bandwidth sure was.

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    You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
  8. Zorn by fforw · · Score: 2, Informative

    Zorn is german for "anger, rage"

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    while (!asleep()) sheep++
  9. Creating Flash Content on Linux by mjbkinx · · Score: 2, Informative
    I still can't create flash content on Linux; and I can't even use shockwave applets.

    Maybe you can't create Flash content on Linux, but that's what I do. And I'm not talking about Laszlo.
    My current workflow is this: I describe my SWF in XML and include all assets I'm going to use. An Open Source compiler adds the code I've written in Eclipse after the SWF has been assembled and the Ant build then launches Firefox with it. The next version of an Eclipse plugin that allows for viewing the SWF inside Eclipse has been announced, and it will support Linux, too (sorry, the latter is only free-as-in-beer).
    Have a look here.

    So far, Macromedia has been quite supportive of the community, they seem to understand it's for the benefit of all.

    As far as the Shockwave plugin is concerned... personally, I don't miss it.