Hackers Find Use for Google Code Search

An anonymous reader wrote in to say that "Google has inadvertently given online attackers a new tool. The company's new source-code search engine, unveiled Thursday as a tool to help simplify life for developers, can also be misused to search for software bugs, password information and even proprietary code that shouldn't have been posted to the Internet, security experts said Friday. "

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I use it to find linux vunerbilities

[Anonymous Coward]

Linux needs to get its act together

Linux is *not* user friendly, and until it is linux will stay with >1% marketshare.

Take installation. Linux zealots are now saying "oh installing is so easy, just do apt-get install package or emerge package": Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".

Linux zealots are far too forgiving when judging the difficultly of Linux configuration issues and far too harsh when judging the difficulty of Windows configuration issues. Example comments:

User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Linux?"
Zealot: "Oh that's easy! If you have Redhat, you have to download quake_3_rh_8_i686_010203_glibc.bin, then do chmod +x on the file. Then you have to su to root, make sure you type export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 but ONLY if you have that latest libc6 installed. If you don't, don't set that environment variable or the installer will dump core. Before you run the installer, make sure you have the GL drivers for X installed. Get them at [some obscure web address], chmod +x the binary, then run it, but make sure you have at least 10MB free in /tmp or the installer will dump core. After the installer is done, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and add a section called "GL" and put "driver nv" in it. Make sure you have the latest version of X and Linux kernel 2.6 or else X will segfault when you start. OK, run the Quake 3 installer and make sure you set the proper group and setuid permissions on quake3.bin. If you want sound, look here [link to another obscure web site], which is a short HOWTO on how to get sound in Quake 3. That's all there is to it!"

User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Windows?"
Zealot: "Oh God, I had to install Quake 3 in Windoze for some lamer friend of mine! God, what a fucking mess! I put in the CD and it took about 3 minutes to copy everything, and then I had to reboot the fucking computer! Jesus Christ! What a retarded operating system!"

So, I guess the point I'm trying to make is that what seems easy and natural to Linux geeks is definitely not what regular people consider easy and natural. Hence, the preference towards Windows.

Re:I use it to find linux vunerbilities

[Anonymous Coward]

you will probably be marked as a troll but i think its actually insightful
Linux is a joke for the desktop, i plug in a USB wireless card and nothing happens, i plug in a USB printer, nothing happens, i plug in a USB stick nothing happens, midi card same thing, video card errors, the list goes on and on and on and when i ask for help i get pages of cryptic shell commands to try, cant i just click on a setup.exe ?.

WinXP is $80 for an OEM and everything i plug in "just works" or at least prompts me for drivers it gives me feedback on whats happening, frankly iam tired of every single linux disto i try nothing works seamlessly, OS cost isnt an issue at this point

i dont want to stay with Windows (even with all its security failings) but Linux just isnt a viable option and neither is a Mac , Linux is still playing catchup

Re:OMG!!!

[BorgCopyeditor]

Yeah, and those hot young pages were leading Foley on.