You'd have root on the box, but not necessarily root on the OS. This could theoretically defeat Bitlocker, though I'm no expert on that and the article doesn't specify.
nm-applet has come a long way, and I haven't had a problem with it in years. I recently had the pleasure of using it with a VPN, and it was the easiest way I've ever seen to connect/disconnect from a VPN.
That said, there are other GTK apps you can use to configure your wired and wireless NICs that aren't dependent on Gnome.
Web 2.0 put the computing right back onto the client in the form of Javascript. The server is only used for database and storage, both of which are now being offered by the browser on the client again.
Now the question is, if your terminal connects to a server, which loads a browser, which connects to another server for a web 2.0 app, which runs on Javascript on the first server, and displays it on the terminal, what the heck do we call that?
Even if you're using Windows to encrypt your hard drive, this exploit might still be effective. From the very few details in the article, it modified the Windows boot files in memory while it's booting. If they can do that, then they just wait for you to log in and decrypt your hard drive, and their tainted processes have access to all your data.
Physical access may not be necessary, they may be able to have the computer boot to an alternative media, which will in turn boot Windows with this hack. So, if you leave your USB stick or external storage drive connected, and they have a user-space attack that lets them put this exploit on that and force a reboot, you get the idea.
The Gnome devs are working to move much of libgnome into GTK, so things will get better. Probably a majority of your apps don't actually need Gnome. For me, I know Evolution and maybe Tomboy need it, but otherwise they're all GTK.
I already tried it and was already sorry. I run a million billion GTK+ apps so the major reason to run XFCE, not loading all those libraries, doesn't apply to me.
XFCE is GTK, so I don't quite understand what you're saying. If your apps just depend on the GTK libs, and not Gnome libs, then XFCE is a good choice for you.
Firefox uses SQLite, as far as I know. Also, I don't think Oracle is real interested in a future KDE music player. For that matter, I'm not sure how interested they are in J2ME, JavaFX, or any other areas of Java that doesn't effect their existing products.
True, Oracle has already expanded into business management software. That's not what I meant by the datacenter, though. I was talking more in terms of the infrastructure, servers, networking, etc.
I can think of several reasons why Oracle wants Sun:
1. Oracle is heavily invested in Java, it's future development would be a serious concern for them.
2. Oracle wants the whole stack, from hardware to data. IBM already has it, and Sun way trying to get it when they bought MySQL. Buying Sun gives them a proven, reliable hardware platform and operating system that they've already invested quite a bit into supporting.
3. Oracle needs to expand their product line beyond just the database to continue to grow. There is more growth potential in the rest of the datacenter than there is in database software.
The details are in the warrant. The gist of the supposed crime is that the defendant presented himself as the plaintiff in order to gain access to a webservice for homosexuals, where he posted a profile of the plaintiff. All evidence to support this claim comes from the college network's activity logs. Everything about dual-operating systems and what not was really a side-issue.
This is all detailed in the warrant application, which is available on the EFF's website.
From a user perspective, going from 98 to 2000 wasn't much of a difference. From an administrative or support perspective, they were almost completely different.
The difference between XP and Vista are not nearly as vast, but still different enough to require different approaches. I was Windows 2000 certified, and I couldn't find half the configuration panels I looked for the first time I tried to troubleshoot a Vista install.
First off, how many incomplete outbound TCP-IP connections do you really need to have open inside of one second?
Eleven? Maybe twelve? I don't know, and I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't know either, so why are they deciding for me?
Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are all DESKTOP OS
Oh, so that's a good reason to limit their networking potential? Every other "DESKTOP OS" can do more than 10.
and the stated goal is to limit the spread of certain types of malware...
Wow, security through....what, sloth? That's a new one on me.
Must it be able to spew all 256 connection requests instantly?
If that's what I want it to do, why shouldn't it?
A little research leads me to the conclusion that this is a meaningful effort to have a positive impact on the spread of malware on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 desktops.
Perhaps a little more research is in order then. Not only does it not seem to be effective as stopping the spread of Windows malware, but not having this limit hasn't seemed to increase the amount of malware on any other OS.
I wasn't trying to say this gift was redundant, I was trying to say that an iPod isn't a "retarded" gift for the Queen, as the original poster seemed to think.
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You'd have root on the box, but not necessarily root on the OS. This could theoretically defeat Bitlocker, though I'm no expert on that and the article doesn't specify.
nm-applet has come a long way, and I haven't had a problem with it in years. I recently had the pleasure of using it with a VPN, and it was the easiest way I've ever seen to connect/disconnect from a VPN.
That said, there are other GTK apps you can use to configure your wired and wireless NICs that aren't dependent on Gnome.
Web 2.0 put the computing right back onto the client in the form of Javascript. The server is only used for database and storage, both of which are now being offered by the browser on the client again.
Now the question is, if your terminal connects to a server, which loads a browser, which connects to another server for a web 2.0 app, which runs on Javascript on the first server, and displays it on the terminal, what the heck do we call that?
Even if you're using Windows to encrypt your hard drive, this exploit might still be effective. From the very few details in the article, it modified the Windows boot files in memory while it's booting. If they can do that, then they just wait for you to log in and decrypt your hard drive, and their tainted processes have access to all your data.
Physical access may not be necessary, they may be able to have the computer boot to an alternative media, which will in turn boot Windows with this hack. So, if you leave your USB stick or external storage drive connected, and they have a user-space attack that lets them put this exploit on that and force a reboot, you get the idea.
The Gnome devs are working to move much of libgnome into GTK, so things will get better. Probably a majority of your apps don't actually need Gnome. For me, I know Evolution and maybe Tomboy need it, but otherwise they're all GTK.
Jaunty comes with 3 new themes installed, it just still uses Human as the default.
In that case, I have high hopes for Karmic Koala.
I already tried it and was already sorry. I run a million billion GTK+ apps so the major reason to run XFCE, not loading all those libraries, doesn't apply to me.
XFCE is GTK, so I don't quite understand what you're saying. If your apps just depend on the GTK libs, and not Gnome libs, then XFCE is a good choice for you.
Firefox uses SQLite, as far as I know. Also, I don't think Oracle is real interested in a future KDE music player. For that matter, I'm not sure how interested they are in J2ME, JavaFX, or any other areas of Java that doesn't effect their existing products.
True, Oracle has already expanded into business management software. That's not what I meant by the datacenter, though. I was talking more in terms of the infrastructure, servers, networking, etc.
No, but it was the only option Sun had to purchase in terms of a database with significant market and mindshare.
I can think of several reasons why Oracle wants Sun:
1. Oracle is heavily invested in Java, it's future development would be a serious concern for them.
2. Oracle wants the whole stack, from hardware to data. IBM already has it, and Sun way trying to get it when they bought MySQL. Buying Sun gives them a proven, reliable hardware platform and operating system that they've already invested quite a bit into supporting.
3. Oracle needs to expand their product line beyond just the database to continue to grow. There is more growth potential in the rest of the datacenter than there is in database software.
OCAP already exists.
They did publish the MAPI specs, which is why Evolution now supports Exchange without going through OWA.
If you point your desktop and phone to the same CalDAV calendar, then you get exactly the same functionality as you described.
And VCard and VCal are very well supported in FOSS products, have been for quite some time. I'd be surprised if GMail didn't know how to handle them.
The details are in the warrant. The gist of the supposed crime is that the defendant presented himself as the plaintiff in order to gain access to a webservice for homosexuals, where he posted a profile of the plaintiff. All evidence to support this claim comes from the college network's activity logs. Everything about dual-operating systems and what not was really a side-issue.
This is all detailed in the warrant application, which is available on the EFF's website.
Try upgrading on release day, and tell me there isn't a line.
From a user perspective, going from 98 to 2000 wasn't much of a difference. From an administrative or support perspective, they were almost completely different.
The difference between XP and Vista are not nearly as vast, but still different enough to require different approaches. I was Windows 2000 certified, and I couldn't find half the configuration panels I looked for the first time I tried to troubleshoot a Vista install.
Win32 support is possible, but there is much more to "XP Compatible" than Win32 support. Very few Windows programs are written to just the Win32 API.
First off, how many incomplete outbound TCP-IP connections do you really need to have open inside of one second?
Eleven? Maybe twelve? I don't know, and I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't know either, so why are they deciding for me?
Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are all DESKTOP OS
Oh, so that's a good reason to limit their networking potential? Every other "DESKTOP OS" can do more than 10.
and the stated goal is to limit the spread of certain types of malware...
Wow, security through....what, sloth? That's a new one on me.
Must it be able to spew all 256 connection requests instantly?
If that's what I want it to do, why shouldn't it?
A little research leads me to the conclusion that this is a meaningful effort to have a positive impact on the spread of malware on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 desktops.
Perhaps a little more research is in order then. Not only does it not seem to be effective as stopping the spread of Windows malware, but not having this limit hasn't seemed to increase the amount of malware on any other OS.
No, the Russian hacker gets your bank details in spite of (or perhaps because of?) you paying for Windows.
In theory (license permitting) the same thing could be done with Sol 10.
It already has.
I wasn't trying to say this gift was redundant, I was trying to say that an iPod isn't a "retarded" gift for the Queen, as the original poster seemed to think.
It seems kind of 'tarded to give a 70+ year old woman an ipod with a tiny screen
The Queen actually already had an iPod, has for a few years now.