From the B43 development website [linuxwireless.org]:
not working yet * IEEE 802.11n
That's all 802.11n devices. You know, those things that have been on the market for like 2 or 3 years? From TFA:
IEEE 802.11n is obviously backwards compatible with 802.11b/g, meaning that 802.11n chipsets should work with 802.11b/g protocols in b43.
Besides, I was just informing people that the Broadcom BCM4311 *802.11b/g* (in case you missed it) works just fine with b43. 802.11n support or not, it doesn't change that fact.
My broadcom BCM5311 has been working just fine using the b43 drivers included in Linux; they are there for quite some time.. Good news for everyone though. This means new broadcom hardware support and improvement of current GPLd drivers.
Update: Lookout notes it does not capture browsing history and text messages: It collects your browsing history, text messages, your phone’s SIM card number, subscriber identification, and even your voicemail password, as long as it is programmed automatically into your phone.
Looks like it doesn't collect browsing history and text messages after all.
make Nitrocellulose clothing! Perfect clothing for girls featuring instant-undressing, just grab a lighter or move under the sun and watch your clothes disappear while you blink your eyes.
I just use Gnome's filesystem manager called nautilus, it supports tagging and commenting filesystem files. Filenames and tags are then indexed by "tracker" which has a multitude of client interfaces and applets for searching the indexed data. I always find my fotos easily by this way.
The fotos are stored in a organized collection which the only backends are the regular filesystem and gvfs. On my collection's toplevel directory I put every event prefixed by its date: 20100105_Birthday.of.xxxx 20100120_Going.to.Ski.with.Pedro.Ana etc..
Filesystem's features like softlinks, hardlinks allows me to keep redundancy down and the album organized. Gvfs features like tagging, commenting, setting icons and emblems do the rest. The tracker is only used for searching fotos.
Since I don't use facebook or anything similar, I have Gallery http://gallery.menalto.com/ installed on a private server. It is really great! You should try.
Cool, you dont get to see this too often when windows version is safer than a linux one!
Hehe.. It also depends on the distributions. Gentoo Linux, for example, was not affected because the package maintainers at Gentoo digitally sign the source tarballs. In this case, the digest created by the Gentoo developer corresponds to the uninfected version. So, any Gentoo user trying to install UnrealIRCd from a infected mirror, would have a digest mismatch and the package manager would just refuse to install. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323691
Of course it things could still go wrong if the UnrealIRCd maintainer at Gentoo digitally signed the infected tarball. But developers at Gentoo have a lot of experience, so I suppose most everyone checks the hash of tarballs after download. At least I do..
I remember very well that when I was connected at 56K, I used to waste my limited online time downloading programming related documentation for offline usage. Of course I was a kid looking for programming experience just for fun. Now at cable and DSL speeds, I feel high-bandwidth contents (audio, video) are more in the role of wasting people's online time. I cannot however draw any conclusion since 56K and DSL are to very distinct times of my life.
What do you/.ers think? Is high-bandwidth internet promoting less education? Or is it totally uncorrelated?
I am Microsoft apologist, Microsoft Windows is my religion and The Great Blue Screen of Death is my God.
Writing Micro$oft with a dollar symbol is childish and makes it look like Microsoft produces software for the objective of making money $$, which is not true.
I for one, demand all dollar symbols removed from Micro$oft in all the Internets due to conflict with my strong beliefs.
My bad. My post is still valid though, for the distracted crows.
In another post, I did actually mention SELinux. It is quite powerful, albeit a bit unruly for a regular user to administer. Thankfully, distros have done a good job with creating working default policies.
Indeed, like I said in the two previous posts. And like everywhere else, uneducated users will just turn off SELinux if it starts messing with their runtime.
- - We always end up concluding that the best security framework can't protect users from their own stupidity.
I would like to add that such SELinux policies are handled automatically by the package manager. For instance, if you install apache the corresponding policies are also installed. This tells the MAC kernel what apache CAN do (file access, memory, more than you can imagine), everything else is denied. If apache is hacked, the attacker can do little or nothing outside the scope of apache.
As you can see this ends up being (almost) transparent for the end user, in contrast to the Windows Policy Manager or the infamous Allow/Deny popups seen everywhere in the Microsoft ecosystem (firewalls, antivirus, operating system).
The Windows NT security model is actually more advanced and capable than the base Unix security model. It's only because of culture, better-written 3rd party programs and marketshare that Linux/Unix doesn't have a malware problem.
Don't forget that Linux has some "extra" patches to complement the UNIX security model. For example, GRSecurity and SELinux. I suggest reading what is SELinux so you are able reformulate such claim. In fact, SELinux comes active by default on many desktop GNU/Linux distributions.
I believe Microsoft doesn't have anything close to a *formally-verified kernel* that enforces Mandatory Access Control. SELinux not only provides more and "deeper" MAC policies but its formal validation guarantees the correctness of the specification in which the implementation is based.
Well, of course it's stupid to pay if that's the case, but it's not really the case for Nintendo. I'm assuming that "better alternative" refers to free software, as opposed to piracy of software that is not free.
In the case of Nintendo there are a lot of "better alternatives". If we are talking about the Wii Tenis game, why one wouldn't just buy some rackets (for cheap) and play (for free) with friends?
TFA: 'We fear a kind of thinking is become widespread that paying for software is meaningless.'
Of course it is! On my GNU/Linux laptop everything was provided royalty free. With exception of Matlab which is payed by my laboratory.
When better alternatives (IMHO, obviously) exists, it is indeed stupid to pay for software. It is also true that I spend some time helping development here and there (time is money) but that is not really the same, is it?
Since at least gnome-2.22 that I could change the font DPI in Appearance Settings making all the GTK+ applications updating their layout on the fly. By on the fly, I mean without having to restart said applications.
The only exception was firefox that kept ignoring my settings in favor of dumb CSS definitions on websites.
And you know what? It still impresses me seeing people using fcking big screens and 96 DPI fonts. They have to put the face 10cm in front of the screen to read the text, it is no wonder they use glasses the size of the bottom of a bottle.
1) Some OSS developers will, by curiosity or any other reason except need, try targeting windows using this package management and deployment system.
2) Lots of bugs and/or feedback start to appear in their tiny OSS project, coming from people running Windows.
3) Developers are blinded by 2). They sudden realize that there is a *huge* new ecosystem that they can support.
4) The primary target of Development changes to Windows. Developers abuse of hackery to properly run their software on windows. Heck! Some even buy/install windows just to test their software on it.
5) After a while, some software that used to be cross-platform is now full of dirty-tricks to run on windows. This obviously damages the stability on other platforms.
And why do I think this might happen? Because we, OSS developers, despite enjoying developing it; we enjoy more when others use our software. Worse, what happens if this OSS software management and deployment system for windows introduces some kind of Apple-store framework on it?
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I don't usually reply to trolls but..
From the B43 development website [linuxwireless.org]:
not working yet * IEEE 802.11n
That's all 802.11n devices. You know, those things that have been on the market for like 2 or 3 years? From TFA:
IEEE 802.11n is obviously backwards compatible with 802.11b/g, meaning that 802.11n chipsets should work with 802.11b/g protocols in b43.
Besides, I was just informing people that the Broadcom BCM4311 *802.11b/g* (in case you missed it) works just fine with b43. 802.11n support or not, it doesn't change that fact.
$ lspci
(...)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
$ lsmod | grep b43
b43 153329 0
rng_core 3158 1 b43
mac80211 128164 1 b43
ssb 33383 1 b43
My broadcom BCM5311 has been working just fine using the b43 drivers included in Linux; they are there for quite some time..
Good news for everyone though. This means new broadcom hardware support and improvement of current GPLd drivers.
in practice it's difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset
Ricer!
On a full tank of hydrogen peroxide the belt weighs 124 to 139 pounds (the bigger the pilot, the bigger the belt), and provides 30 seconds of flight.
From TFA.
Update from TFA:
Update: Lookout notes it does not capture browsing history and text messages: It collects your browsing history, text messages, your phone’s SIM card number, subscriber identification, and even your voicemail password, as long as it is programmed automatically into your phone.
Looks like it doesn't collect browsing history and text messages after all.
I've been running 64bit Gentoo Linux since I bought one the first models of Athlon 64, which was almost 7 years ago!
make Nitrocellulose clothing! Perfect clothing for girls featuring instant-undressing, just grab a lighter or move under the sun and watch your clothes disappear while you blink your eyes.
That is the most insightful comment I read in ages.
This was predictable.. Microsoft learned that it can succeed by changing the product name and look when it fails. Just look at Windows Vista.
[troll]
Is Microsoft going to change its name in the near future?
[/troll]
I will only use it when they get rid of mono dependency.
See http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1684842&cid=32559722 maybe it fits your needs.
I just use Gnome's filesystem manager called nautilus, it supports tagging and commenting filesystem files. Filenames and tags are then indexed by "tracker" which has a multitude of client interfaces and applets for searching the indexed data. I always find my fotos easily by this way.
The fotos are stored in a organized collection which the only backends are the regular filesystem and gvfs. On my collection's toplevel directory I put every event prefixed by its date:
20100105_Birthday.of.xxxx
20100120_Going.to.Ski.with.Pedro.Ana
etc..
Filesystem's features like softlinks, hardlinks allows me to keep redundancy down and the album organized. Gvfs features like tagging, commenting, setting icons and emblems do the rest. The tracker is only used for searching fotos.
Since I don't use facebook or anything similar, I have Gallery http://gallery.menalto.com/ installed on a private server. It is really great! You should try.
Cool, you dont get to see this too often when windows version is safer than a linux one!
Hehe..
It also depends on the distributions. Gentoo Linux, for example, was not affected because the package maintainers at Gentoo digitally sign the source tarballs. In this case, the digest created by the Gentoo developer corresponds to the uninfected version. So, any Gentoo user trying to install UnrealIRCd from a infected mirror, would have a digest mismatch and the package manager would just refuse to install.
See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323691
Of course it things could still go wrong if the UnrealIRCd maintainer at Gentoo digitally signed the infected tarball. But developers at Gentoo have a lot of experience, so I suppose most everyone checks the hash of tarballs after download. At least I do..
Man, I know we all spend quite some time reading /. and replying. But dude! Your post goes beyond crazy!
Were you paid to write it at least?
I remember very well that when I was connected at 56K, I used to waste my limited online time downloading programming related documentation for offline usage. Of course I was a kid looking for programming experience just for fun.
Now at cable and DSL speeds, I feel high-bandwidth contents (audio, video) are more in the role of wasting people's online time. I cannot however draw any conclusion since 56K and DSL are to very distinct times of my life.
What do you /.ers think? Is high-bandwidth internet promoting less education? Or is it totally uncorrelated?
I am Microsoft apologist, Microsoft Windows is my religion and The Great Blue Screen of Death is my God.
Writing Micro$oft with a dollar symbol is childish and makes it look like Microsoft produces software for the objective of making money $$, which is not true.
I for one, demand all dollar symbols removed from Micro$oft in all the Internets due to conflict with my strong beliefs.
Notice how I said "base Unix security model".
My bad. My post is still valid though, for the distracted crows.
In another post, I did actually mention SELinux. It is quite powerful, albeit a bit unruly for a regular user to administer. Thankfully, distros have done a good job with creating working default policies.
Indeed, like I said in the two previous posts.
And like everywhere else, uneducated users will just turn off SELinux if it starts messing with their runtime.
- -
We always end up concluding that the best security framework can't protect users from their own stupidity.
I would like to add that such SELinux policies are handled automatically by the package manager. For instance, if you install apache the corresponding policies are also installed. This tells the MAC kernel what apache CAN do (file access, memory, more than you can imagine), everything else is denied. If apache is hacked, the attacker can do little or nothing outside the scope of apache.
As you can see this ends up being (almost) transparent for the end user, in contrast to the Windows Policy Manager or the infamous Allow/Deny popups seen everywhere in the Microsoft ecosystem (firewalls, antivirus, operating system).
The Windows NT security model is actually more advanced and capable than the base Unix security model. It's only because of culture, better-written 3rd party programs and marketshare that Linux/Unix doesn't have a malware problem.
Don't forget that Linux has some "extra" patches to complement the UNIX security model. For example, GRSecurity and SELinux.
I suggest reading what is SELinux so you are able reformulate such claim. In fact, SELinux comes active by default on many desktop GNU/Linux distributions.
I believe Microsoft doesn't have anything close to a *formally-verified kernel* that enforces Mandatory Access Control. SELinux not only provides more and "deeper" MAC policies but its formal validation guarantees the correctness of the specification in which the implementation is based.
Well, of course it's stupid to pay if that's the case, but it's not really the case for Nintendo. I'm assuming that "better alternative" refers to free software, as opposed to piracy of software that is not free.
In the case of Nintendo there are a lot of "better alternatives". If we are talking about the Wii Tenis game, why one wouldn't just buy some rackets (for cheap) and play (for free) with friends?
OK OK. This is /. after all - I'm just trolling.
TFA: 'We fear a kind of thinking is become widespread that paying for software is meaningless.'
Of course it is! On my GNU/Linux laptop everything was provided royalty free. With exception of Matlab which is payed by my laboratory.
When better alternatives (IMHO, obviously) exists, it is indeed stupid to pay for software. It is also true that I spend some time helping development here and there (time is money) but that is not really the same, is it?
LOL++ I would flush my mod points on you both if I had them today.
Since at least gnome-2.22 that I could change the font DPI in Appearance Settings making all the GTK+ applications updating their layout on the fly. By on the fly, I mean without having to restart said applications.
The only exception was firefox that kept ignoring my settings in favor of dumb CSS definitions on websites.
And you know what? It still impresses me seeing people using fcking big screens and 96 DPI fonts. They have to put the face 10cm in front of the screen to read the text, it is no wonder they use glasses the size of the bottom of a bottle.
The way I see it, this might possibly happen:
1) Some OSS developers will, by curiosity or any other reason except need, try targeting windows using this package management and deployment system.
2) Lots of bugs and/or feedback start to appear in their tiny OSS project, coming from people running Windows.
3) Developers are blinded by 2). They sudden realize that there is a *huge* new ecosystem that they can support.
4) The primary target of Development changes to Windows. Developers abuse of hackery to properly run their software on windows. Heck! Some even buy/install windows just to test their software on it.
5) After a while, some software that used to be cross-platform is now full of dirty-tricks to run on windows. This obviously damages the stability on other platforms.
And why do I think this might happen? Because we, OSS developers, despite enjoying developing it; we enjoy more when others use our software. Worse, what happens if this OSS software management and deployment system for windows introduces some kind of Apple-store framework on it?
(But what if someone slips in a stack of doctored disks?)
What do you mean, like a disk that would boot Microsoft Windows instead?
Why Troll? It was a pretty funny observation IMHO.