Ubuntu 9.10 will start sandboxing desktop programs (starts with xpdf i think), other distros do already/will follow. I think that sandboxing can (and if required will) criple malwares abilities (e.g can't listen on network ports, can't insert itself to bootsequence, can't touch chrome tabs that are connected to https sites) leaving them unable to do most malwarey things without permission and can work like an AV that is designed right (e.g warn users that they are about to do something very stupid, only when they are not everytime they run a 3rd party app/widget, without having to scan binaries)
myspace = place to check out small bands. They are not a social networking site any more and never will be, if they want to get anywhere they should concentrate on the music aspect of myspace, before the kids figure out that last.fm/band_name is cooler than myspace.com/band_name. I mean i hope they don't but thats what they should do if they want to be relevant,
I hope this gets ported to other dumbphones because some of the OSes out there (looks at sony ericson) really suck, I suppose jailbreaking a dumbphone will be tricky (especially when i could just buy a nokia), but if it means I don't lose all my text messages once a month it'll be worth it (for me)!
And if somebody can fund the flying of planes into buildings to get an advantage in a particular market, then that too is good and right? And if i get fed up of retarded libertarians posting on slashdot and decide to spend some of my accumilated wealth on hiring hitmen to get them to STFU, that too is good and right? God dammit if i want to nuke America, because your accents suck and you believe in god and the free market (probably fairies too), then it's my right as a consequence of my individual freedoms to do it!!!
If the incumbent becomes stagnant, there is always the possibility that a major player from a related sector can come in and eat their lunch.
And if they do not then they keep becoming monopolies (in the practical sense this does not require 100% market share), in more and more sectors till they run everything (only unlike communism you do not get a vote to say how they run it)
the first political activists to adopt the term libertarian in the mid-19th century—are usually anarchists or left communists, opposed to arbitrary structures of authority and hierarchy in personal relations and the larger social order. Most notably they are opposed to state power and forms of private property such as capital, but also oppose patriarchy and racism. These libertarians often believe in the abolition of private property and may be called non-propertarian or anti-propertarian. They do not seek state solutions, instead looking to voluntary and popularly controlled associations.
Ok so that's not really what GP belives, but why should he go looking for a new word, when they "stole" it in the first place.
Moving chips on the motherboard takes substantially longer than sticking a CD in the computer and running a script. The fastest attack i can think of is 1) boot alternate media and get mobo details (2 min attack) 2) clone mobo details 3) replace entire mobo (15min?) 4) ??? 5) profit
All of which ignores a hw based keylogger, which has always meant physical security was #1, the point of these attacks is to make the attacks easier. A well designed system will reduce the size of the object which must be physically secured, for example a conversation with a memory pen, before the memory pen releases the HDD key, reduces what you need to secure at all times to just the USB key (and even temporary loss of the USB key is hard to exploit in a well designed system), such a system can even protect against HW attacks in the pc, It is much more practical to expect people to secure their USB keys like usual keys than to keep a laptop on them at all.
Valve usually get given a finished product and still take a hefty cut, how is that not evil? Sure publishers deserve large cuts if the invest in the game, but to take as much as valve do for just distributing the game and giving it a few adverts (at 0 cost to steam) seams unfair.
There is a difference between bias and braveheart, and while some bending of the facts/making stuff up is cool, what's scary is that people believe the bullshit they see in videogames/movies (granted its much worse for movies than videogames but i'm sure some retard out there believes the plot to MSG is historically accurate)
LOL, stop seeing conspiracies where there are none, any non-html page gets a warning because they need plugins which are often slow and unwieldy. Also.doc/.docx is a format for editable text not release documents, pdf/djvu (which if you take a look around tend to contain a warning) are much more appropriate.
nomodeset, I had similar symptoms (well not completly random i could also trigger it on demand with a firefox profile (only one particular profile), i disabled modestting and now all is good
I've used ubuntu for a while but am on fedora a few pro ubuntu differences are: *Yum is much slower than apt (ok so it is a package management difference but this is my biggest grievance with fedora) *Kubuntu does not use pulseaudio by default (well didn't last time i used it, but I'm actually starting to like PA) *Default apparmor profile, does not step on your toes (with Fedora 11 I ran into problems with selinux blocking me from sharing my files that meant i had to configure selinux, with ubuntu's default apparmor profile i never had to touch it) *Ubuntu installs are much more stable (as in no new packages) than my fedora install (with updates enabled) *There are a lot of user maintained hosted by canonical (PPAs), I haven't seen anything similar for fedora (I haven't used them on ubuntu so they may suck) *Apparently ubuntu 9.10 is moving to grub2 *some software that is avalible in ubuntu is not in fedora (and visa-versa)
I have never had a friend/family member ask how to use amarok more than once (which I think is fair enough as I needed to be told how to use iTunes the first time). Amarok's ui (back in 1.4 and once I set up my 2.x), is 2 frames you drag music from your collection to the playlist, it's easier IMO than iTunes (which is pretty much cloned by songbird and rhythmbox (you lose the iTunes store but gain not running network deamons just to listen to your music))
I used to have a Pentium 4 Prescott , the truth is processors can run significantly above spec (hell the thing would go above the "max temp" just opening notepad). It's already been shown that higher temps don't break HDD, are the downsides of running the processor a few degrees hotter significant or can they be ignored?
80 whats? Obviously they mean 80F (running a temperature at 80K, 80C or 80R would be insane), but you should always specify units (especially if your using some backwards units like Fahrenheit!)
What features of iTunes do you like? If its shitty program that installs network demons just to play your media then perhaps you should get your head checked there is: amarok (1.4 was a very good playlist based player, 2.x is getting there) rhythmbox (gnome based) mpd based players (work on windows) I suppose windows options are limited as WMP/winamp/foobar are different kinds of players, but there must be something other than songbird
If its the iPod/Phone syncing related features, then i dont think anything but iTunes will ever compete If its the music store integration then TFA is too sparse on details to tell. Assuming that google audio 1) exists (i mean this is techcrunch), 2) is a music download service, then hopefully they will collaborate with all mediaplayers to add support like mangatunes in amarok. For bonus points they should allow redownloads (within reason) and let you choose the format (some of us really do prefer ogg, hell somebody must be insane enough to like wma)
No, turns out i was wrong there are 12(3 AMD, 4 corporate, 5 independent), 2 was wrong. there are three AMD people, two Red Hat people, two from TG/VMare, and about five independent coders (including this guy)
A few links to follow: Main page Features Programs (not performance just wine style if it works) A developers blog I think the performance will always lag behind nvidia, however I'd guess that in about 9 months time the radeon drivers do most 3d rendering at a decent speed (It could be sooner, but i doubt it will be longer unless there is a major change)
Question: Do ATI get better support included in distros? Answer: Yes
Question: Will ATI eventually (talking months not years) have 3D support in distros? Answer: Yes
Question: Do NVIDIA take advantage of new kernel/xorg tech (KMS,xranr,dynamic use of memory on laptops)? Answer: No
If you consider opensource a cost cutting tool, AMD arn't doing well, if you consider it a way to produce better software for your customers then AMDs strategy is a storming success.
They do? I've never had problems with the open-source radeon drivers that come installed on distros, but what would I know I've only been using them for a year and a half, I'll go back to using nvidias drivers that regularly crashed my desktop ASAP, thanks for the heads up!
Sure the radeon/radeonhd drivers are in need of help, but most radeon developement is being done by two non-ATI guys. Sure the 3D rendering is behind the blobs, but not that far behind [1] And the 2D drivers are faster And in my experience way more stable (outside of KMS issues i have had 0 crashes under radeon, the same could not be said for catalyst or nvidia drivers)
The reality is that for everyday use*, ATI cards now work out of the box on linux with rock solid stability this is not the case for nvidia, and it's just a matter of time till the 3D support catches up with nvidia's and firmly place ATI cards as #1 choice for Linux users (if its not already)
*call me old fashioned, but i don't consider compositing part of that.
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Ubuntu 9.10 will start sandboxing desktop programs (starts with xpdf i think), other distros do already/will follow. I think that sandboxing can (and if required will) criple malwares abilities (e.g can't listen on network ports, can't insert itself to bootsequence, can't touch chrome tabs that are connected to https sites) leaving them unable to do most malwarey things without permission and can work like an AV that is designed right (e.g warn users that they are about to do something very stupid, only when they are not everytime they run a 3rd party app/widget, without having to scan binaries)
myspace = place to check out small bands.
They are not a social networking site any more and never will be, if they want to get anywhere they should concentrate on the music aspect of myspace, before the kids figure out that last.fm/band_name is cooler than myspace.com/band_name. I mean i hope they don't but thats what they should do if they want to be relevant,
I hope this gets ported to other dumbphones because some of the OSes out there (looks at sony ericson) really suck, I suppose jailbreaking a dumbphone will be tricky (especially when i could just buy a nokia), but if it means I don't lose all my text messages once a month it'll be worth it (for me)!
I get the advantages of ubuntu on the desktop but on there server why would you want to switch from CentOS to Ubuntu?
And if somebody can fund the flying of planes into buildings to get an advantage in a particular market, then that too is good and right?
And if i get fed up of retarded libertarians posting on slashdot and decide to spend some of my accumilated wealth on hiring hitmen to get them to STFU, that too is good and right?
God dammit if i want to nuke America, because your accents suck and you believe in god and the free market (probably fairies too), then it's my right as a consequence of my individual freedoms to do it!!!
If the incumbent becomes stagnant, there is always the possibility that a major player from a related sector can come in and eat their lunch.
And if they do not then they keep becoming monopolies (in the practical sense this does not require 100% market share), in more and more sectors till they run everything (only unlike communism you do not get a vote to say how they run it)
or take the word back,
the first political activists to adopt the term libertarian in the mid-19th century—are usually anarchists or left communists, opposed to arbitrary structures of authority and hierarchy in personal relations and the larger social order. Most notably they are opposed to state power and forms of private property such as capital, but also oppose patriarchy and racism. These libertarians often believe in the abolition of private property and may be called non-propertarian or anti-propertarian. They do not seek state solutions, instead looking to voluntary and popularly controlled associations.
Ok so that's not really what GP belives, but why should he go looking for a new word, when they "stole" it in the first place.
Moving chips on the motherboard takes substantially longer than sticking a CD in the computer and running a script. The fastest attack i can think of is
1) boot alternate media and get mobo details (2 min attack)
2) clone mobo details
3) replace entire mobo (15min?)
4) ???
5) profit
All of which ignores a hw based keylogger, which has always meant physical security was #1, the point of these attacks is to make the attacks easier. A well designed system will reduce the size of the object which must be physically secured, for example a conversation with a memory pen, before the memory pen releases the HDD key, reduces what you need to secure at all times to just the USB key (and even temporary loss of the USB key is hard to exploit in a well designed system), such a system can even protect against HW attacks in the pc, It is much more practical to expect people to secure their USB keys like usual keys than to keep a laptop on them at all.
Valve usually get given a finished product and still take a hefty cut, how is that not evil? Sure publishers deserve large cuts if the invest in the game, but to take as much as valve do for just distributing the game and giving it a few adverts (at 0 cost to steam) seams unfair.
There is a difference between bias and braveheart, and while some bending of the facts/making stuff up is cool, what's scary is that people believe the bullshit they see in videogames/movies (granted its much worse for movies than videogames but i'm sure some retard out there believes the plot to MSG is historically accurate)
LOL, stop seeing conspiracies where there are none, any non-html page gets a warning because they need plugins which are often slow and unwieldy. Also .doc/.docx is a format for editable text not release documents, pdf/djvu (which if you take a look around tend to contain a warning) are much more appropriate.
Mod parent as
Mod GP as overrated
nomodeset, I had similar symptoms (well not completly random i could also trigger it on demand with a firefox profile (only one particular profile), i disabled modestting and now all is good
I've used ubuntu for a while but am on fedora a few pro ubuntu differences are:
*Yum is much slower than apt (ok so it is a package management difference but this is my biggest grievance with fedora)
*Kubuntu does not use pulseaudio by default (well didn't last time i used it, but I'm actually starting to like PA)
*Default apparmor profile, does not step on your toes (with Fedora 11 I ran into problems with selinux blocking me from sharing my files that meant i had to configure selinux, with ubuntu's default apparmor profile i never had to touch it)
*Ubuntu installs are much more stable (as in no new packages) than my fedora install (with updates enabled)
*There are a lot of user maintained hosted by canonical (PPAs), I haven't seen anything similar for fedora (I haven't used them on ubuntu so they may suck)
*Apparently ubuntu 9.10 is moving to grub2
*some software that is avalible in ubuntu is not in fedora (and visa-versa)
I have never had a friend/family member ask how to use amarok more than once (which I think is fair enough as I needed to be told how to use iTunes the first time). Amarok's ui (back in 1.4 and once I set up my 2.x), is 2 frames you drag music from your collection to the playlist, it's easier IMO than iTunes (which is pretty much cloned by songbird and rhythmbox (you lose the iTunes store but gain not running network deamons just to listen to your music))
I used to have a Pentium 4 Prescott , the truth is processors can run significantly above spec (hell the thing would go above the "max temp" just opening notepad). It's already been shown that higher temps don't break HDD, are the downsides of running the processor a few degrees hotter significant or can they be ignored?
80 whats? Obviously they mean 80F (running a temperature at 80K, 80C or 80R would be insane), but you should always specify units (especially if your using some backwards units like Fahrenheit!)
What features of iTunes do you like? If its shitty program that installs network demons just to play your media then perhaps you should get your head checked there is:
amarok (1.4 was a very good playlist based player, 2.x is getting there)
rhythmbox (gnome based)
mpd based players (work on windows)
I suppose windows options are limited as WMP/winamp/foobar are different kinds of players, but there must be something other than songbird
If its the iPod/Phone syncing related features, then i dont think anything but iTunes will ever compete
If its the music store integration then TFA is too sparse on details to tell. Assuming that google audio 1) exists (i mean this is techcrunch), 2) is a music download service, then hopefully they will collaborate with all mediaplayers to add support like mangatunes in amarok. For bonus points they should allow redownloads (within reason) and let you choose the format (some of us really do prefer ogg, hell somebody must be insane enough to like wma)
Do you mean the BKL? It's hurt, but it's still there
Just two guys?
No, turns out i was wrong there are 12(3 AMD, 4 corporate, 5 independent), 2 was wrong.
there are three AMD people, two Red Hat people, two from TG/VMare, and about five independent coders (including this guy)
A few links to follow:
Main page
Features
Programs (not performance just wine style if it works)
A developers blog
I think the performance will always lag behind nvidia, however I'd guess that in about 9 months time the radeon drivers do most 3d rendering at a decent speed (It could be sooner, but i doubt it will be longer unless there is a major change)
Question: Do ATI get better support included in distros?
Answer: Yes
Question: Will ATI eventually (talking months not years) have 3D support in distros?
Answer: Yes
Question: Do NVIDIA take advantage of new kernel/xorg tech (KMS,xranr,dynamic use of memory on laptops)?
Answer: No
If you consider opensource a cost cutting tool, AMD arn't doing well, if you consider it a way to produce better software for your customers then AMDs strategy is a storming success.
For anybody that cares,this covers some of the complexity in a simple way.
They do? I've never had problems with the open-source radeon drivers that come installed on distros, but what would I know I've only been using them for a year and a half, I'll go back to using nvidias drivers that regularly crashed my desktop ASAP, thanks for the heads up!
Sure the radeon/radeonhd drivers are in need of help, but most radeon developement is being done by two non-ATI guys.
Sure the 3D rendering is behind the blobs, but not that far behind [1]
And the 2D drivers are faster
And in my experience way more stable (outside of KMS issues i have had 0 crashes under radeon, the same could not be said for catalyst or nvidia drivers)
The reality is that for everyday use*, ATI cards now work out of the box on linux with rock solid stability this is not the case for nvidia, and it's just a matter of time till the 3D support catches up with nvidia's and firmly place ATI cards as #1 choice for Linux users (if its not already)
*call me old fashioned, but i don't consider compositing part of that.