Yeah, i seriously doubt apple would have broken Atom support intentionally. I mean, sure - maybe on released os x media perhaps - but developer builds i wouldn't think so.
Reasoning? They run os x on the iphone. They run OS X on appleTV, the ipod touch, and likely various other future devices. At least some of those potential future markets are likely to be well suited to the Atom processor.
Different nic order each time? I remember back in the early 2000s when i was installing linux firewalls everywhere, i'd use 2 different brands of NIC and manually insert kernel modules to force order, as sometimes it would vary when switching from one kernel to another kernel (but was consistent on teh same kernel) when using non-modular drivers.
Having the NICs get a different order every time is a MAJOR bug and makes the box completely useless for any sort of firewall job.
I'm quite shocked at this behavior - especially seeing as its a problem I ran into (in a lesser form) about 10-12 years ago, and something FreeBSD has "just worked" with since I've been using it in about 2000 or so.
Fuck shiny desktops, this is the sort of shit that NEEDS to work properly.
Sadly, your comment will fall on deaf ears. For what its worth, I agree 100% with what you said. OS X, with all its faults, is the best OS I have ever used. And that includes Linux, BSDs, every version of Windows since 3.1, AmigaOS 1.3 through 3.1, MacOS 7-9, and others.
Why is it good? Because apple have taken strong protocols, strong ideas, and open source, and actually made it pleasant to use, both aesthetically and in terms of how it fits together.
I just wish someone in the linux camp would extend gnustep in similar ways.
It was 1996 if i recall. I've been waiting since about then, anyway. You can use it as a desktop, just like you can drive nails into your balls. Its not necessarily a good idea though. I gave up waiting for reliable 3d support, games, and multi-channel sound several years back.
Running OS X on non-apple hardware is a violation of the EULA. Apple are merely helping to ensure compliance with their EULA. If you want to run OS X, buy a macintosh and do it legally. If you don't then put some support into GNUstep, or one of the many other free desktops.
Yes, the OS is subsidized by the hardware sales. Its apple's business model - deal with it. If you don't want to pay for apple hardware, then don't run apple software. Quite simple...
Have yet to see the installer crap out actually, and I've been running it on various platforms (including a few then recent laptops, in 06-07) since 2000..
My experience is that its no more likely to crap out than linux when installing, and if anything less likely, as there tends to be less "automatic" guessing of where/how to install by the installer.
Its text mode, but it works. GUI installers look pretty, but they're not inherently any better just because they look nice.
Why is it so amazing that they've added motion sensing to controllers? It wasn't revolutionary when nintendo did it, and its not a big thing for sony and microsoft now. Its a fuckign glorified USB device - you can put whatever sensors in it you like. If you wanted to put a fucking flatulence sensor in the thing, and control say, jin in tekken 8 with the volume and aroma of your farts, you could.
They've done it in the middle of the life cycle because people seem to want it (for whatever reason) and its easily done.
I'm not big on motion control at all, but i'm happy sony/ms have done it to show nintendo up for the BS marketing campaign of the wii about how its an amazing new controller that no one else could possibly implement on ps3 or 360 because the hardware came out without it.
Try again.. and maybe learn how UAC works before commenting. It does not elevate non-admins to admin status. It does nothing sudo doesn't do, except allow you to skip entering your credentials if you are already logged in as an admin (but still warns you that the command is doing privileged stuff.
If it pisses you off, turn off UAC, run as a non-admin and you have the same shit you have with sudo using run-as (runas/user:administrator "foo" will run privileged, with no UAC prompts, if you turn UAC off). UAC is merely a way of giving semi-trusted users (say, laptop user, on their own laptop) admin without having them quite so easily duped into doing retarded shit that requires privileges...
Haven't worked in visual studio before, so can't comment on it.
As you say, many/most warnings in open source software packages are easily fixed, but that's my point - sloppy/lazy code.
As to there being many compilers out there... well, 99% of the open source compilers out there are either based on, or revisions of GCC.
Sure, warning free code can be buggy as well, but at least if the code is warning free, the more obscure "this is an easy way to shoot yourself in the foot" cases are taken care of.
I've never seen the microsoft code compile so for all i know it's just as bad or worse. That wasn't my point though - the point was the just because its open source with peer review available, there's still shit code out there in the open.
WSUS installation is as simple as download file, install. Point reg-key on windows boxes at server via group policy - then its all pointy-clicky selecting updates. It really is that simple - and it just works.
Maintaining your own distro mirror is not the same thing - that gets you no reporting, staging update roll-outs, etc...
You've never run your own rpm/apt repo or RHEL Satellite server? Copy files from source repo; done.
This doesn't achieve the same thing. How do you report on the state of all your workstations, what patch level they're at, which ones failed, what hasn't updated yet, etc?
For all the stuff microsoft has fucked up, WSUS is a good product.
Just to elaborate... WSUS, which is free and easy to set up, enables me to push patches to hundreds or thousands of boxes, and report on the status of each box or what machines are missing any or all patches at the click of a button. Downloads will run whenever the machine is online and start/stop as required, using BITS.
Can you do this on Linux? Maybe. Its certainly not standard, and a lot more work. Can you automatically updates unix boxes? Sure - but to set up the monitoring of the process, its a lot more work, and more likely will require an admin to read/interpret logs.
Sure, linux/unix machines are generally a bit less patch dependent to stay secure, but the Windows patching process is relatively painless if you set up a wsus server. All you need is a spare machine (even running XP, from memory) with plenty of disc, and a method of pointing machine's windows update server registry entry at it - eg with group policy or a login script.
If redhat, suse or whoever can offer something similar that is as easy to set up and monitor, they'll certainly help get *nix easier to support as an end user OS.
Have heard of them. They're a lot more complex than 15 minutes work to set up a patching server though, and 5 minutes to set up group policy to push the change to all machines on the domain...
I hate to break it to you, but there's plenty of bad and sloppy code in the open source world as well. Build a system from scratch from source, and you'll see plenty of compiler warnings for a start, not to mention buggy application behavior.
Don't get me wrong, I'd not put a Windows machine directly facing the internet - but I wouldn't do that with an un-firewalled desktop Linux box either.
Linux doesn't have OLE, but they're still messing with implementing Bonobo, kpart, etc to re-create basically the same idea.
As for reading LKML, it also shows you how good ideas are often ridiculed and rejected on the basis of "not invented here" or differing from Linus' personal choice. Schedulers, for example...
I'm not saying open source is bad or worse - simply that its not immune from shitty code. There's far more shitty code out there than good code, whether its commercial or not.
I've yet to see a good Linux/Unix distribution that offers centralized patch management in an easily administered manner to compare with WSUS.
Kernel issues still require a reboot.
I run both Linux and FreeBSD in the server room, and have for about 15 years - but in terms of managing, reporting on, and distributing updates to hundreds of desktops, there's nothing off the shelf for *nix that comes close.
Sounds like a lot of "waah" to me - user installs updated security fix from windows update, problem solved? I see this is a good thing as you'll need to get those shitty old insecure copies of the DLLs up to date?
Its out if you a) have a paid-up technet subscription or b) have an enterprise licensing agreement. I/we (work) have both, and I've been running RTM since August. Legally.
It's out (RTM version), and has been for nearly 2 months now.
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The mini is under $1000. The 13" macbook, if not there already, likely will be soon...
Reasoning? They run os x on the iphone. They run OS X on appleTV, the ipod touch, and likely various other future devices. At least some of those potential future markets are likely to be well suited to the Atom processor.
Cool. Fuck the GPL then.
Having the NICs get a different order every time is a MAJOR bug and makes the box completely useless for any sort of firewall job.
I'm quite shocked at this behavior - especially seeing as its a problem I ran into (in a lesser form) about 10-12 years ago, and something FreeBSD has "just worked" with since I've been using it in about 2000 or so.
Fuck shiny desktops, this is the sort of shit that NEEDS to work properly.
No, not really - its standard operational procedure. Anyone who isn't used to dealing with quirks in Linux distributions upon release isn't a nerd.
Why is it good? Because apple have taken strong protocols, strong ideas, and open source, and actually made it pleasant to use, both aesthetically and in terms of how it fits together.
I just wish someone in the linux camp would extend gnustep in similar ways.
It was 1996 if i recall. I've been waiting since about then, anyway. You can use it as a desktop, just like you can drive nails into your balls. Its not necessarily a good idea though. I gave up waiting for reliable 3d support, games, and multi-channel sound several years back.
Whichever one you like, you can shift from one to the other after installation.
So you're saying it DOESN'T have the de-dup feature..
Yes, the OS is subsidized by the hardware sales. Its apple's business model - deal with it. If you don't want to pay for apple hardware, then don't run apple software. Quite simple...
My experience is that its no more likely to crap out than linux when installing, and if anything less likely, as there tends to be less "automatic" guessing of where/how to install by the installer.
Its text mode, but it works. GUI installers look pretty, but they're not inherently any better just because they look nice.
They've done it in the middle of the life cycle because people seem to want it (for whatever reason) and its easily done.
I'm not big on motion control at all, but i'm happy sony/ms have done it to show nintendo up for the BS marketing campaign of the wii about how its an amazing new controller that no one else could possibly implement on ps3 or 360 because the hardware came out without it.
*rolls eyes*
Yup, what you say is exactly true...
If it pisses you off, turn off UAC, run as a non-admin and you have the same shit you have with sudo using run-as (runas /user:administrator "foo" will run privileged, with no UAC prompts, if you turn UAC off). UAC is merely a way of giving semi-trusted users (say, laptop user, on their own laptop) admin without having them quite so easily duped into doing retarded shit that requires privileges...
As you say, many/most warnings in open source software packages are easily fixed, but that's my point - sloppy/lazy code.
As to there being many compilers out there... well, 99% of the open source compilers out there are either based on, or revisions of GCC.
Sure, warning free code can be buggy as well, but at least if the code is warning free, the more obscure "this is an easy way to shoot yourself in the foot" cases are taken care of.
I've never seen the microsoft code compile so for all i know it's just as bad or worse. That wasn't my point though - the point was the just because its open source with peer review available, there's still shit code out there in the open.
Maintaining your own distro mirror is not the same thing - that gets you no reporting, staging update roll-outs, etc...
Cheers, will look into it. Unfortunately only one of my nix boxes is redhat, but if this product works as advertised, it's a big plus for redhat.
This doesn't achieve the same thing. How do you report on the state of all your workstations, what patch level they're at, which ones failed, what hasn't updated yet, etc?
For all the stuff microsoft has fucked up, WSUS is a good product.
Can you do this on Linux? Maybe. Its certainly not standard, and a lot more work. Can you automatically updates unix boxes? Sure - but to set up the monitoring of the process, its a lot more work, and more likely will require an admin to read/interpret logs.
Sure, linux/unix machines are generally a bit less patch dependent to stay secure, but the Windows patching process is relatively painless if you set up a wsus server. All you need is a spare machine (even running XP, from memory) with plenty of disc, and a method of pointing machine's windows update server registry entry at it - eg with group policy or a login script.
If redhat, suse or whoever can offer something similar that is as easy to set up and monitor, they'll certainly help get *nix easier to support as an end user OS.
Have heard of them. They're a lot more complex than 15 minutes work to set up a patching server though, and 5 minutes to set up group policy to push the change to all machines on the domain...
WAY more work than WSUS. No reporting, unless you roll your own, either.
Don't get me wrong, I'd not put a Windows machine directly facing the internet - but I wouldn't do that with an un-firewalled desktop Linux box either.
Linux doesn't have OLE, but they're still messing with implementing Bonobo, kpart, etc to re-create basically the same idea.
As for reading LKML, it also shows you how good ideas are often ridiculed and rejected on the basis of "not invented here" or differing from Linus' personal choice. Schedulers, for example...
I'm not saying open source is bad or worse - simply that its not immune from shitty code. There's far more shitty code out there than good code, whether its commercial or not.
Kernel issues still require a reboot.
I run both Linux and FreeBSD in the server room, and have for about 15 years - but in terms of managing, reporting on, and distributing updates to hundreds of desktops, there's nothing off the shelf for *nix that comes close.
Sounds like a lot of "waah" to me - user installs updated security fix from windows update, problem solved? I see this is a good thing as you'll need to get those shitty old insecure copies of the DLLs up to date?
It's out (RTM version), and has been for nearly 2 months now.