Err.... Java 6 is unsupported now, which is probably why it has less bugs patched. They're both buggy piles of crap, but lets compare apples with apples here. One is still being updated.
Also... the other thing... lets give it the benefit of the doubt and assume all the user's hardware is supported. Any online services I leave myself logged into (e.g., instant messengers, VOIP programs, teamspeak, etc.) are no longer running. Why in the world would i want to do that?
So you mean to say i need to physically go outside, line up and buy the flash memory version? Or i need to buy usb flash (which also has shitty read/write performance due to the cheap flash involved) while my SSD i already paid for sits unused. And then reboot if i want to do something else? It's a non-starter - rebooting to change operating system for what?
If Linux is going to take off, it needs to run games well (better than windows) and do everything else if its going to convince the masses to switch.
Actually... booting an alternative OS from hard drive to play a game is bad enough. I actually did that back when i was primarily running Linux and gaming under Windows back in the Windows 9x days. As soon as Windows got stable enough (Windows 2000) i just got rid of my Linux partition on my gaming/high end rig. DVD boot is even more of a fail.
You're telling me that instead of just downloading from the internet and starting the game (current steam model), you want me to download an ISO, burn the ISO, reboot my computer, wait an eternity for the DVD to boot, deal with any potential driver issues with my 1 week old hardware, and then wait for the game to load from DVD every damn time I want to play the game? and then wait again, if i want to play a different game?
Booting an alternative OS (be it for games, internet banking or whatever) from optical media is a non-starter, otherwise it would have taken off 15 years ago.
For all those people who still have optical drives, and are willing to deal with the spectacularly shitty read performance every time they want to play the game...
And before i start on the reasoning - I'm talking about Linux gaming "exploding". I agree that it will get more games, but it is likely to be a secondary platform for a long, long time.
The reason, is that the one "killer" game needs to be a platform exclusive. And to be something to encourage people to switch, it will need to be AAA. To be AAA means big art, music and programming effects budgets.
And NO ONE is going to be spending that sort of money on a Linux exclusive game before the market exists.
It's possible that it could have happened a few years back, as a self-booting DVD or similar, but I think the boat has been missed - optical media is dead/dying and to get online to stream it that way you need an OS installed.
So no, given the above I don't think the Linux gaming market will "explode". You'll likely see it grow slowly as people install SteamOS rather than windows if/when the AAA games start getting ported to it. The steam box will help that, as previously there's been no reason for people to not just run games on the copy of windows that came with their PC. If valve push the steam box hard enough, people will be buying hardware which never had windows on it, saving a windows license and there will be an actual reason to run Linux for gaming on it.
I'm really keen to see it happen though, the only reason I'm running a copy of Windows at home at all now is for games. My laptop is a Mac, my NAS is FreeNAS. My desktop i just recently built (i5-4430, GT760) just runs win8 as a steam bootloader, effectively.
Because after 2 years your phone is off-contract, the technology is ancient, the battery is likely on it's last legs and apple are a company who wants to sell new products?
So you're saying that the curve is meant to match the highly variable and easily modified "curve" of an arbitrary user's hand? I.e., it is sub-optimal for the curve of 99.999999999% of hands out there?
Looking at this technology and figuring out an actual use case, and dumping gimmicky garbage on the market simply to be "First!" are two entirely different things.
Because they have no clue on product design and do no research into what actually work or to discover a use case. But hey this is slashdot, those things aren't actually relevant. The only ideas worth anything are algorithms and technology for technology's sake.
The passwords in keys are for a different purpose - they are in case the key gets stolen. You should password protect your keys unless they are single purpose, limited privilege for remote access by non interactive scripts.
I'd go so far as to say if you are permitting password auth from the internet, you deserve to get owned. secure passwords or not. key based auth is available. use it. if your device doesn't support keys, block access to it from the internet. If you need to access it remotely, set up a secure launchpad type SSH server that does key auth and permit password based access only form that host. All this fucking about with cookies, state tables, and trying to match remote connection attempts is just dumping a turd in glitter to make it look better. it's still a turd.
Or you could just set up key based authentication only. If you need to access devices that do not support key based auth, set up a server that DOES do key based auth as the only location they are accessible via SSH from.
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Pretty much. But this is slashdot, where google can do no evil, and Oracle are the bad guys. No matter what.
Err.... Java 6 is unsupported now, which is probably why it has less bugs patched. They're both buggy piles of crap, but lets compare apples with apples here. One is still being updated.
Also... the other thing... lets give it the benefit of the doubt and assume all the user's hardware is supported. Any online services I leave myself logged into (e.g., instant messengers, VOIP programs, teamspeak, etc.) are no longer running. Why in the world would i want to do that?
So you mean to say i need to physically go outside, line up and buy the flash memory version? Or i need to buy usb flash (which also has shitty read/write performance due to the cheap flash involved) while my SSD i already paid for sits unused. And then reboot if i want to do something else? It's a non-starter - rebooting to change operating system for what?
If Linux is going to take off, it needs to run games well (better than windows) and do everything else if its going to convince the masses to switch.
Once the traffic hits your router, it is too late - the pipe is full.
Contact your upstream provider.
Actually... booting an alternative OS from hard drive to play a game is bad enough. I actually did that back when i was primarily running Linux and gaming under Windows back in the Windows 9x days. As soon as Windows got stable enough (Windows 2000) i just got rid of my Linux partition on my gaming/high end rig. DVD boot is even more of a fail.
Why would I want a live DVD image?
You're telling me that instead of just downloading from the internet and starting the game (current steam model), you want me to download an ISO, burn the ISO, reboot my computer, wait an eternity for the DVD to boot, deal with any potential driver issues with my 1 week old hardware, and then wait for the game to load from DVD every damn time I want to play the game? and then wait again, if i want to play a different game?
Booting an alternative OS (be it for games, internet banking or whatever) from optical media is a non-starter, otherwise it would have taken off 15 years ago.
For all those people who still have optical drives, and are willing to deal with the spectacularly shitty read performance every time they want to play the game...
Android is not linux. Android is a platform that runs ON TOP OF linux.
And before i start on the reasoning - I'm talking about Linux gaming "exploding". I agree that it will get more games, but it is likely to be a secondary platform for a long, long time.
The reason, is that the one "killer" game needs to be a platform exclusive. And to be something to encourage people to switch, it will need to be AAA. To be AAA means big art, music and programming effects budgets.
And NO ONE is going to be spending that sort of money on a Linux exclusive game before the market exists.
It's possible that it could have happened a few years back, as a self-booting DVD or similar, but I think the boat has been missed - optical media is dead/dying and to get online to stream it that way you need an OS installed.
So no, given the above I don't think the Linux gaming market will "explode". You'll likely see it grow slowly as people install SteamOS rather than windows if/when the AAA games start getting ported to it. The steam box will help that, as previously there's been no reason for people to not just run games on the copy of windows that came with their PC. If valve push the steam box hard enough, people will be buying hardware which never had windows on it, saving a windows license and there will be an actual reason to run Linux for gaming on it.
I'm really keen to see it happen though, the only reason I'm running a copy of Windows at home at all now is for games. My laptop is a Mac, my NAS is FreeNAS. My desktop i just recently built (i5-4430, GT760) just runs win8 as a steam bootloader, effectively.
Because after 2 years your phone is off-contract, the technology is ancient, the battery is likely on it's last legs and apple are a company who wants to sell new products?
So you're saying that the curve is meant to match the highly variable and easily modified "curve" of an arbitrary user's hand? I.e., it is sub-optimal for the curve of 99.999999999% of hands out there?
Looking at this technology and figuring out an actual use case, and dumping gimmicky garbage on the market simply to be "First!" are two entirely different things.
Because they have no clue on product design and do no research into what actually work or to discover a use case. But hey this is slashdot, those things aren't actually relevant. The only ideas worth anything are algorithms and technology for technology's sake.
Samsung are spending money on curved displays and have no idea about product design or where it might be appropriate, so they stuck it to a phone.
And 27" iMacs and the new Mac Pro.
Because your media is more interested in reporting on crap like bennifer.
Allowing any login with a password puts you at risk of a local privilege escalation.
The passwords in keys are for a different purpose - they are in case the key gets stolen. You should password protect your keys unless they are single purpose, limited privilege for remote access by non interactive scripts.
No. If key based auth is available (for SSH, it is) do not allow password auth.
I'd go so far as to say if you are permitting password auth from the internet, you deserve to get owned. secure passwords or not. key based auth is available. use it. if your device doesn't support keys, block access to it from the internet. If you need to access it remotely, set up a secure launchpad type SSH server that does key auth and permit password based access only form that host. All this fucking about with cookies, state tables, and trying to match remote connection attempts is just dumping a turd in glitter to make it look better. it's still a turd.
Or you could just set up key based authentication only. If you need to access devices that do not support key based auth, set up a server that DOES do key based auth as the only location they are accessible via SSH from.
Use key authentication. Secure your private key. Job done.
Pretty much.
They discovered they were hacked on thursday. Any idea when the breach occurred?