We have tested our AVES implementation on RedHat Linux 6.1 and above, although we believe a version 2.2 or above Linux kernel is the only requirement.
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Do they have any plans to support *BSD? I mean, OpenBSD makes a really nice firewall, and I like the way IPFilter works. (It seems a whole lot less kludgy to have a simple text configuration file than to have a full-blown script calling the iptables/ipchains command once for each rule you have. Sigh... I wish Linux used IPFilter.)
Remember... you could hit him with your sword, or boomerang, or whatever, but you couldn't kill him, and some of the old men would shoot fireballs at you? Ever wanted to fight back?
Hey, thanks for the information. Again, I wish you guys the best of luck. I might have something to submit, but I don't know if it's good enough or not. (I guess I'd feel as though I were bragging if I submitted it to you guys (or to any software directory, for that matter).)
We decided to build the site after a quick email to a certain higher mammal at OSI. Right now we are in the first growth stage which is to get authors to register their stable releases. Come one, come all.
The basic idea of the site is to provide one hub where someone will know the software they are looking at is open-source and is developed to the point it should work.
The GPL also constitutes copyright abuse -- the misuse of copyright for an end not specifically contemplated by the Constitution.
So, you're saying that having volumes and volumes of source code you can view, use, and modify just by paying the price the author requires for the re-use of the code (licensing your own code under the same licensing conditions, thereby contributing to the pool of publically-available source code), this does not at all promote the progress of science and the useful arts?
Nope, never ordered from them, probably never will. I just go to bookpool.com for technical books. Their prices are much much better, and their shipping is actually reasonable. I generally don't even visit their site; I've probably only been there a handful of times.
I haven't yet felt the need to order movies online, but if I did, I'd go to noamazon.com and pick out one of the vendors there.
Only the die-hards who sorted through the queue (which, I imagine, would be unbearably large with lots of duplicates) would know the news immediately.
Why do you think there are so many duplicates? Because people don't know what's already been submitted.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pushing for them to open the queue; it's their site, they can do whatever they hell they want with it. It's just illogical to assume that just because there are tons of duplicates today that there would still be lots of duplicates tomorrow if people could check what's already been submitted.
Back when Emmett was still with/. (before he went to linux.com), he asked me who I guessed had the highest karma. I said that I didn't know, and he told me that Anonymous Coward has the most karma.
While I find the idea of kiddie porn as revolting and disgusting as the next person, this is simply going too far. The slippery-slope implications of something like this are enormous.
I wonder... is this really that much different from someone using an anonymous postal dropbox, and paying cash for it? If the MI police force gets their way, where will it end? I'm simply at a loss for words.
The Misanthropic Bitch has an interesting essay about why laws against child pornography are exactly like 1984. Unfortunately, I feel that it's nearly impossible to have a civilized discussion about child pornography since emotions tend to run so high on this issue. "We have to do this for the children! Save the children! Won't somebody please think about the children?"
And so did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler (OK, Hitler didn't own a company, but he did work his way up from rejected art student to super-tyrant).
Heh, can I invoke Godwin's Law?;)
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So this month, we receive news that Stormix is declaring bankruptcy while Corel is selling off their operating system division. Not a good month.:)
I hope that people don't get the wrong impression about Debian from this. It's really kick-ass; but I'd prefer a little more eye candy. What I'd really like to see is something like a Debian-based Mandrake. That'd be really cool.
It's a damn shame; I used Stormix for a bit, and it showed promise.
This'll probably get moderated down as flamebait, but gee, you'd think that a publication that calls itself TechWeb would have a better grasp on technical issues.
They note Torvalds lacks formal accountability for Linux...
He has about as much accountability for Linux as commercial companies have for their products. Ever hear of a "No Warranty" clause? (Okay, maybe he has slightly less, since he's not beholden to any stockholders.)
What's more, industry titans... are pouring billions of dollars into developing Linux products and want to exert more influence on the direction of the kernel, based on customer feedback.
So they should do what nearly every commercial Linux vendor does; they should apply whatever patches they see fit to the kernel they ship with their distributions.
"VARs are reluctant because they don't see a clear channel. They don't see a Microsoft or strong corporate company saying, 'We're going to be here forever,'" he said.
Yes, if Linus decides that he doesn't want to do Linux any more or gets hit by a bus, the availability of the source code is really going to hurt you.
Publicly, blue-chip vendors recognize Torvalds as the lead Linux developer, but note that they aren't beholden to his final nod to carry out their product plans, as they are with Microsoft's Bill Gates.
This is one of the most intelligent statements in the whole article. They show signs of getting it...
"I don't believe open source works well for commercial companies because they can't control schedules," said Michael Cusumano, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management who sits on the board of solution provider NetNumina Solutions. "Software companies try to have regular development cycles. That's how you build a rhythm for a company.?
Hmm, SuSE and RedHat seem to be doing just fine releasing new versions of their distributions every 6 months.
"We need a full-time leader and a nonprofit organization that can be funded by IBM, Compaq, and Dell and the [Linux] distributors,"
I think that at this point, the big vendors are scared of forking the kernel because of the old Unix wars and the ammunition it would give to the MSFT FUD machine. They needn't be worried, though; I think most people (outside of industry) agree that an amicable fork would be in the best interest of many people. IBM could take some of that $1B they were planning to invest and pay someone to oversee development of their forked version. And since both projects would be GPL, they could learn and borrow from each other. If Linus should happen to make a bad design decision, for example, he may reconsider if it's shown that the other kernel, using the decision he rejected, performs better.
As other people have pointed out, Linux is a hobby for Linus. He just wants something that will run well for him; if people submit patches for something that he'll never use, he'll include it in "his" kernel if it's good code and doesn't adversely affect other systems.
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Do they have any plans to support *BSD? I mean, OpenBSD makes a really nice firewall, and I like the way IPFilter works. (It seems a whole lot less kludgy to have a simple text configuration file than to have a full-blown script calling the iptables/ipchains command once for each rule you have. Sigh... I wish Linux used IPFilter.)
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A great body: +3
Showing some cleavage: +4
Voting your ex-girlfriend a 1: Priceless
There are some things money can't buy...
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Not posting anonymously because I'm standing behind what I'm saying. Please take that into account, moderators, if you consider this post.
Thank you.
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Again, best of luck!
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It would seem to me that it's at least partially aimed toward businesses. It would appear that way since they want to want to "present a place for developers and endusers to find information about STABLE Open-Source products". I wish them well, though they need to clean up their spelling mistakes and not post IRC logs as an explanation for what they do. This has the potential to be really great; many times I'll see an interesting app on Freshmeat, but it's not Free. Don't get me wrong, non-Free software has its place, but this ought to be nice, to have a place where you can go to search only stable, Free software. (Konqueror fills an important gap on the Free/Open Source side of things... all the pieces are falling into place now.)
Good luck guys, and please take this for the constructive criticism that it's intended as.
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I haven't yet felt the need to order movies online, but if I did, I'd go to noamazon.com and pick out one of the vendors there.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not pushing for them to open the queue; it's their site, they can do whatever they hell they want with it. It's just illogical to assume that just because there are tons of duplicates today that there would still be lots of duplicates tomorrow if people could check what's already been submitted.
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I wonder... is this really that much different from someone using an anonymous postal dropbox, and paying cash for it? If the MI police force gets their way, where will it end? I'm simply at a loss for words.
The Misanthropic Bitch has an interesting essay about why laws against child pornography are exactly like 1984 . Unfortunately, I feel that it's nearly impossible to have a civilized discussion about child pornography since emotions tend to run so high on this issue. "We have to do this for the children! Save the children! Won't somebody please think about the children?"
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I hope that people don't get the wrong impression about Debian from this. It's really kick-ass; but I'd prefer a little more eye candy. What I'd really like to see is something like a Debian-based Mandrake. That'd be really cool.
It's a damn shame; I used Stormix for a bit, and it showed promise.
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Once you have that, you are the master of your own kernel, and you can start a non-profit based on the direction of that kernel.
I think that at this point, the big vendors are scared of forking the kernel because of the old Unix wars and the ammunition it would give to the MSFT FUD machine. They needn't be worried, though; I think most people (outside of industry) agree that an amicable fork would be in the best interest of many people. IBM could take some of that $1B they were planning to invest and pay someone to oversee development of their forked version. And since both projects would be GPL, they could learn and borrow from each other. If Linus should happen to make a bad design decision, for example, he may reconsider if it's shown that the other kernel, using the decision he rejected, performs better.
As other people have pointed out, Linux is a hobby for Linus. He just wants something that will run well for him; if people submit patches for something that he'll never use, he'll include it in "his" kernel if it's good code and doesn't adversely affect other systems.
sigh...
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