It seems that, in the U.S., there are one of three things that one will receive for writing FOSS software... 1. A mid-range paying job, 2. Jail time for imposing on someone else's patent, 3. A hearty *virtual* slap on the back from one's peers.
I'd look at: www.cplusplus.com www.thefreecountry.com www.cprogramming.com Those sites are good for beginner/intermediate programmers, to start with. (Really, it depends on whether or not you have a good foundation in C/C++, as to where you should look...)
Note: I do not really go trolling in Winderz, but if I have to, I'll use Firefox in "Private Browsing" mode... That being said, I generally do not have to worry about crapware.
In Winderz, I used to use AVG & tried Avira for a while. (Stopped using Avira after being annoyed by the daily pop-up for the "upgrade" to the pay version...) And AVG is dog slow. Verdict: AVG & Avira, not so much.
Clam has enough features for my taste, but the issue isn't so much with virus attacks, so much as malware, spyware, crapware.
There are plenty of good malware/crapware scanners out there, but virtually none that will pick up on the smallest trojan or antivirus spoof right away. For either type of problem, most resolutions come after the crap is already on/in the system...
If all else fails and you cannot help but look at social networking sites, pr0n, & junk, install a Linux/BSD system on a second partition or VMWare Server, Virtualbox, etc, to look at the pretty pictures, etc.
Actually, I should have been more specific... Back to the Future 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II) is what I was really referring to. (Flying cars, etc...)
Hence, the "Hover Board" reference, but no worries, mate!
I have always wanted to be branded like cattle. Thankfully, our government wants this to be the case, as well. And they make it sound like a good thing? I think not...
How about asking the user for his/her credit card information and a check box, which, if left unchecked, could allow the systems administrator access to use that card number for any number of online purchases, shipped to some random place in Central Africa? Hey, they can use your users' stupidity to buy well needed learning equipment, right!?
I'm just guessing that the user name is "admin", "Admin", "root", or "user" and the password is either "password", "admin", or "actiontec"...
I've setup some of those modems/routers, mainly for people who went to Best Buy (EEK!) and thought "Hey! That's exactly what I'm looking for! That will work great for my Verizon DSL connection! Hey, it's got the Verizon logo right there!"...
FAIL!
!!!!!!!!!!! Beware anything branded by an ISP, to begin with... And most devices created for a not-so-security-savvy consumer... If all else fails, have a pro come in and set it up for you... They will be able to have you reset the password and setup some sort of encryption/authentication for your wireless network... !!!!!!!!!!!
The problem here is that the default username & password for almost every new (Home-based) router or modem is going to be "admin" & "admin" or "admin" & "password"...
What really needs to be done here is that, by default, the device should not be able to connect to the Interwebz with the default settings. If nothing else, have the external web/console interface blocked... "Security through obscurity", including an odd http/https port is only so effective... And most of the time, in my little bit of experience, it is not that obscure... Once the device is out there, its configuration will be scrutinized and, in most cases, prodded by hackers & crackers alike, for "security" concerns.
And don't give me the "Oh, it's Linux. Secure by default!" bit. Any operating system is only as secure as the person controlling it. If you were to have no clue as to how an internal combustion engine works, would you take on the task of rebuilding your (gas-guzzling) car's engine? Most likely not... Why would you think that you could secure your Internet connection if you have no knowledge of how the Internet and, even more than that, people work?
How about using a shell script to "startx --:1 " & "su username startx --:2" for dual X sessions?
You'd control them by Ctrl-Alt-F7 & Ctrl-Alt-F8, etc..
I've not tried it, yet, but you should be able to at least have the ability to have common files, even if running dual instances of X...
I'll try testing this out when I get home... open a screen session and type the first, startx wmaker -- 1 disconnect screen & open another screen session, startx fluxbox -- 2 disconnect from screen
or something like that?
It's a thought... Maybe, just maybe, it could work...
I'm sure it's a bad idea, but it's an idea, without just a single WM and two monitors, etc...
I dunno about you guys, but, generally (unless I'm at work), I'm a console geek... There are only naim & irc clients here... No "Second Life" for you! Bad Monkey! --Stak
at the FreeBSD foundation and those among us that helped improve OS X's source via the OpenDarwin project. (And then Steve Jobs gets credit? Not in my book...)
Too dang bad Apple had to put it (the OpenDarwin project) down. As if over 90% of the kernel didn't come from the open source community...
Those guys/gals who did all that code and testing are the ones who really deserve to take a bow...
Oh, yeah, congrats Mr. Jobs.
Good job giving no credit to the grunts toiling for your profit margin...
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It seems that, in the U.S., there are one of three things that one will receive for writing FOSS software...
1. A mid-range paying job,
2. Jail time for imposing on someone else's patent,
3. A hearty *virtual* slap on the back from one's peers.
Notice that I did not mention Knighthood.
Cheers!
--Stak
Anyone remember this /. headline: "Hardware: Job Ad Hints At Microsoft Move To ARM Servers" from earlier in the week?
I do not think I'm the only one who sees the irony here...
--Stak
All I know is that I've got to A) Get a Segway & B) Get my Segway armour-plated & C) Get a life, as thinking Segways are cool is lame...
--Stak
I eat so much brisket. Cheaper and more legal than the "good stuff"...
Now, if only we could figure out this "World Peace" thing, we'd be set.
Oh, and cancer, too...
Cheers!
Man 1: "What do you rectum about Uranus as a hole?"
Man 2: "I hear it's a s#*tty place."
--eof--
Haha! You said "Uranus"! HA!
I'd look at:
www.cplusplus.com
www.thefreecountry.com
www.cprogramming.com
Those sites are good for beginner/intermediate programmers, to start with. (Really, it depends on whether or not you have a good foundation in C/C++, as to where you should look...)
Good luck!
I've been a fan of Communism/Socialism for years. How is this much different?
--Stak
Clamwin, as well, here...
Also, Malwarebytes & Spybot S&D.
Note: I do not really go trolling in Winderz, but if I have to, I'll use Firefox in "Private Browsing" mode...
That being said, I generally do not have to worry about crapware.
In Winderz, I used to use AVG & tried Avira for a while. (Stopped using Avira after being annoyed by the daily pop-up for the "upgrade" to the pay version...) And AVG is dog slow. Verdict: AVG & Avira, not so much.
Clam has enough features for my taste, but the issue isn't so much with virus attacks, so much as malware, spyware, crapware.
There are plenty of good malware/crapware scanners out there, but virtually none that will pick up on the smallest trojan or antivirus spoof right away. For either type of problem, most resolutions come after the crap is already on/in the system...
If all else fails and you cannot help but look at social networking sites, pr0n, & junk, install a Linux/BSD system on a second partition or VMWare Server, Virtualbox, etc, to look at the pretty pictures, etc.
Remember, kids, don't trust anyone online!
That's my lame 2 cents worth...
Cheers!
Actually, I should have been more specific... Back to the Future 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II) is what I was really referring to. (Flying cars, etc...)
Hence, the "Hover Board" reference, but no worries, mate!
Thanks for keeping me in check.
Cheers!
I'm still waiting for the "Back to the Future" cars to start surfacing. We were promised those cars over 20 years ago. Where are they?
Oh, and "hover boards"... Where are they? I don't see 'em...
When, GM? When will you give me what I want?!?!
No government funds for you!
I live in the Bible Belt of the US... It's already being proclaimed as such...
LOL!
I have always wanted to be branded like cattle. Thankfully, our government wants this to be the case, as well. And they make it sound like a good thing? I think not...
Good luck with the revolution!
Blue teeth! We don't need no stinkin' blue teeth! -Seriously, I've used bluetooth technology exactly once in my life and thought that was too much...
--The peanut gallery has chimed in...
Do they have the goofy M$ search assistant dog?
Just curious there...
--Stak
Good point...
Noted, indexed, "CRAP!"...
How about asking the user for his/her credit card information and a check box, which, if left unchecked, could allow the systems administrator access to use that card number for any number of online purchases, shipped to some random place in Central Africa? Hey, they can use your users' stupidity to buy well needed learning equipment, right!?
--Stak
It may be difficult to win said lawsuit, ya know, with missing parts of your cerebral cortex, etc, due to microwave radiation...
Good luck!
--Stak
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Note to Consumers:
I'm just guessing that the user name is "admin", "Admin", "root", or "user" and the password is either "password", "admin", or "actiontec"...
I've setup some of those modems/routers, mainly for people who went to Best Buy (EEK!) and thought "Hey! That's exactly what I'm looking for! That will work great for my Verizon DSL connection! Hey, it's got the Verizon logo right there!"...
FAIL!
!!!!!!!!!!!
Beware anything branded by an ISP, to begin with... And most devices created for a not-so-security-savvy consumer... If all else fails, have a pro come in and set it up for you...
They will be able to have you reset the password and setup some sort of encryption/authentication for your wireless network...
!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem here is that the default username & password for almost every new (Home-based) router or modem is going to be "admin" & "admin" or "admin" & "password"...
What really needs to be done here is that, by default, the device should not be able to connect to the Interwebz with the default settings. If nothing else, have the external web/console interface blocked... "Security through obscurity", including an odd http/https port is only so effective... And most of the time, in my little bit of experience, it is not that obscure... Once the device is out there, its configuration will be scrutinized and, in most cases, prodded by hackers & crackers alike, for "security" concerns.
And don't give me the "Oh, it's Linux. Secure by default!" bit. Any operating system is only as secure as the person controlling it. If you were to have no clue as to how an internal combustion engine works, would you take on the task of rebuilding your (gas-guzzling) car's engine? Most likely not... Why would you think that you could secure your Internet connection if you have no knowledge of how the Internet and, even more than that, people work?
Just another bad thought...
Cheers!
--Stak
I primarily just use console sessions...
I just had an idea...
*WATCH OUT!!!! It's a BAD IDEA*
How about using a shell script to "startx -- :1 " & "su username startx -- :2" for dual X sessions?
You'd control them by Ctrl-Alt-F7 & Ctrl-Alt-F8, etc..
I've not tried it, yet, but you should be able to at least have the ability to have common files, even if running dual instances of X...
I'll try testing this out when I get home...
open a screen session and type the first,
startx wmaker -- 1
disconnect screen & open another screen session,
startx fluxbox -- 2
disconnect from screen
or something like that?
It's a thought...
Maybe, just maybe, it could work...
I'm sure it's a bad idea, but it's an idea, without just a single WM and two monitors, etc...
--Stak
I'm happy for those with MS & Macular Degeneration...
There is Hope!
(Just not the "Obama" kind of hope...)
I'm curious...
Is this possibly a cure for Alzheimers, as well?
I dunno about you guys, but, generally (unless I'm at work), I'm a console geek... There are only naim & irc clients here... No "Second Life" for you! Bad Monkey! --Stak
Ah, fork it...
(I have wanted to say that since the beginning of this thread...)
--Stak
Ditto... I've been using Chromium on Arch 2009.08... Stable as they come. Surprisingly fast, even on the EEE 1000HA & 701.
I'd probably never use Chrome OS, but there is very little wrong with the browser...
Installed adobe flashplayer from pacman and pressed on.
Not too bad, IMHO...
--Stak
at the FreeBSD foundation and those among us that helped improve OS X's source via the OpenDarwin project. (And then Steve Jobs gets credit? Not in my book...)
Too dang bad Apple had to put it (the OpenDarwin project) down. As if over 90% of the kernel didn't come from the open source community...
Those guys/gals who did all that code and testing are the ones who really deserve to take a bow...
Oh, yeah, congrats Mr. Jobs.
Good job giving no credit to the grunts toiling for your profit margin...
Sorry to be a pessimist...
Just a thought, though...
--Stak