I think his point was about corporate environments; DirectX has no place on most company PCs, and having it as part of the OS just adds layers of garbage that can be dangerous (since the larger a platform is, the more holes it'll have).
Like why would an IIS webserver need DirectX? Could be wrong though.
Wouldn't it be easier just to download the source and search for it? strace can only show you functions as they're being executed, so it's coverage for any application of this size is way too small.
I use Accelerated-X on my Vaio notebook. It's the only thing I've found that supports XVideo, GL and most importantly the widescreen display. There's a bunch of VBIOS hacks that supposedly force the XFree/Xorg server to handle the resolution, but none of them have worked for me.
So it has a non-free dependency... just like every open source Java application. By your argument Tomcat and other successful Java products should be ignored.
You realize that's only valid in the context of a corporate setup, right? Most viruses and trojans infest home systems. Of course it's easy to reimage a machine in an office - it's the fabled "Aunt Tillie" we have to worry about.
I run Debian GNU/Linux (unstable) on this laptop, and the Stable version on several servers that I administrate for work.
Guess what? apt-get update and upgrade on any of the machines will update all the packages. On this unstable system, upgrading will get me bug fixes, security fixes and new bugs (gotta love unstable).
But on the work systems, where they're running Stable, they get nothing but bug fixes and security patches. It's simple, straight-forward and I put a hell of a lot of trust into the Debian community and they've not let me down yet.
And all of the software is updated. Everything from mailing list software to the bug reporting tool, from the IMAP daemon to SquirrelMail.
As for Acrobat and Realplayer - what in the hell would they be doing on either my office systems or home? I'm serious. I use XMMS and VLC, and they rock - playing every single file I throw at them without a hiccough. And Acrobat, yeah, uh... I could download that or just run xpdf, the KDE PDF viewier, or a myriad of other less-bloated applications.
So yes, my distribution provider - Debian - does provide me with updates to all my software. And it works fucking beautifully.
He specifically mentions connecting to his VPN, and to do that my guess is that he's using Windows XP Professional (since Home can't join a domain, right)?
I have a similar system as you - AMD 2500+ Barton, 512 megabytes of RAM and a 128 megabyte Radeon PRO. Halo ran flawlessly on it (I grabbed it as soon as the first patch was released), and it looked awesome.
It's a shame that it got really, really boring after the first couple of hours.
No no, you misunderstand - you block everything coming from the wireless access point except the VPN host/IP address combination. Nothing gets through the network without using the VPN.
If you're in a corporate environment that actually allows access to anything via a wireless LAN and rely on WEP, then you have much bigger problems with your organization. Seriously - WEP is pathetic. Use a VPN. In my case I tunnel everything through SSH (web, IMAP, SMTP, etc).
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Your hard drive is failing. Unless your drive doesn't support DMA, which it probably does if it's 2 years old.
Every time I've seen those evil messages in the kernel log, my drive has died. So backup and replace it if you can.
Can you create limited accounts in XP Home?
My games are are played through telnet, you insensitive clod!
For me GMail's spam filter has beaten the rest (so far). YMMV.
Yep, lots of people already do this using del.icio.us.
Like why would an IIS webserver need DirectX? Could be wrong though.
Wouldn't it be easier just to download the source and search for it? strace can only show you functions as they're being executed, so it's coverage for any application of this size is way too small.
And Accelerated-X is available for Solaris also.
I do believe that this is the first time I've ever seen the word Apple used in the same sentence as "reasonably priced".
I have several IMAP servers connected. E-mail me if you want me to try to help (in my profile).
So it has a non-free dependency... just like every open source Java application. By your argument Tomcat and other successful Java products should be ignored.
Debian Unstable has Mono version 0.31.
You realize that's only valid in the context of a corporate setup, right? Most viruses and trojans infest home systems. Of course it's easy to reimage a machine in an office - it's the fabled "Aunt Tillie" we have to worry about.
Apologies for the formatting. The one thing apt-get upgrade doesn't patch is me.
I run Debian GNU/Linux (unstable) on this laptop, and the Stable version on several servers that I administrate for work. Guess what? apt-get update and upgrade on any of the machines will update all the packages. On this unstable system, upgrading will get me bug fixes, security fixes and new bugs (gotta love unstable). But on the work systems, where they're running Stable, they get nothing but bug fixes and security patches. It's simple, straight-forward and I put a hell of a lot of trust into the Debian community and they've not let me down yet. And all of the software is updated. Everything from mailing list software to the bug reporting tool, from the IMAP daemon to SquirrelMail. As for Acrobat and Realplayer - what in the hell would they be doing on either my office systems or home? I'm serious. I use XMMS and VLC, and they rock - playing every single file I throw at them without a hiccough. And Acrobat, yeah, uh... I could download that or just run xpdf, the KDE PDF viewier, or a myriad of other less-bloated applications. So yes, my distribution provider - Debian - does provide me with updates to all my software. And it works fucking beautifully.
He specifically mentions connecting to his VPN, and to do that my guess is that he's using Windows XP Professional (since Home can't join a domain, right)?
Hahahah. You, me and probably thousands of others have the same horrifying phrase reverberating through our heads.
It's a shame that it got really, really boring after the first couple of hours.
Yes, agreed. The security provided by WEP may be poor, but it is better than nothing and every little bit counts.
No no, you misunderstand - you block everything coming from the wireless access point except the VPN host/IP address combination. Nothing gets through the network without using the VPN.
If you're in a corporate environment that actually allows access to anything via a wireless LAN and rely on WEP, then you have much bigger problems with your organization. Seriously - WEP is pathetic. Use a VPN. In my case I tunnel everything through SSH (web, IMAP, SMTP, etc).
It's in the article.
The first group of results for that query seem relevant, containing links to eductional directories, the National Education Association, etc.
I don't see anything strange when I make that search. What am I supposed to see?
Excuse me sir! Did you just imply that Microsoft DNS services adhere to the standard protocols? ;-)