@Lumpy FTR, Ubuntu Linux has been targeted in multiple hacking competitions, most notably PWN 2 OWN, and has never been successfully exploited beyond the user layer. Furthermore, as any Linux-savvy user should know, Ubuntu is by comparison one of the more insecure distributions of Linux; good luck *ever* hacking a hardened Gentoo distro with SELinux and good security practices.
If Windows was open-source, then we would have a decently secure operating system. "With enough eyeballs, any bug is shallow."
Slashdot users debunk this scheme as stupid in 5... 4... 3...
X-Pire= DRM for images. And I thought Facebook's control over *my* content was bad enough...and the memory-hogging addon was already the deal-breaker to begin with...
The last time they said "In only 200 lines", kernel developers had a hissy fit and several killjoys pointed out you could get better performance with two commands and 4 lines of.bashrc code.
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@Lumpy FTR, Ubuntu Linux has been targeted in multiple hacking competitions, most notably PWN 2 OWN, and has never been successfully exploited beyond the user layer. Furthermore, as any Linux-savvy user should know, Ubuntu is by comparison one of the more insecure distributions of Linux; good luck *ever* hacking a hardened Gentoo distro with SELinux and good security practices. If Windows was open-source, then we would have a decently secure operating system. "With enough eyeballs, any bug is shallow."
Slashdot users debunk this scheme as stupid in 5... 4... 3...
X-Pire= DRM for images. And I thought Facebook's control over *my* content was bad enough...and the memory-hogging addon was already the deal-breaker to begin with...
In only 200 lines.
The last time they said "In only 200 lines", kernel developers had a hissy fit and several killjoys pointed out you could get better performance with two commands and 4 lines of .bashrc code.
So, Linux can now keep my beer cold, but can it bring me a cold beer?
Hey! "...not free as in 'free beer'...", Remember?!? Although they do have free (open-source) beer now...