Get a warrant to seize hard drive,iInvestigate lifestyle patterns of the person, internet usage patterns from that IP. I still think that innocent until proven guilty should be main principle behind a ruling.
One thing is for sure, if someone wants to really hide behind a computer, he can. Unless the investigation team has influence beyond national borders.
Yes. There is a hell lot of noise in all that data. While it can be harvested by someone who knows exactly who and what he wants, it is not viable for anyone to randomly track you, and watch you for slip ups.
True this. I am testing the nightly build on both Windows Vista and Ubuntu 11.04,and it hasn't crashed on me yet. And I can confirm that it is extremely smooth on Ubuntu, I would in fact say that it's perceptibly smoother than the Windows build.
Most extensions don't work yet, which is expected. Although, AdBlock, NoScript and WoT surprisingly work.
Kudos to the Mozilla team for their brilliant browser.
The problem with this is inevitable flame wars. You are going to see Ubuntu guys point out their position on Distrowatch, and Slackware sneering at the Ubuntu guys.
Very few people on Slashdot have any objectivity and can see improvements for what they are
Just wanted to add... objectivity about UI changes? Surely you're joking, Mr. Atomic Butterfly!
About stuff that you can actually be objective about, Slashdot has come through. Maybe it's just you who is feeling victimized by/. for being a Windows user.
Tough to say really. Depends on the applications they use: OpenOffice, Firefox, Evolution + necessary proprietary software for each division. If that's covered, and they get the fucking printers and scanners to work properly before installing on 10,000 machines, they should be fine. Text editors and IDEs are as good as or better than what you get in windows, so that's fine.
One thing though, they must be having some internal software provided and maintained them by a relatively small third party software vendor right? How are they gonna manage that?
I was playing devil's advocate. Linux's system of operation (if you will) is lightyears ahead of Microsoft's "3rd party advisories" when it comes to security.
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Isn't arch potentially more bleeding edge?
will it run debian?
One thing is for sure, if someone wants to really hide behind a computer, he can. Unless the investigation team has influence beyond national borders.
Unfortunately, it won't be there in the next release. AFAIK, you will be able to choose between Unity and Gnome Shell in a release or two.
Yes. There is a hell lot of noise in all that data. While it can be harvested by someone who knows exactly who and what he wants, it is not viable for anyone to randomly track you, and watch you for slip ups.
Oops sorry. Just read TFA. :\
Why Windows though? And why not Mac? As far as I know, there are less viruses out in the wild for the latter.
Dammit, you beat me to it!
Yes. But, on Ubuntu, and I am sure on Arch at least, it is easy enough to point your sources to the nightly build.
Wow, this has been modded up? Insult or troll all you want, but "a toy for masochistic nerds." is plain incorrect.
Most extensions don't work yet, which is expected. Although, AdBlock, NoScript and WoT surprisingly work.
Kudos to the Mozilla team for their brilliant browser.
Off-topic, but I don't get the tablet revolution. Am I just getting too old, or am I just not tech-savvy enough? :(
Someone obviously spent a lot of time and energy and love on this wall of text.
I like how writing one line of command is considered as advanced these days. Not trying to be elitist or anything, just musing.
I don't mind running make clean install, even though it's 2011. But, isn't it a pain to keep track of bug fixes and security updates?
no. that might be 11.10.
The problem with this is inevitable flame wars. You are going to see Ubuntu guys point out their position on Distrowatch, and Slackware sneering at the Ubuntu guys.
I hope youtube comes through.
Money was probably the most important factor. But, why Sony? Ideology definitely had a role.
Very few people on Slashdot have any objectivity and can see improvements for what they are
Just wanted to add... objectivity about UI changes? Surely you're joking, Mr. Atomic Butterfly!
About stuff that you can actually be objective about, Slashdot has come through. Maybe it's just you who is feeling victimized by /. for being a Windows user.
Why is it available on iPhone then?
One thing though, they must be having some internal software provided and maintained them by a relatively small third party software vendor right? How are they gonna manage that?
when you install windows, you're installing bdsm.
I was playing devil's advocate. Linux's system of operation (if you will) is lightyears ahead of Microsoft's "3rd party advisories" when it comes to security.
Wow.. the rage. Did you get stood up one of those types you mentioned?