I'll never tourch RPM again if I have too
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OpenPKG 1.0 Released
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The first time I typed "make install clean" in the FreeBSD ports tree I told myself I'd never do roothat again or RPMs again.
Since FreeBSD can run the huge majority of linux applications that I need/want, i have no need to get into RPM-hell again.
If I need to upgrade a system I use cvsup to apply the necessary patches to my source tree and make the world. If I want to update applications, I cvsup my ports tree and run portupgrade. There's nothing easier and it's very rare anything goes wrong.
So, why build this OpenPKG thing in the first place? VC money down the tubes. I'll keep my ports and packages, but I'll never run RPMs again.
I went to some webcam site today and it added two entries to IE proxy config to bypass my local proxy for two inetcam.com domains. Keep in mind I only visited the one web page that did this.
I wonder if what happened to me was performed via this knowledge.
if $reply_address contains "@com.tw" and
$reply_address does not contain "postmaster@" or
$h_received: contains "sol.control.com" or
$h_from: contains "safe-mail.net" or
$h_received: contains "216.126.161.44" or
$h_received: contains "popsite.net" or
$h_received: contains "thrunet.ne.kr" or
$h_received: contains "hinet.net" or
$h_received: contains "net.tw" or
$h_from: contains "net.tw" or
$h_from: contains "mail2000.com.tw" or
$h_from: contains "choicescom@163.com" or
$h_received: contains "163.com" or
$h_received: contains "travelincentives@aol.com" or
$h_received: contains "getawayandtravel@hotmail.com" or
$h_received: contains "202.105.16.164" or
$h_received: contains "bunutanko3@excite.com" or
$h_from: contains "bunutanko3@excite.com" or
$h_received: contains "intnara.com" or
$h_from: contains "intnara.com" or
$h_to: contains "hinet.net" or
$h_received: contains "61.13.229.84" or
$h_received: contains "computername" or
$h_received: contains "blick.com.tw" or
$h_received: contains "thirdage.com" or
$h_received: contains "216.126.160.29" or
$h_received: contains "ethome.net.tw" or
$h_received: contains "shoplet.com" or
$h_received: contains "shoplet.net" or
$h_received: contains "ctc-control.com" or
$h_received: contains "hot.ee" or
$h_sender: contains "mail.ee" or
$h_: contains "AmyWilson" or
$h_: contains "T_crow133"
then
seen finish
endif
The above seems to work pretty well for email coming to me. I haven't recieved spam in at least a week now... But it ain't over I'm sure.
I guess you never read your/etc/defaults/make.conf and edited the lines:
MASTER_SITE_BACKUP?= \
ftp://ftp5.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
and
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE?= ${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP}
This will allow you to get all your stuff from one mirror.
Go with FreeBSD and you'll never have to worry about which distro you use.
* Dependencies are handled automagically
* you can update the entire source tree with cvsup
* the ports collection can't be beat by any distro
* the firewalls are easy to configure and set up
* IPSEC VPNs with racoon (in ports) works great
* Setting Securelevel will protect you in ways you haven't thought of yet in linux
* There is so much more automation in FreeBSD that makes it much friendlier to use than any linux distro
Once you use FreeBSD you'll never go back to linux again.
FreeBSD is a much better alternative and makes a better replacement:
1. no symlink hell in/etc
2. a robust filesystem and SOFTUPDATES
3. linux binary compatibility
4. the ports collection
5. no rpm dependencies
6. upgrades are much less painful than any linux distro
7. virtual memory management is much better in FreeBSD
8. under high network loads, FreeBSD is much better
9. BUT - SMP in FreeBSD isn't as good as in linux
10. Nothing beats cvsup to update your src tree
This wasn't on EBay. This was a published demonstration of how steganography works.
But if you look at the Slashdot image: http://images.slashdot.org/title.gif you'll see cmdrtaco and cowboyneal with pasty white bodies on the well tanned French Riviera.
It was all a matter of time before the checks and balances system we have (in the USA) would test this.
First the companies buy their laws.
Second the courts review, comment, and declare consitutionality, and offers suggestions
Third the companies start over at one.
And in another five years we'll be doing this over and over again.
Schools should teach you to think for yourself. Learning any trade for a career is good, but there is always the need for additional training as the years wane by.
For example, in my chemical engineering school, we were taught to be correct to twenty percent eighty percent of the time.
Once more thing:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
Long ago when PGP was first announced I had a key generated. I have long since forgot about using PGP until PZ's/. post.
I have since installed, and configured PGP and GNU/GPG software on my home and work machines and am making active use of signing my documents. Not only that I've helped several others do the same thing.
Also, in my crypto-arsenal is OpenSSH which is a godsend to me since I no longer use telnet or ftp services on any of my computers accessible to the internet.
It's not that I worry about who is listening, or why; I have nothing to hide. I know that if someone is listening, they won't get squat out of my communications.
1. cvsup r00lz for updating the OS
2. ports collection
3. single file (/etc/make.conf) for managing compile-time options and a master ftp server
4. VM
5. ports collection
6. no rpm or deb files
7. ports collection
8. linux binary compatibility
9. ports collection
10. softupdates
11. securelevel
12. make world
I converted all my computers from linux to FreeBSD about six months ago and never looked back. I find FreeBSD much simpler to manage, automate, and secure than any other *NIX (I haven't given OpenBSD a try yet).
There is no "journaled" filesystem since softupdates does a really good job and imporves the fs performance.
Slashdot Mirror
Since FreeBSD can run the huge majority of linux applications that I need/want, i have no need to get into RPM-hell again.
If I need to upgrade a system I use cvsup to apply the necessary patches to my source tree and make the world. If I want to update applications, I cvsup my ports tree and run portupgrade. There's nothing easier and it's very rare anything goes wrong.
So, why build this OpenPKG thing in the first place? VC money down the tubes. I'll keep my ports and packages, but I'll never run RPMs again.
I went to some webcam site today and it added two entries to IE proxy config to bypass my local proxy for two inetcam.com domains. Keep in mind I only visited the one web page that did this.
I wonder if what happened to me was performed via this knowledge.
Shit like this makes pisses me off.
My exim .forward file to filter spam emails:
if $reply_address contains "@com.tw" and
$reply_address does not contain "postmaster@" or
$h_received: contains "sol.control.com" or
$h_from: contains "safe-mail.net" or
$h_received: contains "216.126.161.44" or
$h_received: contains "popsite.net" or
$h_received: contains "thrunet.ne.kr" or
$h_received: contains "hinet.net" or
$h_received: contains "net.tw" or
$h_from: contains "net.tw" or
$h_from: contains "mail2000.com.tw" or
$h_from: contains "choicescom@163.com" or
$h_received: contains "163.com" or
$h_received: contains "travelincentives@aol.com" or
$h_received: contains "getawayandtravel@hotmail.com" or
$h_received: contains "202.105.16.164" or
$h_received: contains "bunutanko3@excite.com" or
$h_from: contains "bunutanko3@excite.com" or
$h_received: contains "intnara.com" or
$h_from: contains "intnara.com" or
$h_to: contains "hinet.net" or
$h_received: contains "61.13.229.84" or
$h_received: contains "computername" or
$h_received: contains "blick.com.tw" or
$h_received: contains "thirdage.com" or
$h_received: contains "216.126.160.29" or
$h_received: contains "ethome.net.tw" or
$h_received: contains "shoplet.com" or
$h_received: contains "shoplet.net" or
$h_received: contains "ctc-control.com" or
$h_received: contains "hot.ee" or
$h_sender: contains "mail.ee" or
$h_: contains "AmyWilson" or
$h_: contains "T_crow133"
then
seen finish
endif
The above seems to work pretty well for email coming to me. I haven't recieved spam in at least a week now... But it ain't over I'm sure.
... it'll crumble in a week and forget who you are from time to time.
I guess you never read your /etc/defaults/make.conf and edited the lines:
s /${DIST_SUBDIR}/
MASTER_SITE_BACKUP?= \
ftp://ftp5.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfile
and
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE?= ${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP}
This will allow you to get all your stuff from one mirror.
man portupgrade
This utility rocks for upgrading ALL the installed ports.
Go with FreeBSD and you'll never have to worry about which distro you use.
* Dependencies are handled automagically
* you can update the entire source tree with cvsup
* the ports collection can't be beat by any distro
* the firewalls are easy to configure and set up
* IPSEC VPNs with racoon (in ports) works great
* Setting Securelevel will protect you in ways you haven't thought of yet in linux
* There is so much more automation in FreeBSD that makes it much friendlier to use than any linux distro
Once you use FreeBSD you'll never go back to linux again.
Go take a few Chemical Engineering courses and you'll like CS.
I'm a ChE graduate, but do a ton of CS stuff that doesn't invlolve programming. But the practical knowledge is priceless for any application.
FreeBSD is a much better alternative and makes a better replacement:
/etc
1. no symlink hell in
2. a robust filesystem and SOFTUPDATES
3. linux binary compatibility
4. the ports collection
5. no rpm dependencies
6. upgrades are much less painful than any linux distro
7. virtual memory management is much better in FreeBSD
8. under high network loads, FreeBSD is much better
9. BUT - SMP in FreeBSD isn't as good as in linux
10. Nothing beats cvsup to update your src tree
The more Microsoft makes it's own crypto, the higher the chances the crypto will be cracked.
This wasn't on EBay. This was a published demonstration of how steganography works.
But if you look at the Slashdot image: http://images.slashdot.org/title.gif you'll see cmdrtaco and cowboyneal with pasty white bodies on the well tanned French Riviera.
...is convincing the new *NIX admin to not hit ctrl-alt-delete.
...is reminding that the root user cannot log in from telnet.
...is getting accustomed to a CLI.
If the admins can't adapt, they should be fired. I guess an MSCE cert didn't get you very much after all.
I got GnuPG to successfully verify the message after truncating each line and removing all whitespaces from lines around the 74th column.
Your Info:
Ryan Finnie
KeyID 0x203ECA25
Date: 2001-05-09
Being Slashdotted
We have many lawyers
You listen to our music
Micr'Soft is our bitch
It was all a matter of time before the checks and balances system we have (in the USA) would test this.
First the companies buy their laws.
Second the courts review, comment, and declare consitutionality, and offers suggestions
Third the companies start over at one.
And in another five years we'll be doing this over and over again.
Schools should teach you to think for yourself. Learning any trade for a career is good, but there is always the need for additional training as the years wane by.
For example, in my chemical engineering school, we were taught to be correct to twenty percent eighty percent of the time.
Once more thing:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
Long ago when PGP was first announced I had a key generated. I have long since forgot about using PGP until PZ's /. post.
I have since installed, and configured PGP and GNU/GPG software on my home and work machines and am making active use of signing my documents. Not only that I've helped several others do the same thing.
Also, in my crypto-arsenal is OpenSSH which is a godsend to me since I no longer use telnet or ftp services on any of my computers accessible to the internet.
It's not that I worry about who is listening, or why; I have nothing to hide. I know that if someone is listening, they won't get squat out of my communications.
until it shows up on e-bay from a disgruntled former dot bomb employee who five-fingered it from a linux shop which stole BSD code.
It's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission (to play quake while copying open source code).
Linux users hate Windows, FreeBSD user love UNIX.
BSD is still very much alive and kicking.
Are you a terrorist? Click Here!
Worldwide scalability - Every town has a garbage dump and it gets bigger everytime you dump on it
Fault-tolerance - We've tolerated enough faults
Self-tuning - Everyone needs an MTU of 1500 on dialup
Self-configuration - Icons for every desktop
Security [sic] - we'll try it just once
Resource controls - we've reduced the number of easter eggs in this one
Try it on your own email address...
...and give them a potential list of persons that will do evil things with encryption that self-minded politicians will subpoena for black-listing.
Personally, I like the idea of encrypted communications. The more the merrier!
!sdnah ruoy no emit hcum oot evah uoy siht daer nac uoy fI
1. cvsup r00lz for updating the OS
2. ports collection
3. single file (/etc/make.conf) for managing compile-time options and a master ftp server
4. VM
5. ports collection
6. no rpm or deb files
7. ports collection
8. linux binary compatibility
9. ports collection
10. softupdates
11. securelevel
12. make world
I converted all my computers from linux to FreeBSD about six months ago and never looked back. I find FreeBSD much simpler to manage, automate, and secure than any other *NIX (I haven't given OpenBSD a try yet).
There is no "journaled" filesystem since softupdates does a really good job and imporves the fs performance.
Oh, BTW, did I mention the ports collection?
'nuff said