As far as I can tell, Mandrake is the only distro that meets your specs. 8.0 uses Kernel 2.4 (with iptables, they might have ipchains available in their modifications), GRUB, and XFree 4.0.x. It still keeps the/dev system though in lieu of devfs.
When you GPL code, you generally put this in (at least I do...):
...either version 2 of this license, or (at your option) any later version.
What this means is that it's up to the user what terms they want to be bound by. You can download GPL software and decide, "I like version 3, I'm only going to distribute it under the terms of that version."
However, they're required to credit it (kinda like the BSD license, IIRC). So you have a situation like this:
Bob burns CD of Open Audio License material.
Bob sells CD at flea market.
Barb buys CD, looks at linernotes, sees http://www.someband.com.
Barb visits site sees that she could've downloaded the album for free.
Of course, a few things could go wrong. Bob could decide not to attribute it. In this case, he's opening himself up to legal action, and is no different from a standard pirate.
Of course, if Barb does not have a 'net connection, or has such a slow one tha she could not reasonably go to the trouble of downloading, then Bob has provided her with a service, and it could be argued that he was merely charging for his value added.
I've been in the planning stages of a "record company" that would use the SPP. I was debating licensing the music under a modified GPL, but this makes it easier for me.
It's not entirely what I was planning on doing, but it's pretty close. I'll probably end up using this license.
There's nothing stopping MI5/MI6, DGSE, the Russians, the Chinese, et al. from violating your rights. As a matter of fact, Echelon essentially does just that: the US spies on the British citizens for the Brits; British spy on US citizens for the 'mericans.
Ivanov, Gorshkov and other unnamed associates used the Internet to gain illegal access to the computers of more than 40 banks and e-commerce sites in 10 states, often by exploiting a known security vulnerability in Windows NT, prosecutors say. A "patch" for the vulnerability has been posted on the Microsoft Web site for almost two years, but the companies hit by the cyberbandits hadn't updated their software. [Emphasis mine]
The biggest problem with NT isn't necessarily the security holes. It's the idiocy of the admins. The only way to stop this: make it expensive to hire retarded sysadmins. Do this by suing these outfits (not necessarily Microsoft) for gross negligence and lack of due diligence in protecting your credit card information. Yeah, you'll probably only get $50 plus court costs, but that'll be $75 they have to pay. These Russian hackers stole 38,000 numbers from an undisclosed site; That's almost $2.7 million for hiring an incompetent admin!
Uh, the governemnt doesn't subsidize that. The FCC has required (the "must-carry" rule) cable companies to give the broadcast outlets free access to their cable system. I believe that this rule has been repealed, though.
Essentially, the FBI was along for the arrest because he would also be charged in the US. British police actually made the arrest. Given the "special relationship" that the US and UK have had since WWII (and earlier), this is not altogether surprising.
This has happened already, to a certain extent. HP was running ads a while back for Amazon with the main point being that Amazon runs HP servers (it was also an ad for Amazon, though HP paid for it).
I haven't downloaded the Mandrake 8.0 final yet.. using Mandrake 8.0 beta 2.
gcc is 2.96. I haven't run into problems though.
Upgrading a Mandrake 7.1 system to 7.2 was somewhat of a disaster. I'd suggest wiping the disk (after backing up/home and os forth).
Fat university connection here, can't answer about pppoe.
Mandrake uses/etc/rc.d/init.d , but symlinks/etc/init.d to point there. Mandrake's general goal as far as organization goes is to try and accomodate Red Hat and non-Red Hat locations.
I installed my beta in about 30 minutes. A quick run of bastille to secure the system, some unnecessary lilo tweaks (Mandrake tends to use GRUB, which is much better, imho). I spent another hour upgrading sawfish (just to be on the bleeding edge) and other assorted programs, but that's not really necessary. urpmi is a good idea, and a step closer to apt-get.
The other thing that could be done is spread the text-based ads throughout the page.
To be completely honest, what percentage of your time reading/. is there a ad in sight (apart from people's personal sites being advertised in their sigs etc.)?
/. could probably make a lot more money if they implemented Google style ads (especially with the low entry cost). Allow the buyers of these ads to customize which topics their ad goes in. And if you can't sell an ad, just put a "Got $5? Your ad can be right here" promo (or just not show an ad, or show a public service ad for a project @ sourceforge etc.).
It is true that it's still illegal to export crypto from the US, but it's not illegal to import crypto into the US (and Mandrake, being a French company is allowed to do this).
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As far as I can tell, Mandrake is the only distro that meets your specs. 8.0 uses Kernel 2.4 (with iptables, they might have ipchains available in their modifications), GRUB, and XFree 4.0.x. It still keeps the /dev system though in lieu of devfs.
Must proofread better. Replace the last sentence with: "By choosing not to live free, you are in fact living free."
Only someone who is free can *choose* to not be free. By choosing to live free, you are in fact living free.
Apologies for the tortured grammar.
Well, as another poster has pointed out, BeOS and QNX are both microkernel based, and perform far better than Mach.
When you GPL code, you generally put this in (at least I do...):
What this means is that it's up to the user what terms they want to be bound by. You can download GPL software and decide, "I like version 3, I'm only going to distribute it under the terms of that version."There's also urpmi, which attempts to add apt-get style functionality to RPM based distros.
As long as Pepsi attributes it somewhere in the ad (most likely in the aml print at the bottom), they can use it under the license.
However, they're required to credit it (kinda like the BSD license, IIRC). So you have a situation like this:
- Bob burns CD of Open Audio License material.
- Bob sells CD at flea market.
- Barb buys CD, looks at linernotes, sees http://www.someband.com.
- Barb visits site sees that she could've downloaded the album for free.
Of course, a few things could go wrong. Bob could decide not to attribute it. In this case, he's opening himself up to legal action, and is no different from a standard pirate.Of course, if Barb does not have a 'net connection, or has such a slow one tha she could not reasonably go to the trouble of downloading, then Bob has provided her with a service, and it could be argued that he was merely charging for his value added.
I've been in the planning stages of a "record company" that would use the SPP. I was debating licensing the music under a modified GPL, but this makes it easier for me.
It's not entirely what I was planning on doing, but it's pretty close. I'll probably end up using this license.
But at the same time but having 38000 suits, in all 50 states, in small claims court is good... it's the legal equivalent of a DDOS...
There's nothing stopping MI5/MI6, DGSE, the Russians, the Chinese, et al. from violating your rights. As a matter of fact, Echelon essentially does just that: the US spies on the British citizens for the Brits; British spy on US citizens for the 'mericans.
The biggest problem with NT isn't necessarily the security holes. It's the idiocy of the admins. The only way to stop this: make it expensive to hire retarded sysadmins. Do this by suing these outfits (not necessarily Microsoft) for gross negligence and lack of due diligence in protecting your credit card information. Yeah, you'll probably only get $50 plus court costs, but that'll be $75 they have to pay. These Russian hackers stole 38,000 numbers from an undisclosed site; That's almost $2.7 million for hiring an incompetent admin!
No, if you want to do a Microsoft, you simply hijack another programming language, add proprietary extensions, and call it the new industry standard.
I like Sawfish standalone myself. Enlightenment-esque eye candy that's faster and lighter...
Uh, the governemnt doesn't subsidize that. The FCC has required (the "must-carry" rule) cable companies to give the broadcast outlets free access to their cable system. I believe that this rule has been repealed, though.
I myself find Java code to be more convoluted than C++. When I see lines with more than 4 casts, I scream!
Essentially, the FBI was along for the arrest because he would also be charged in the US. British police actually made the arrest. Given the "special relationship" that the US and UK have had since WWII (and earlier), this is not altogether surprising.
This has happened already, to a certain extent. HP was running ads a while back for Amazon with the main point being that Amazon runs HP servers (it was also an ad for Amazon, though HP paid for it).
As David Hume might have put it: tell us nothing new, because they are ultimately tautologies."
I believe that Mandrake comes with a Linux System Administration Guide....
I haven't downloaded the Mandrake 8.0 final yet.. using Mandrake 8.0 beta 2.
gcc is 2.96. I haven't run into problems though.
Upgrading a Mandrake 7.1 system to 7.2 was somewhat of a disaster. I'd suggest wiping the disk (after backing up /home and os forth).
Fat university connection here, can't answer about pppoe.
Mandrake uses /etc/rc.d/init.d , but symlinks /etc/init.d to point there. Mandrake's general goal as far as organization goes is to try and accomodate Red Hat and non-Red Hat locations.
I installed my beta in about 30 minutes. A quick run of bastille to secure the system, some unnecessary lilo tweaks (Mandrake tends to use GRUB, which is much better, imho). I spent another hour upgrading sawfish (just to be on the bleeding edge) and other assorted programs, but that's not really necessary. urpmi is a good idea, and a step closer to apt-get.
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The other thing that could be done is spread the text-based ads throughout the page.
To be completely honest, what percentage of your time reading /. is there a ad in sight (apart from people's personal sites being advertised in their sigs etc.)?
/. could probably make a lot more money if they implemented Google style ads (especially with the low entry cost). Allow the buyers of these ads to customize which topics their ad goes in. And if you can't sell an ad, just put a "Got $5? Your ad can be right here" promo (or just not show an ad, or show a public service ad for a project @ sourceforge etc.).
http://www.mckinneyisd.net is the district site... superintendent is danthony@mckinneyisd.net... ;o)
Fire away!...
It is true that it's still illegal to export crypto from the US, but it's not illegal to import crypto into the US (and Mandrake, being a French company is allowed to do this).