If you have access to a UNIX-based webserver, you can set up your own web-based monitoring service very quickly, with a software package called Netsaint (http://netsaint.org).
We use it at work to keep track of how often our hosted website and our NT servers are down. It is fairly easy to install, and configuration isn't too bad since there are lots of examples you can copy-n-paste. It is very stable, and the generated data is laid out in a fairly readable manner (definately understandable by non-techies.) You can even do email and pager alerts when a host or particular service goes down!
Under Windows I get to start with a clean system and add tools I want.
Linux will let you do this. Just don't install all the optional packages.
The start menu is filled with crap I've never heard of.
Yes, it's a whole different operating system. If you've never used linux, you've probably never heard of a lot of the apps. It's just different - don't expect it to be the same as windows.
In Windows, I click on "Windows Update..." and get system patches for bugs, security holes, etc. I'm not aware of a simple method under Red Hat.
Run 'up2date'. It's better than Windows Update.
You make a good point about hardware configuration, though...
Oh give me a break. If the person who put together those screenshots is so concerned about displaying "the human form", why aren't there any pics of some guy with his ass hanging out? In Europe, nudity *is* used in ads - for shampoo, soap, etc. Not for software. This is just objectification of women. I find it unprofessional to have it on the main KDE site.
VMS systems have something similar. (I don't know what their filesystem is called, though.) It was a nice feature, but kinda disk space intensive, obviously.
Based on my admittedly small knowledge of Thomas Aquinas, I find his ideas pretty profound. I'd love to hear you explain your beef with him - except that would be incredibly offtopic.
Anyway, I don't think it's fair to either Aquinas or even RMS (in this case) to brush them off as some sort of religious kook. RMS has every right to expect KDE developers, or anyone else, to respect software licenses (namely, the GPL.) I think it's too bad that there are KDE coders who are so complacent about license violations.
And, hopefully, now that Qt will be GLP'd, slashdot will start to move on from this incredibly boring topic...
Maybe people would start showing interest in BeOS as a gaming platform if there were games available for it. Wildcard (wcdesign.com) seems to have done a handful of ports, but the games are not quite new, in demand titles...
You are right. I am stupid. It is far easier to search the web than it is to ask a simple question on slashdot and get flamed to hell and back for being stupid and asking questions. I am so glad you are here with your gigantic noggin' to point out the error of my ways, Eladio.
"Yes. (Maybe I have too much time on my hands, but yes.)"
I cannot believe that Debian users are expected to sift through the changelogs periodically to make sure no security problems have been found. Doesn't Debian make security announcements like most other distributions do??
I, unfortunately, have too little time on my hands.
If someone can tell me a more efficient way to keep up on Debian security, please let me know.
Otherwise, I'm starting to feel more secure in my choice of a non-Debian distro at home and work. (Apologies to all the moderators for daring to question the Holy Church of Debian, of course!)
PS: what's up with my original post being tagged [0: Flamebait]??? What was flamebait-y about it? Slashdot moderators are starting to look like a rabid pack of jack-booted Debian jackasses. GO AHEAD, I have plenty of karma to burn! How's that flamebait for ya!:P
Main Entry: professional
Pronunciation: pr&-'fesh-n&l, -'fe-sh&-n&l
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1748
[...]
(1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2)
: exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace
Are you at all familiar with GNOME programming? Many of the deficiencies you mention not a problem with Gnome, because they're available through GLib.
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"This only affects how Linux distro CDs are burned or what might be at the offical distro site; you can easily get QT and KDE and whatever else extends from that from third parties for whatever distro you're running."
This is a big problem for KDE. If we get to the point where KDE doesn't come "default" on systems, and you have to install it from a third party, then Gnome will have won. Who's going to go to all the effort of downloading a huge program when they already have something equivalent pre-installed? Some will, but not many. Now, maybe KDE won't mind being the dominant desktop UI for Linux/UNIX. Based on all their recent squaking over the Gnome Foundation, though, I think they will mind.;)
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I don't think its "rediculous" [sic] to not want to spend $1000s in licensing fees if I want to write a commerical app for Linux. Thankfully we have Gtk+/Gnome. If all we had on the Linux and UNIX desktop was KDE, I think a lot of small commercial developers wouldn't come anywhere near us. Linux will go no where on the desktop if we start excluding people.
That said, stupid, flamebait editorials like the one above accomplish nothing but stirring up trouble and driving up page views. I'm sure the author and LinuxPlanet are laughing all the way to the bank.
US Voters: FYI: Ralph Nader's campaign has taken a much stronger stance against Microsoft than the other two main candidates. Visit his website for more details.
Even in light of recent developments, I think there's *plenty* of room for KDE and all the other desktop environments out there. Not that some of the more partisan KDE'ers won't get riled up about this...
I can't believe they chose GNOME when KDE is superior is every way.
Gnome is a bloated, memory hungry moster, while KDE actually has a negative memory footprint. That's right, when I run KDE, it magically *reduces* my memory load!
Gnome is also coded horribly. Miguel "buffer overflow" de Icaza realizes this - this is why he's getting all these other big companies (I.B.M., Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems , even Eazel) to come in and fix it for him. If coders were U.S. presidents, the KDE programmers would be Abraham Lincoln, and the Gnome coders would be Warren G. Harding.
Gnome is ugly. Especially the one's by Tigert (or "mspaint.exe", his alter-identity on IRC.) KDE is, on the other hand, so beautiful that everytime I log in, I collase to the floor in a state of blissful shock for the sheer beauty of my desktop.
So please, people, stop the madness - drop Gnome and start using KDE instead!
(P.S. I wonder how many people will take this seriously...?)
I'd think twice before testing this exploit on any machines you care about. Their website generates a public list of the IP addresses of all the people who have run the exploit.
I ran the applet, and my portsentry has caught 9 people in less than 20 minutes trying to connect to my 'puter. Just a heads up to those other curious people out there.
Slashdot Mirror
We use it at work to keep track of how often our hosted website and our NT servers are down. It is fairly easy to install, and configuration isn't too bad since there are lots of examples you can copy-n-paste. It is very stable, and the generated data is laid out in a fairly readable manner (definately understandable by non-techies.) You can even do email and pager alerts when a host or particular service goes down!
Linux will let you do this. Just don't install all the optional packages. The start menu is filled with crap I've never heard of.
Yes, it's a whole different operating system. If you've never used linux, you've probably never heard of a lot of the apps. It's just different - don't expect it to be the same as windows. In Windows, I click on "Windows Update..." and get system patches for bugs, security holes, etc. I'm not aware of a simple method under Red Hat.
Run 'up2date'. It's better than Windows Update.
You make a good point about hardware configuration, though...
Oh give me a break. If the person who put together those screenshots is so concerned about displaying "the human form", why aren't there any pics of some guy with his ass hanging out? In Europe, nudity *is* used in ads - for shampoo, soap, etc. Not for software. This is just objectification of women. I find it unprofessional to have it on the main KDE site.
VMS systems have something similar. (I don't know what their filesystem is called, though.) It was a nice feature, but kinda disk space intensive, obviously.
things specific to redhat."
Heh, is this one of those "well I haven't tried RH7 but I've heard..." posts Bob Young was talking about? ;) Me thinks yes!
I didn't screw up.
You probably left fat support out of your new kernel, explaining why your dos partition wouldn't mount. Meaning you screwed up. It's ok - it happens.
"[...] and we don't need Microsoft telling them 'computer' is a proper noun."
Anyone who's ever watched Star Trek knows that the word computer *is* a proper noun, as in:
"Computer, calculate the amount of time until that neutron star goes supernova!"
or now:
"Turn off, Computer!"
:)
How about...
rpmfind gnucash
That'll take care of the dependencies for you. Or even better, use Helix Code's updater (of course that only covers certain desktop apps currently.)
Based on my admittedly small knowledge of Thomas Aquinas, I find his ideas pretty profound. I'd love to hear you explain your beef with him - except that would be incredibly offtopic.
Anyway, I don't think it's fair to either Aquinas or even RMS (in this case) to brush them off as some sort of religious kook. RMS has every right to expect KDE developers, or anyone else, to respect software licenses (namely, the GPL.) I think it's too bad that there are KDE coders who are so complacent about license violations.
And, hopefully, now that Qt will be GLP'd, slashdot will start to move on from this incredibly boring topic...
Maybe people would start showing interest in BeOS as a gaming platform if there were games available for it. Wildcard (wcdesign.com) seems to have done a handful of ports, but the games are not quite new, in demand titles...
You are right. I am stupid. It is far easier to search the web than it is to ask a simple question on slashdot and get flamed to hell and back for being stupid and asking questions. I am so glad you are here with your gigantic noggin' to point out the error of my ways, Eladio.
Thanks, that makes sense. I figured Debian must have a central source of security announcements (besides package changelogs).
PS: thanks for the patronizing "duhs", you're contributing to my already low opinion of Debian users.
"Yes. (Maybe I have too much time on my hands, but yes.)"
:P
I cannot believe that Debian users are expected to sift through the changelogs periodically to make sure no security problems have been found. Doesn't Debian make security announcements like most other distributions do??
I, unfortunately, have too little time on my hands.
If someone can tell me a more efficient way to keep up on Debian security, please let me know.
Otherwise, I'm starting to feel more secure in my choice of a non-Debian distro at home and work. (Apologies to all the moderators for daring to question the Holy Church of Debian, of course!)
PS: what's up with my original post being tagged [0: Flamebait]??? What was flamebait-y about it? Slashdot moderators are starting to look like a rabid pack of jack-booted Debian jackasses. GO AHEAD, I have plenty of karma to burn! How's that flamebait for ya!
[from www.m-w.com:]
Main Entry: professional
Pronunciation: pr&-'fesh-n&l, -'fe-sh&-n&l
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1748
[...]
(1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2)
: exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace
Are you at all familiar with GNOME programming? Many of the deficiencies you mention not a problem with Gnome, because they're available through GLib.
This is a big problem for KDE. If we get to the point where KDE doesn't come "default" on systems, and you have to install it from a third party, then Gnome will have won. Who's going to go to all the effort of downloading a huge program when they already have something equivalent pre-installed? Some will, but not many. Now, maybe KDE won't mind being the dominant desktop UI for Linux/UNIX. Based on all their recent squaking over the Gnome Foundation, though, I think they will mind. ;)
And how is this is on-topic?? :)
That said, stupid, flamebait editorials like the one above accomplish nothing but stirring up trouble and driving up page views. I'm sure the author and LinuxPlanet are laughing all the way to the bank.
Anyone have a copy of the original page?
US Voters: FYI: Ralph Nader's campaign has taken a much stronger stance against Microsoft than the other two main candidates. Visit his website for more details.
"[...] if we were to prostitute ourselves to big-money for the chance of being a media-recognized standard [...]"
"[...] but I still have the utmost respect for the Gnome developers themselves."
LOL. Cognitive dissonance, anyone?
It was a JOKE, (wo)man! Sheesh!
Even in light of recent developments, I think there's *plenty* of room for KDE and all the other desktop environments out there. Not that some of the more partisan KDE'ers won't get riled up about this...
I can't believe they chose GNOME when KDE is superior is every way.
Gnome is a bloated, memory hungry moster, while KDE actually has a negative memory footprint. That's right, when I run KDE, it magically *reduces* my memory load!
Gnome is also coded horribly. Miguel "buffer overflow" de Icaza realizes this - this is why he's getting all these other big companies (I.B.M., Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems , even Eazel) to come in and fix it for him. If coders were U.S. presidents, the KDE programmers would be Abraham Lincoln, and the Gnome coders would be Warren G. Harding.
Gnome is ugly. Especially the one's by Tigert (or "mspaint.exe", his alter-identity on IRC.) KDE is, on the other hand, so beautiful that everytime I log in, I collase to the floor in a state of blissful shock for the sheer beauty of my desktop.
So please, people, stop the madness - drop Gnome and start using KDE instead!
(P.S. I wonder how many people will take this seriously...?)
Running a port scan on a friend's system wasn't the example given, though. We're talking about UNAUTHORIZED scans.
;)
There's no reason to portscan someone without their prior permission.
(And I can't believe you euros would criticize our "make my day" laws here in the US!
I ran the applet, and my portsentry has caught 9 people in less than 20 minutes trying to connect to my 'puter. Just a heads up to those other curious people out there.
Portsentry Log
965533382 - 08/05/2000 23:43:02 Host: ppp-121.tnt-1.ind.smartworld.net/64.71.16.121 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965533409 - 08/05/2000 23:43:29 Host: c1102499-a.mntp1.il.home.com/24.22.238.125 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965533665 - 08/05/2000 23:47:45 Host: cx1009234-b.lbbck1.tx.home.com/24.15.153.5 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965533766 - 08/05/2000 23:49:26 Host: bluewhale-ext.nus.edu.sg/137.132.2.110 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965533960 - 08/05/2000 23:52:40 Host: adsl-151-203-192-148.bellatlantic.net/151.203.192
965534057 - 08/05/2000 23:54:17 Host: dialupB214.dlth.uswest.net/207.109.199.214 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965534280 - 08/05/2000 23:58:00 Host: dsl-209-162-218-233.easystreet.com/209.162.218.23
965534282 - 08/05/2000 23:58:02 Host: Station06.DSFM.MB.Ca/204.112.25.16 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked
965534422 - 08/06/2000 00:00:22 Host: koyk-u5.cisco.com/171.69.66.107 Port: 8080 TCP Blocked