This was predicted back in March by Joel Spolsky, but looks like they've got a good compromise going if it applies only to the Intranet. Don't know as release time comes, whether they will stick to it.
According to the article, the winner was The Watson family of Montclair, Va., for
their video, "The Problem with Math." which got 21.37% of the vote. String Ducky is actually 4th with 14.77% of the vote.
I upgraded from Feisty a while ago to Gutsy RC, and VMware stopped working for me (no kernel modules present). It's apparently a known issue with the current kernel.
Steps that worked for me:
Download vmware-package from debian(i386, amd64) and click on downloaded package to install using Gdebi (or use dpkg -i [downloaded file])
Install the.deb files generated by the above process (install in this order: vmware-lib, vmware-bin, vmware-kernel-modules, vmware-common, vmware-player).
This is a variant of a very old joke, which can be about any two sets of people (here X = engineers, Y = managers). The one I know extends the story a bit further:
On the local shuttle back to the office, the engineers buy no tickets. Puzzlingly, all of the managers bought tickets for every one. This time, the engineers post two lookouts and make a sign on the approach of a ticket inspector and start hunting for a toilet, only to realize that there is no toilet on the local shuttle!
Check out Automatix (Automated GUI installation script) posted on the EasyUbuntu forum. It installs all the nice-to-have extra software automatically. It's been updated to this release, and the number of posts has increased dramatically since I downloaded it this morning!!
A list of what it does (copied from the post):
Capabilities:
1) Installs multimedia codecs
2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe reader and mplayer)
3) Modifies ALSA, OSS and ESD confs for duplex sound (solves most audio related probs on Ubuntu)
4) Adds midi capability to your Ubuntu box (NEW)
5) Installs RAR and ACE archive support
6) Installs skype
7) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same.
8) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME)
9) Installs gftp (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability)
10) Configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to start up Gnome System Monitor (aka Windows)
11) Disables powernowd on laptops when they are plugged in
12) Installs DC++ and Limewire (file sharing progs)
13) Installs multimedia editors (Audacity (audio), Kino (video), EasyTag (ID3))
14) Installs CD (goobox) and DVD (dvdrip) rippers
15) Installs Mplayer and mplayerplug-in version 3.05 for Firefox
16) Installs totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet)
17) Installs Opera Browser
18) Installs Debian Menu (shows all installed applications)
19) Installs Bittornado and Azureus (Bittorrent clients)
20) Installs Avidemux
21) Enables Prelinking
22) Enables Numlock on (turns numlock on Gnome startup)
23) Installs Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor) and Screem (Web Development Env.))
24) Gamepads (Makes USB gamepads work)
25) Totem and Mozplugger (Totem embedded with mozplugger)
26) GnomePPP (Graphical Dial up connection tool) (NEW)
The story mentions that they've voted to apply as a top-level project, not that they've been given that status (that'll be decided by the Apache board).
If the person who owns the copyright to the photo (that's NOT you, it's the person who took it) disagrees with it, then you can sue the offender. Else, you have to face the consequences;-)
Not that I've got anything against OOo, but check out pdf4free, which is a free tool which can install itself as a printer (plus it is VERY simple to get up and running). We use it exclusively, it's quick and the PDF output is nice AND very compact.
Very insightful stuff. It really makes you sit up and realize HOW insecure your system can be. And that there's nothing to protect you from anyone serious enough unless that you don't matter.
Yeah, but OpenBSD tries to avoid adding too many features during its code audits... and OpenBSD already has gone through multiple, LONG audits (recall that Theo did a year-plus audit soon after forking from NetBSD). Also, OpenBSD tends to be very conservative and behind the cutting edge for this very reason (not that it's a bad strategy, mind you). However, this does not sit very well with Microsoft's strategy of adding more and more features in every new product release....
Security is not a methodology which you can apply like any other tool -- it is a mindset which has to be cultivated in the original coders AND carried over to the ones who bugfix/test the code.
I'm highly sceptical of this. In my experience, security and features are always on two opposites sides of the spectrum, and Microsoft is too much on the features and ease-of-use mindset to have something really significant coming from this effort.
You know, with this economic downturn, a lot of people might be tempted into doing stuff like this. You start on the legal side, but slowly start crossing the line...and with more and more of the world starting to jump on the e-bandwagon, it's really scary to think. It's not just hacking I'm thinking of but also of backdoors and malicious activites from within a organization (securit y inside an organization can be slack sometimes).
Such a conflict is bad for the image of the open source community. Sadly, it has reached the stage where no one can back down because of bruised egos...And hence it'll be settled (if ever) after a lot of shenanigans.
On a slightly related note - can anyone recommend a tiny Linux distribution that runs off floppies? I am hoping to run an X server, icewm, PPP and ssh.
Try MuLinux -- it runs off those 1.7M formatted floppies.
If you want to install a *nix like OS, you can use floppies to install FreeBSD (and some other Linuxes, too--although I can't recall any atm)
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This was predicted back in March by Joel Spolsky, but looks like they've got a good compromise going if it applies only to the Intranet. Don't know as release time comes, whether they will stick to it.
According to the article, the winner was The Watson family of Montclair, Va., for their video, "The Problem with Math." which got 21.37% of the vote. String Ducky is actually 4th with 14.77% of the vote.
Thank you for the very interesting link!
You should really be looking at Puppy Linux or Damn Small Linux.
On that path, ponder this sequence:
unzip..
strip..
touch..
finger..
grep..
mount..
fsck..
more..
yes..
fsck..fsck..fsck..
umount..
sleep..
This is a variant of a very old joke, which can be about any two sets of people (here X = engineers, Y = managers). The one I know extends the story a bit further:
On the local shuttle back to the office, the engineers buy no tickets. Puzzlingly, all of the managers bought tickets for every one. This time, the engineers post two lookouts and make a sign on the approach of a ticket inspector and start hunting for a toilet, only to realize that there is no toilet on the local shuttle!
I'm curious, could you show such examples?
Check out Automatix (Automated GUI installation script) posted on the EasyUbuntu forum. It installs all the nice-to-have extra software automatically. It's been updated to this release, and the number of posts has increased dramatically since I downloaded it this morning!! A list of what it does (copied from the post): Capabilities: 1) Installs multimedia codecs 2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe reader and mplayer) 3) Modifies ALSA, OSS and ESD confs for duplex sound (solves most audio related probs on Ubuntu) 4) Adds midi capability to your Ubuntu box (NEW) 5) Installs RAR and ACE archive support 6) Installs skype 7) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same. 8) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME) 9) Installs gftp (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability) 10) Configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to start up Gnome System Monitor (aka Windows) 11) Disables powernowd on laptops when they are plugged in 12) Installs DC++ and Limewire (file sharing progs) 13) Installs multimedia editors (Audacity (audio), Kino (video), EasyTag (ID3)) 14) Installs CD (goobox) and DVD (dvdrip) rippers 15) Installs Mplayer and mplayerplug-in version 3.05 for Firefox 16) Installs totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet) 17) Installs Opera Browser 18) Installs Debian Menu (shows all installed applications) 19) Installs Bittornado and Azureus (Bittorrent clients) 20) Installs Avidemux 21) Enables Prelinking 22) Enables Numlock on (turns numlock on Gnome startup) 23) Installs Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor) and Screem (Web Development Env.)) 24) Gamepads (Makes USB gamepads work) 25) Totem and Mozplugger (Totem embedded with mozplugger) 26) GnomePPP (Graphical Dial up connection tool) (NEW)
There was a good post on this on the mailing list a while ago.
The story mentions that they've voted to apply as a top-level project, not that they've been given that status (that'll be decided by the Apache board).
ID3v2 data *IS* at the start of the file, normally takes the first 4kB or so (depends on the padding settings).
If the person who owns the copyright to the photo (that's NOT you, it's the person who took it) disagrees with it, then you can sue the offender. Else, you have to face the consequences ;-)
Not that I've got anything against OOo, but check out pdf4free, which is a free tool which can install itself as a printer (plus it is VERY simple to get up and running). We use it exclusively, it's quick and the PDF output is nice AND very compact.
heh, you might want to take a look at this joke. ;-)
Amen to that, brother.
See the comments by Medusa in this board:
p hp?t=186
http://www.security-forums.com/forum/viewtopic.
Very insightful stuff. It really makes you sit up and realize HOW insecure your system can be. And that there's nothing to protect you from anyone serious enough unless that you don't matter.
All this time I was reading here that Netcraft confirmed that *BSD was dying...and now they say it's alive, has 2 million sites and is growing.
Maybe they should make up their minds ... ;-)
this makes a very good point...
Yeah, but OpenBSD tries to avoid adding too many features during its code audits ... and OpenBSD already has gone through multiple, LONG audits (recall that Theo did a year-plus audit soon after forking from NetBSD). Also, OpenBSD tends to be very conservative and behind the cutting edge for this very reason (not that it's a bad strategy, mind you). However, this does not sit very well with Microsoft's strategy of adding more and more features in every new product release....
Security is not a methodology which you can apply like any other tool -- it is a mindset which has to be cultivated in the original coders AND carried over to the ones who bugfix/test the code.
I'm highly sceptical of this. In my experience, security and features are always on two opposites sides of the spectrum, and Microsoft is too much on the features and ease-of-use mindset to have something really significant coming from this effort.
You know, with this economic downturn, a lot of people might be tempted into doing stuff like this. You start on the legal side, but slowly start crossing the line...and with more and more of the world starting to jump on the e-bandwagon, it's really scary to think. It's not just hacking I'm thinking of but also of backdoors and malicious activites from within a organization (securit y inside an organization can be slack sometimes).
Such a conflict is bad for the image of the open source community. Sadly, it has reached the stage where no one can back down because of bruised egos...And hence it'll be settled (if ever) after a lot of shenanigans.
It's a sad state when governments and people forget why copyright was invented in the first place and the reason it was useful.
Try MuLinux -- it runs off those 1.7M formatted floppies. If you want to install a *nix like OS, you can use floppies to install FreeBSD (and some other Linuxes, too--although I can't recall any atm)