Re:I'm more amazed....
on
Baked Apple
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
He's being paid to fix it, not to ask questions.
As long as she's willing to pay money for the job, it's none of his business.
Who thinks like that? How can you train your brain not to function? How can you train yourself not to be curious? "Why?" would have been the first thing out of my mouth.
Making Nautilus not load on Gnome load
on
Gnome 2.2 Released
·
· Score: 1
You can tell Nautilus to not draw icons on the desktop. This *appears* to have the effect of making Nautilus not load when Gnome loads. At least, I don't see Nautilus in my process listing, and Gnome does appear to load faster. Now whether you can live w/o desktop icons, that's up to you. Personally, I cannot stand desktop icons so it's great for me.
i'm a Microsoft(tm) user, could i use lindow [sic] with my ms experience without too much trouble? how different are they?
I'm assuming when you say you are a Microsoft user you mean that you have only ever used Microsoft products. At this stage, any Unix-based operating system, be it a Linux distribution, Lindows (I do not personally count Lindows as a true Linux distribution), FreeBSD, or whatever, will be like jumping into a cold swimming pool. That is to say, it will be a shock at first, but if you are reasonably intelligent and you have picked a newbie distribution (Mandrake, Lycoris, Lindows, ELX), you should be able to adjust.
Some things to keep in mind:
1. You will not have perfect compatibility with Windows apps like MSOffice. You can use OpenOffice and most of your docs will look fine, but some will have visible display glitches (although I have never seen one that was unreadable). You can also download browser plugins for Mozilla (the best Linux web browser) which give it virtually all the worthwhile functionality of IE. Ximian Evolution is an excellent replacement for Outlook. OpenOffice, Mozilla, and Evolution all come with most new Linux distributions today. Another solution is Codeweavers Crossover Office and Crossover Plugin, which let you use Windows office apps and browser plugins. However, this option requires a subscription fee.
2. Many/most Windows games will not work at all, or without a good deal of tinkering. If you are a hardcore gamer, check out Transgaming WineX which can let you play some of the most popular Windows games with a minimum of glitches. This option also requires a subscription fee.
3. A Linux installation needs either its own hard drive, a free partition of space on a Windows drive (at least a few gigabytes) or its own machine. If you have only one machine with one partition on one hard drive, and that is for Windows, then you *might* damage your Windows installation installing Linux. Your best bet if you don't know what I am talking about is to ask a friend who knows more for some help in the installation.
4. While most hardware I have ever purchased is supported, some things just don't have support yet. One example is the "winmodem". Most modems sold today are sneakily designed to work only with Microsoft Windows. Yes, this is a conspiracy between Microsoft and the manufacturers of those modems. If your modem doesnt work, you will probably have to buy a new modem which specifically says it is a "hardware modem". As someone in [your local computer/electronics store] for help.
**Aside from all that, a tonne of things are different in the actual underlying operating system, but if you aren't a developer, you proably won't be intersted in those details. (Feel free to continue this thread if you are, I will be happy to answer more questions.)
With all this, I was trying to provide full disclosure of pitfalls to migrating, not to discourage you. I definately think the switch to Linux is worthwhile in the long term.
If as you implied you have only ever used Microsoft products, the best path you could take is to switch to OpenOffice and Mozilla running on Windows, then if you are comfortable with them, try to dual-boot with a newbie distribution like the ones mentioned above.
1. To differentiate their product, corporations must add new features; new features very often impose new requirements on persistence format and hence break interoperability.
2. Standards bodies move far slower than the companies implementing said standards, often making true interoperability difficult.
I'm not really sure how to avoid these problems.
/snip
Well, at the very least, they could provide a written spec for the data format they use, so that if others desire, they can create a compatible reader or editor without having to muck about with trial-and-error style reverse engineering.
I think a lot of people's (who advocate open standards but not open source) objections to DOC and other MS formats would be removed if MS would explicitly (and accurately) publish the details of the formats (and not mine them w/ patents and tricky EULAs). That way, any blame for a bad implementation would fall on the 3rd party vendor, rather than on MS for obfuscating the format.
Pardon me if my assumption is wrong, but you sound like a relative newbie to secure systems development. Unless you are an expert cryptographer, you cannot make an algorithm even approaching the quality of today's widespread algorithms. But even having excellent crypto is not enough. Security is built in each part of your app, both in coding and overall design, as this vulnerability demonstrates, and it will take a lot of work to make a secure app.
I don't mean to discourage you, so if you are serious about implementing a secure portal, or just learning more about secure systems development, here are some of my favorites:
Unfortunately, i have to agree to some extent. I read the Chronicles at 9 and I didnt get most of the allusions, and the stories were great. I recently read them again and while I still liked them, the allusions were so painfully obvious that I did lose some of the respect I had for the works. I think this is because Lewis wrote for small children, so he made them that obvious to an adult to get the point across to an 9 year old. Hopefully, the movies will not suck, and even improve upon these classics by making the allusion more subtle.
Unfortunately, this will not work. As another poster mentioned, Congressfolk can spot a form letter a mile away. This works for groups like the NRA because along with the form letters come (or dont come) big campaign contributions. Unless and until the hacker community gets into the act of organized brib^H^H^H^H campaign money collection and distribution, letters ought to be individually written, even if the ideas in them are the same.
Slashdot Mirror
He's being paid to fix it, not to ask questions.
Who thinks like that? How can you train your brain not to function? How can you train yourself not to be curious? "Why?" would have been the first thing out of my mouth.As long as she's willing to pay money for the job, it's none of his business.
You can tell Nautilus to not draw icons on the desktop. This *appears* to have the effect of making Nautilus not load when Gnome loads. At least, I don't see Nautilus in my process listing, and Gnome does appear to load faster. Now whether you can live w/o desktop icons, that's up to you. Personally, I cannot stand desktop icons so it's great for me.
I'm assuming when you say you are a Microsoft user you mean that you have only ever used Microsoft products. At this stage, any Unix-based operating system, be it a Linux distribution, Lindows (I do not personally count Lindows as a true Linux distribution), FreeBSD, or whatever, will be like jumping into a cold swimming pool. That is to say, it will be a shock at first, but if you are reasonably intelligent and you have picked a newbie distribution (Mandrake, Lycoris, Lindows, ELX), you should be able to adjust.
Some things to keep in mind:
1. You will not have perfect compatibility with Windows apps like MSOffice. You can use OpenOffice and most of your docs will look fine, but some will have visible display glitches (although I have never seen one that was unreadable). You can also download browser plugins for Mozilla (the best Linux web browser) which give it virtually all the worthwhile functionality of IE. Ximian Evolution is an excellent replacement for Outlook. OpenOffice, Mozilla, and Evolution all come with most new Linux distributions today. Another solution is Codeweavers Crossover Office and Crossover Plugin, which let you use Windows office apps and browser plugins. However, this option requires a subscription fee.
2. Many/most Windows games will not work at all, or without a good deal of tinkering. If you are a hardcore gamer, check out Transgaming WineX which can let you play some of the most popular Windows games with a minimum of glitches. This option also requires a subscription fee.
3. A Linux installation needs either its own hard drive, a free partition of space on a Windows drive (at least a few gigabytes) or its own machine. If you have only one machine with one partition on one hard drive, and that is for Windows, then you *might* damage your Windows installation installing Linux. Your best bet if you don't know what I am talking about is to ask a friend who knows more for some help in the installation.
4. While most hardware I have ever purchased is supported, some things just don't have support yet. One example is the "winmodem". Most modems sold today are sneakily designed to work only with Microsoft Windows. Yes, this is a conspiracy between Microsoft and the manufacturers of those modems. If your modem doesnt work, you will probably have to buy a new modem which specifically says it is a "hardware modem". As someone in [your local computer/electronics store] for help.
**Aside from all that, a tonne of things are different in the actual underlying operating system, but if you aren't a developer, you proably won't be intersted in those details. (Feel free to continue this thread if you are, I will be happy to answer more questions.)
With all this, I was trying to provide full disclosure of pitfalls to migrating, not to discourage you. I definately think the switch to Linux is worthwhile in the long term.
If as you implied you have only ever used Microsoft products, the best path you could take is to switch to OpenOffice and Mozilla running on Windows, then if you are comfortable with them, try to dual-boot with a newbie distribution like the ones mentioned above.
1. To differentiate their product, corporations must add new features; new features very often impose new requirements on persistence format and hence break interoperability.
2. Standards bodies move far slower than the companies implementing said standards, often making true interoperability difficult.
I'm not really sure how to avoid these problems.
Well, at the very least, they could provide a written spec for the data format they use, so that if others desire, they can create a compatible reader or editor without having to muck about with trial-and-error style reverse engineering.
I think a lot of people's (who advocate open standards but not open source) objections to DOC and other MS formats would be removed if MS would explicitly (and accurately) publish the details of the formats (and not mine them w/ patents and tricky EULAs). That way, any blame for a bad implementation would fall on the 3rd party vendor, rather than on MS for obfuscating the format.
I don't mean to discourage you, so if you are serious about implementing a secure portal, or just learning more about secure systems development, here are some of my favorites:
By Schneier:
Secrets and Lies -- on why crypto and technology arent enough.
Applied Cryptography -- Howto make good crypto
By Viega and McGraw: Building Secure Software -- The whole process of secure system development.
Good luck and good reading!
Unfortunately, i have to agree to some extent. I read the Chronicles at 9 and I didnt get most of the allusions, and the stories were great. I recently read them again and while I still liked them, the allusions were so painfully obvious that I did lose some of the respect I had for the works. I think this is because Lewis wrote for small children, so he made them that obvious to an adult to get the point across to an 9 year old. Hopefully, the movies will not suck, and even improve upon these classics by making the allusion more subtle.
Unfortunately, this will not work. As another poster mentioned, Congressfolk can spot a form letter a mile away. This works for groups like the NRA because along with the form letters come (or dont come) big campaign contributions. Unless and until the hacker community gets into the act of organized brib^H^H^H^H campaign money collection and distribution, letters ought to be individually written, even if the ideas in them are the same.