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  1. Re:/etc/rant on Linux, to be (Like Microsoft) or Not to be? · · Score: 1

    Small files have a huge performance cost because of disk seeks. Merging the many little files GConf maintains is actually very smart thing to do.

  2. Re:Future viability in question? on Gnome 2.10 Released · · Score: 1

    Also the KIO-slaves missing is a gripe but not specific to Gedit.

    Actually, this is a gripe against GEdit. GNOME-VFS can talk many different protocols. Just try http://, ftp:// or ssh:// (more) in Nautilus. Unfortunately, GEdit only uses GNOME-VFS to open files not save them.

  3. Re:Waugh ? == Most hated ! on An Interview with Jeff Waugh · · Score: 2, Informative

    Can you support any of that with facts? Examples from IRC, or the GNOME mailing lists? I seriously doubt it.

  4. IT vs CS on Switching from Another Industry to Engineering/CS? · · Score: 1

    I really wish there was a way to find out how many of the people complaining about the IT industry here actually have CS/EE degrees and how many don't. I have a feeling most of the complaining is coming from people without (much) formal education who got along easy during the boom time.

  5. Re:MOD PARENT UP! on Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com · · Score: 1

    You know this is complete crap right? There is no such thing as a Elected GNOME core team. The GNOME foundation elections elect people to do administrative things like raise money and look after it. Their roles as board members gives them no control over the technical direction at all.

    Their should be a moderation option for fiction or lies.

  6. Re:Gnome Lagging Behind KDE on Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only thing that GConf has in common with the windows registry is that it is one central API for configuration. If gconf-editor didn't look like the window regedit none of this FUD would have ever even started. Give it up.

  7. My prompt on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 1

    PS1="[\u@\h \t \w]\$ "

  8. Nautilus is not a web browser! on Eazel Come, Eazel Go? · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify, Nautilus is not a web browser nor was it ever designed to be one. BTW: Nautilus 1.0.3 fixes everything that was annoying about Nautilus and makes substantial speed improvements. It is a trule amazing piece of software.

  9. Re:Anyone with any REAL knowledge about gnome ? on GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems? · · Score: 2

    The open ports are used for CORBA communication within GNOME.

    Just add the lines:
    ORBIIOPIPv4=0
    ORBIIOPIPv6=0
    to the .orbitrc file in your home directory.

    This tells ORBit not to open TCP ports by default. You will not be able to run remote GNOME components if you do this.

    Also, the newer Helix GNOME updates do this by default.

  10. Re:gnome doesn't care about security on GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems? · · Score: 1

    Just add the lines:
    ORBIIOPIPv4=0
    ORBIIOPIPv6=0
    to the .orbitrc file in your home directory.

    This tells ORBit not to open TCP ports by default. You will not be able to run remote GNOME applets etc if you do this.

    Also, the newer Helix GNOME updates do this by default.

  11. Re:Gnome security on GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems? · · Score: 1

    Just add the lines:
    ORBIIOPIPv4=0
    ORBIIOPIPv6=0

    to the .orbitrc file in your home directory.

    That tells the ORBit libs not to open TCP ports. You will not be able to run remote GNOME applications if you do this.

  12. Simple Solution on GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems? · · Score: 1

    The open ports you see are the result of the CORBA communication that GNOME uses internally. You can tell ORBit not to open TCP sockets by default by editing the .orbitrc file in your home directory.
    Just add the lines:
    ORBIIOPIPv4=0
    ORBIIOPIPv6=0

  13. FreeSWAN and NAI PGPNet work great. on Open VPNs On Unix That Support Windows Clients? · · Score: 1

    I use a combination of PGPNet windows clients and Linux FreeSWAN gateways with great success. The FreeSWAN code has been maturing quite nicely.

    http://www.freeswan.org

  14. This poll was linked off of the KDE hompage. on Borland/Inprise Linux Survey Results · · Score: 1

    I originally found this poll linked on one of KDE's pages. Unfortunately, I don't think the results of the KDE/Qt vs GTK+/GNOME polls can be considered accurate because of this.

  15. Re:GNOME/GTK v. KDE/Qt on Borland/Inprise Linux Survey Results · · Score: 1

    I don't know how much this poll can be trusted since it was linked off of one of KDE's pages and they encouraged everyone to go there and fill it out. That's how I found the survey anyway.