I assume you have never heard of soft updates?
As long as you only do meta-data journaling, soft updates is an appropriate replacement. Its advantage is that you can use the proven FFS and have your meta-data in a defined state all the time. This is like having the compatibility advantage of ext3-journaling for ext2, though its as fast as e. g. reiserfs.
In other news, FreeBSD has the most machines in netcrafts top 10 uptime servers...
Gentoo seems to be for people to play around with Linux (which can be good), but if you prefer to work on your Linux workstation, I'd recommend either Debian or Redhat. The bleeding edge aint a good choice if you want stability.
The Gentoo users I know are like wow, 214% faster, cause I compiled dhcpd myself, optimized for my P4! and sometimes like rats, I hosed my productive system with the kernel update again!
Whats next? portage for OpenBSD? Well at least OpenBSD could make use of a 2nd port system... instead of Darwin getting the 3rd one.
With DarwinPorts and Fink there is already a source based and a binary based system for 3rd party applications. Wonder what portage could brings us that isn't already there...
Everybody knows that Linux' first TCP/IP Stack was borrowed from FreeBSD. Though you are right that this wasn't in Kernel 0.01 - it didn't have any networking...
this is a lame excuse. Whats the function describing the nr. of people searching for holes in a software depending on its market share? linear? logarithmic? or just bool?
This argument is also totally rubbish, as the 5% linux users are far more experienced in finding holes then the 90% windows users.
Funny, the strongest party against software patents in Germany now is the FDP (liberals).
The green party seems to have lost its spirit in this point due to being part of the government...
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well, if you only refer to external security:
OS-X has a built-in firewall, OS-9 does not.
Nevertheless if someone has found a way to get on your machine, cooperative multitasking, absence of memory protection and absence of root user will make it a breeze to get all the data you have on the machine (even the passwords that are currently in RAM) and also the data of everyone else on this machine.
Security is not one line of defense that is exactly located at your network interface.
The vulnerable browser problem also existed on OS-9 with the Internet Explorer
But following your logic, that doesnt count either, as by default there is no automatic browsing daemon (or user) surfing the web on OS-9... - come on, Appleshare is installed by default on OS-9!
I believe there are plenty of Artists and other non-techfreaking users out there who are afraid of OS-X. They stay with what they know and what supports the application they use for years now.
Nerds like us get the most recent OS version of whatever gets thrown at us. We even buy stuff like the BeBox or the new Amiga, that dont have any real apps.
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...with OS X now is that it's slightly less secure,...
OS-X is less secure then OS-9???
OS-X has preemptive multitasking, OS-9 got cooperative
OS-X has memory protection, OS-9 doesnt
OS-X has an encrypted file system, OS-9 doesnt
OS-9 has to be used as super-user (delete the system!), OS-X hasnt
etc....
forget about it, OS-X is far more secure then OS-9.
...because they don't seem to care about anything outside their little cocoons...
yep, but this seems to be more liberal then the linux zealots crusade against everyone else. BSD does not force you.
This is all like comparing Ghandi to Dschinghis Kahn . The empire of Dschinghis was for sure larger and had more soldiers, but that doesnt make Dschengis a nicer person, does it.
We all know the GPL was born out of anger and frustration...
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I assume you have never heard of soft updates?
As long as you only do meta-data journaling, soft updates is an appropriate replacement. Its advantage is that you can use the proven FFS and have your meta-data in a defined state all the time. This is like having the compatibility advantage of ext3-journaling for ext2, though its as fast as e. g. reiserfs.
In other news, FreeBSD has the most machines in netcrafts top 10 uptime servers...
I've got two words for you: Core Image
no, but you can install Linux on your iPod...
Gentoo seems to be for people to play around with Linux (which can be good), but if you prefer to work on your Linux workstation, I'd recommend either Debian or Redhat. The bleeding edge aint a good choice if you want stability.
The Gentoo users I know are like wow, 214% faster, cause I compiled dhcpd myself, optimized for my P4! and sometimes like rats, I hosed my productive system with the kernel update again!
boring...
Whats next? portage for OpenBSD? Well at least OpenBSD could make use of a 2nd port system... instead of Darwin getting the 3rd one.
With DarwinPorts and Fink there is already a source based and a binary based system for 3rd party applications.
Wonder what portage could brings us that isn't already there...
They also tried to kill the bnetd - an open source battle.net server.
It now lives in the UK, as the DMCA only works in the US...
yeah, just like it is now with Emacs...
How many felines are left? Even including "cat" and others, they are bound to run out, aren't they?
At least one rather famous Apple employee likes the name fuzzy hairball - so there are some more (Cougar, Lynx).
Maybe for OS 11 (OS X1?) they will start doing canines or something... Wolf, Coyote, Bear?
The name for the next OpenDarwin release actually is Coyote. So stay tuned for more lupine names here.
- Don't update your product;
- Make money as usual;
- Don't get in conflict with even more antitrust divisions...
Hell, they are doing nothing and still get the money from everyone.Objective C is included - clean your glasses, man!
Damn right! MS Office is like a road of no return. Ever tried to get your data back out of it? Ugh!
mod him/her/it up!
whats a mofo in German?
bah, its obvious that Java is Turing complete, so you can do everything with it.
this will work with files that not yet exist.
heh, probably because it is funny...
Everybody knows that Linux' first TCP/IP Stack was borrowed from FreeBSD.
Though you are right that this wasn't in Kernel 0.01 - it didn't have any networking...
this is a lame excuse. Whats the function describing the nr. of people searching for holes in a software depending on its market share? linear? logarithmic? or just bool?
This argument is also totally rubbish, as the 5% linux users are far more experienced in finding holes then the 90% windows users.
Yeah, penguin burgers for OpenBSD hackers - like advertised here... (lower left on the poster)
Funny, the strongest party against software patents in Germany now is the FDP (liberals).
The green party seems to have lost its spirit in this point due to being part of the government...
- OS-X has a built-in firewall, OS-9 does not.
Nevertheless if someone has found a way to get on your machine, cooperative multitasking, absence of memory protection and absence of root user will make it a breeze to get all the data you have on the machine (even the passwords that are currently in RAM) and also the data of everyone else on this machine.Security is not one line of defense that is exactly located at your network interface.
The vulnerable browser problem also existed on OS-9 with the Internet Explorer
But following your logic, that doesnt count either, as by default there is no automatic browsing daemon (or user) surfing the web on OS-9... - come on, Appleshare is installed by default on OS-9!
I believe there are plenty of Artists and other non-techfreaking users out there who are afraid of OS-X. They stay with what they know and what supports the application they use for years now.
Nerds like us get the most recent OS version of whatever gets thrown at us. We even buy stuff like the BeBox or the new Amiga, that dont have any real apps.
OS-X is less secure then OS-9???
- OS-X has preemptive multitasking, OS-9 got cooperative
- OS-X has memory protection, OS-9 doesnt
- OS-X has an encrypted file system, OS-9 doesnt
- OS-9 has to be used as super-user (delete the system!), OS-X hasnt
- etc.
...
forget about it, OS-X is far more secure then OS-9....because they don't seem to care about anything outside their little cocoons...
yep, but this seems to be more liberal then the linux zealots crusade against everyone else. BSD does not force you.
This is all like comparing Ghandi to Dschinghis Kahn . The empire of Dschinghis was for sure larger and had more soldiers, but that doesnt make Dschengis a nicer person, does it.
We all know the GPL was born out of anger and frustration...
- Rule of BSD Club: Don't talk about BSD
- Rule of BSD Club: Don't talk about BSD
- if this is your first night with BSD, you have to code
The rules of Linux Club:this will not work with WINE.
Please buy that OS from Redmond.
Thank you for your cooperation.
yeah, mpg123 and winamp really do have a better gui then iTunes...
or are you saying that there are no good music player UIs out there at all?