I think it's great from an admin and user standpoint. All security patches are handled by debian-security and all I have to do is an apt-get upgrade on the master computer and then promulgate the changes to the workstations.
I didn't say it was easy for the US gov to legally tap phone lines, just that it's easy to tap them. I just meant that in case of some small chance that s/he wants to say something sensitive (crypto definition, not social definition of sensitive), it's better to commonly use encypted channels so that the rare encrypted message doesn't attract attention.
That's possible, but relatively easy to bypass in most cases. The only real secure way is to set up a firewall/gateway that redirects port 80 (and possibly 21 for ftp) to the proxy and blocks all other ports.
Phone? Those are good for when computers aren't there and emergencies, but they aren't a decent substitute for private comunication. The lines are too easy to tap and there is no encryption. Also you can't transmit code or documents on the phone as easily as with email or a RCS.
Daily use of Windows by Joe 6pk:
@250: Turn on computer
@253: Computer crashes
@254: Reboot
@267: Turn on computer
@281: Reboot
That's what I call living at runlevel 6.
It's one reg key to change the shell so that explorer is hidden, but it takes slightly more to (monstly) remove explorer without the computer crashing.
Back when I was stuck with WINdoze, I almost never used explorer.exe, I used iShell and 2xExplorer. It took a ton of registry hacking, but it is possible to change the desktop environment with windows.
The game that affected me most was novatron. For those who have no clue what that is, it's a game where you move a line and try to avoid the computer's line. It was the first game I ever played on a machine running DOS. It's amazing how as visuals get better, gameplay gets worse (the new breakout, pong, tron, etc. are nowhere near as good as the old ones). I still collect old computers and games because of novatron.
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Could you put that disclaimer form online (and not legally burdened of course) please?
"don't you think?"
No, I don't, and while I'm not thinking I might as well say that the woody boot floppies were better than D-i.
"like a pretty FB-based GUI"
That's the cool thing about D-i (Debian-installer), it's front-end independant, so that could be done easily without a code rewrite.
I think it's great from an admin and user standpoint. All security patches are handled by debian-security and all I have to do is an apt-get upgrade on the master computer and then promulgate the changes to the workstations.
I didn't say it was easy for the US gov to legally tap phone lines, just that it's easy to tap them. I just meant that in case of some small chance that s/he wants to say something sensitive (crypto definition, not social definition of sensitive), it's better to commonly use encypted channels so that the rare encrypted message doesn't attract attention.
That's possible, but relatively easy to bypass in most cases. The only real secure way is to set up a firewall/gateway that redirects port 80 (and possibly 21 for ftp) to the proxy and blocks all other ports.
Phone? Those are good for when computers aren't there and emergencies, but they aren't a decent substitute for private comunication. The lines are too easy to tap and there is no encryption. Also you can't transmit code or documents on the phone as easily as with email or a RCS.
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The person didn't mention banning IMing, only AOLIM. It's not that hard to use irc, jabber, or telnet and netcat.
They don't have to be that smart, all they need to do is use an ssl proxy or break into the router.
Last time I checked making use of hardware can also mean less overhead.
If I want to browse the web, lynx or XFree/XOrg+fluxbox/other-light-wm+dillo makes better use of my hardware then Cocoa/Aqua/Carbon+MacDE+Safari.
Three was right: /, /sw, and ``spatial''.
Unless you spend your Mac OS X days on an almost hidden terminal emulator, there's also the file hierarchy that many visual programs use.
Errr.... don't you mean GNU Mach? GNU/HURD is like the GNU in GNU/Linux, Mach is the actual kernel used in the HURD.
the stability of Windows
Windows is very stable, just pull out all those extraneouse round things from the back of the box.
ease of Unix
Are you saying that eunichs are 'easy'?
It's dead? What will happen when Joe 6.pkg uses Linux and all of us geeks need a new 'underdog' OS to use?
Once Linux gains (some) popularity, the geeks will most likely move on to HURD, OpenBeOS, and *BSD.
Daily use of Windows by Joe 6pk: @250: Turn on computer @253: Computer crashes @254: Reboot @267: Turn on computer @281: Reboot That's what I call living at runlevel 6.
Just don't use runlevel 6 for every-day use, that what windows uses by default.
M$'s idea of thoughtfulness is to obscure it by not telling you, and what you don't know can't hurt you. BTW, it's C$, ADMIN$, and IPC$
I think he/she meant button3, the middle one(for those of us with middle buttons).
It's one reg key to change the shell so that explorer is hidden, but it takes slightly more to (monstly) remove explorer without the computer crashing.
Back when I was stuck with WINdoze, I almost never used explorer.exe, I used iShell and 2xExplorer. It took a ton of registry hacking, but it is possible to change the desktop environment with windows.
"sudo tcsh" would be much more realistic for OS X, bash isn't the default OS X shell.
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The game that affected me most was novatron. For those who have no clue what that is, it's a game where you move a line and try to avoid the computer's line. It was the first game I ever played on a machine running DOS. It's amazing how as visuals get better, gameplay gets worse (the new breakout, pong, tron, etc. are nowhere near as good as the old ones). I still collect old computers and games because of novatron.