SuSE is not the de facto linux standard in Europe. I have yet to work at a single site with a majority of SuSE-boxes. RHEL, and to some extent Debian (with or a third party support agreement) is far more common.
How come everyone is so fixated on big screen TVs? A decent projector + a TV-tuner can be bought for far less than $2000, and I don't mean off eBay. Xbox on a 90" screen is the shiznit.
I'm glad the first Linux distro I ran was Slackware. It has a steep learning curve (compared to Red Hat, etc.), but the knowledge I gained while running Slack has been of great use to me later. I wouldn't know half of the things I know about how a *nix system (Linux in particular) works if it wasn't for all the sleepless nights I've spent configuring everything from soundcards to qmail on Slackware. Especially learning how to compile applications instead of just downloading a package has proven very useful.
I now run Debian (mainly because of APT and the great community), but Slackware is what I recommend to my (techie) friends who want to learn how to use a Linux based system.
Yeah, blizzards and uphill both ways. Everyone has their way of learning, I guess.
The swedish site Unix.se has screenshots from several famous computeers (hey, it could be a word!) desktops here. The site is in swedish, but you'll most likely at least understand the names.
From the article:
"[...] accusing it of misusing Kazaa software to invade users' privacy and send corrupt files and threatening messages." (emphasis added)
Well, uhm.. I was talking about an attacker as in someone who hacks/cracks his computer via this new thing called the Internet.
It's possible that the developer would keep track of his commits and know he most certainly didn't submit that patch at 02:00 while he was out drinking.
This is valid, and I really hope all developers check their commit logs for those kind of things.
The sysadmin keeps noticing that silly log saying Developer X who only has rights to commit to the X11 stuff keeps trying to commit a kernel patch.
Well, what if the developer in question is indeed a kernel developer? Or perhaps he just develops an application that sometimes is run as root?
Number 3, 4, 5 and 6 is, of course, not valid if the attacker is a hacker/cracker.
Consider this. A debian developer's workstation at home is compromised, and the attacker installs a keylogger. What would stop the attacker from creating an approved package and then upload it into the repository?
Now what's that they say about chains and the weakest link?
There is a small IDE drive inside the iPod, which has at least one spinning platter inside of it - just to name one thing. But i guess that doesn't count..
I usually take a sequence of words, say "Bow before me, for I am root", turn them into '1337-speak', throw in a couple of swedish characters (which, of course, slashcode won't display) and then I'm set:
"bOwb3f0r3m3fOr14mr0Ot"
(note how only every second "O" is a "0", for ease of memorization:).
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You can of course specify bitrate etc. with the appropriate flags to sox. Refer to the manpage for instructions.
Cheers!
[..] what are the websites, search engines, news sites, and other sites that are classed as potentially 'dangerous' material?
Well, slashdot.org for one.
While we're all smoking the virtualization-pipe, let's check out User-mode Linux.
Let's all go visit the guy. Even if he didn't write Sobig, he's still developing software for spammers.
SuSE is not the de facto linux standard in Europe. I have yet to work at a single site with a majority of SuSE-boxes. RHEL, and to some extent Debian (with or a third party support agreement) is far more common.
How come everyone is so fixated on big screen TVs? A decent projector + a TV-tuner can be bought for far less than $2000, and I don't mean off eBay. Xbox on a 90" screen is the shiznit.
Well, some slashdotees have mentioned that they have children of their own.
Sun had optical mice in 1993.
I fail to see how this is any different (from a linux geek's point of view) from using any prism2-based WLAN card with the Host AP drivers.
Might appeal to PHBs without the necessary 'mad skillz', though, but these are hardly Slashdot's target audience.
I'm glad the first Linux distro I ran was Slackware. It has a steep learning curve (compared to Red Hat, etc.), but the knowledge I gained while running Slack has been of great use to me later. I wouldn't know half of the things I know about how a *nix system (Linux in particular) works if it wasn't for all the sleepless nights I've spent configuring everything from soundcards to qmail on Slackware. Especially learning how to compile applications instead of just downloading a package has proven very useful.
I now run Debian (mainly because of APT and the great community), but Slackware is what I recommend to my (techie) friends who want to learn how to use a Linux based system.
Yeah, blizzards and uphill both ways. Everyone has their way of learning, I guess.
Was I the only one thinking about supposedly genetically engineered "superweed" with mad amounts of THC in it?
The swedish site Unix.se has screenshots from several famous computeers (hey, it could be a word!) desktops here. The site is in swedish, but you'll most likely at least understand the names.
From the article:
:-)
"[...] accusing it of misusing Kazaa software to invade users' privacy and send corrupt files and threatening messages." (emphasis added)
That's piracy, mind you.
Well, then I guess it's quite simple. The computer eats the user after entering an invalid password three times.
That'd be sweet.
An attacker who has access to unpublic local root exploits probably won't use a public kiddie-rootkit like Suckit.
And I hardly believe that an experienced cracker would backdoor the boxes in such an uncareful manner. Weird..
Well, uhm.. I was talking about an attacker as in someone who hacks/cracks his computer via this new thing called the Internet.
It's possible that the developer would keep track of his commits and know he most certainly didn't submit that patch at 02:00 while he was out drinking.
This is valid, and I really hope all developers check their commit logs for those kind of things.
The sysadmin keeps noticing that silly log saying Developer X who only has rights to commit to the X11 stuff keeps trying to commit a kernel patch.
Well, what if the developer in question is indeed a kernel developer? Or perhaps he just develops an application that sometimes is run as root?
Number 3, 4, 5 and 6 is, of course, not valid if the attacker is a hacker/cracker.
Consider this. A debian developer's workstation at home is compromised, and the attacker installs a keylogger. What would stop the attacker from creating an approved package and then upload it into the repository?
Now what's that they say about chains and the weakest link?
Take the CD in one hand...and slash it across your wrist! Suicide will probably be a better alternative than connecting to that service.
Hey! It's along the lane, not across the road, kids!
There is a small IDE drive inside the iPod, which has at least one spinning platter inside of it - just to name one thing. But i guess that doesn't count..
Or maybe it does?
I wold sai that yor text sounds mostli laik german, and not veri much laik svedish!
Just mai 0.2 krona.
The Rex.
Seems quite nice though.
(maybe something like Escape from L.A.?
You mean... complete crap?
the old fashioned analog graphite distribution device. Not very impressive, but very reliable and you can have plenty of them for just a buck.
..is that it takes a long time between pressing the "on" button and actually being able to use a Linux system.
The what button?
I usually take a sequence of words, say "Bow before me, for I am root", turn them into '1337-speak', throw in a couple of swedish characters (which, of course, slashcode won't display) and then I'm set: :).
"bOwb3f0r3m3fOr14mr0Ot"
(note how only every second "O" is a "0", for ease of memorization