It is not standard practice. It is a how companies deal with business.
Are you surprised? But this is what you get when company as entity have nor moral nor serious legal obligations to law. Surprise, it is cornerstone of so called American business thinking.
I agree that OS X is rather nightmare for admin, several notices though: 1) VNC can be easily used in such way - first, in Sharing enable Remote Desktop, then customize it and "Allow to guests to view desktop" and enter password. Then fire up your VNC client, set color to Full, disable all clipboard sharing features, and enter IP/hostname of your server. This should work, used by me on everyday basis; 2) I can't fully agree about Server Admin. It is nice tool, however limited for very advanced setups. Yes, you have to go to config files then, but they are usually standard.conf files; 3) If it is 10.5 who crashes, it is no wonder. However, 10.4 server was very stable, at least for me; 4) And I fully with you in your confusion about Quicktime updates. WTF. Can't they make it less prioritary for servers? Jesus. I think they update it about several times in a month:)
In concludion, I think honeymoon is over between geeks and Apple. Harsh reality kicks in, and when you find out that OS X is kinda limiting, Linux and BSD feels like a bliss. And yes, I am talking about servers, NOT professional workstations.
I can say that I can easily fix, compile and deliver kernel to all kind of distros and even look for faulty code, if necessary. And I am not even C coder. I am just sysadmin and this is mine know-how, collected via long years with Linux.
However, now I am waiting just for update for my work computer, as it is only Hardy box I got (rest of them are Dapper and Debian Sid, several Gentoos with very old kernel too). It even doesn't have sshd enabled, so I don't care much about this root exploit in local meaning. I trust Linux distribution vendors to deliver fix as fast as I can. Meanwhile, I suggest just turn off ssh on possibly affected computers until patch is rolled in.
In nutshell, I _do_ worry about all Linux boxes without regular updates or maintenance. However, it is much general issue than Linux, Windows or OS X. Biggest issue with vendors is only RedHat/Fedora decision to ship with sshd with root enabled. It is big no no, sudo is the way to go, I think.
Sensacionalistic titles for submissions always works in Slashdot. Always. I feel like reading Sun or some local junk press. Content and comments are different matter, of course.
I am confused. You say Ubuntu kernels don't have vmsplice enabled, but why then there is bug report on this? I really doubt those people compiled their kernels by their own.
Can you clarify this statement? This is important for me. Already thanks for pointing it out.
Duh. It is called speculation for a reason and is only known legit way how to get more money from others than you actually have to. It is basis of capitalism, so we have to live with that. If you don't, try other system and see how savage actually people are.
Every 2-bit nerd thinks he knows what's best for Microsoft, why should Microsoft listen to him? Because he has a blog and people read his blog? Like they don't already have qualified people working on their PR problems. Seemingly they can't damage control Vista failure in PR level, because almost every journal/newspaper openly criticizes Vista. Of course, PR people are not miracle makers - if shit hits da pan heavily, all you can do is stand back and overlook damage and keep your clothes clean.
Well, no. Yes, Ubuntu system in general can install almost any desktop, as it is Debian based (duh). But GNOME default is light years ahead in polish and have good commercial look, while Kubuntu still lingers on (which is kinda pitty - I would really like to see Kubuntu polished and complete as Ubuntu is). So more or less truth is that GNOME rules Ubuntu world.
OpenSUSE has both, so parent was wrong. But mostly when I turn on OpenSUSE I feel like second rate citizen in any of both DE. Novell should rethink do they want to deliver or just screw around with fans. Yes, they provide lot of features, but whole desktop feels never finished. Same blame goes to Fedora, however, they have got their stuff under order recently.
Novell also improves Mono not only because of Windows.NET compatibility, but also provide easy way to write their own GUI apps for their big enterprise software (like Groupwise, zenWorks, etc.). They also provide bindings for KDE, so it is actually kinda not issue.
About your last paragraph - no one says to abadon KDE, just use it. It suits you, it works for you. But please remember that GNOME works for lot of other users too. And overblown generalization (omg, GNOME is restricting users, it is evil, everyone should use KDE with nice Konqueror and KPaint) won't work here. But if you ask me as Linux desktop user for almost 8 years, I must say that KDE community has a little bit stuck into puberty. Why still KPaint and KChess? Why still flamboyant attitude to everyone coming from different side of universe?
Congrats to KDE community about new release, which finally takes some steps to be more lighter on details, what I think is step in right direction;)
They care about getting things done (as anyone else in corporate culture). And it means using all means necessary, even fraudulent cease and desist letters, copyright claims, etc. Think SCO, but as common sense in lawyer's mind.
I hope Wikileaks will get trough this and will be stronger than ever.
WoW real economy IS Action House and Trade Channels. For example, usually Linen Cloth (20 units) price half year ago was about 40 silver. Now it is about 80 silver and keeps growing, some days reaching even 1 gold. Trade channels is full of announcements all the time. Things are bought, and things are sold, and their prices are not fixed.
In NPC shops there are activity until some 20 - 30 lvl. After that, there is nothing much you can get there.
Nonsense. I installed Ubuntu last release without internet just two days ago, and I plan to update it with Apt-on-CD and apt-get with cdrom as source. There are tools and documentation to do it. And in fact, for stable releases, when you are disconnected, then you can fall back to monthly or even rarer updates just because security ones are not that much needed.
I actually wonder about that - Windows is Windows, but they have working scheduler, which actually is very stable and predictable. But no, all vendors have to install their update checkers to background as 2 MB apps. Collect about 5 or 6, ups, you already lost some 12 MB of memory just for checking sake.
And let's not talk about how upgrade break things...
Funny, but putting all Tom Cruise Scientology craziness aside, he is not maybe perfect actor, but he can deliver. Also, rest of the world "believes" in some super deity who can be anywhere in any time. I believe in God as spiritual leader of Universe, but it seems to me that rest of people still need some solid proof about His existence (yes, this is how I see all churches, "we have Lord at our side", "Allah is with us" weirdiness). So I think it is kinda dumb (and getting old already) to single out Cruise for be what he is.
Wow, ZDNET feels like total Microsoft shill here. But I guess all this is just a empty noice - if XP could run on XO, then it would already did. Classmate PC and other "alternatives" for XO indicates that Microsoft has nothing to set against XO.
No one. Simply Firewire is in pro market, so it gets less attention of mainstream press. Still, FW rules over Apple world (Hard disks, scanners, cameras), and is taking serious inroads on Windows and Linux platforms. Still, USB3 can deliver some blow to posibility that Firewire will come into casual computer user.
Many say that USB consorium is more organised and actually delivers. While Firewire has been promising, it's market has been difficulty to deliver actual results. And also there is simple reason why USB is popular, because there USB is supported EVERYWHERE. Firewire don't have such marketshare.
The Economist is right on. I am dumbfounded by the amount of simplistic and condescending reasoning used to support OLPC. I lived in West Africa for 1 1/2 years. I learned that Africans don't want our technology dumbed-down, even if you dress it up as "charity" (How dare they!). They want real computers, so they can innovate the same way we do. Sorry, but you and Economist is deadly wrong and in fact, you even don't want to get it. We are talking about children (and believe me, conceptual computers work much better on them than some crashy Windows), and XO is not laptop, it's learning tool. Fact that people want full operating computer to "entertain" with doesn't move our heart - we have enough slackers already in western world.
I already read it and it is the same "Windows here, Intel here, we don't need anything else!" holy song what I have heard for years from interested sales persons and people who have invested heavily in Windows platform.
However, it is not their call this time. So I can ask politely Economist just shut up. AMD, RedHat and Quanta are quite serious companies with lot of money, so calling OLPC or it's supporters "anti-corporate" are kinda flamebat at best. More serious, it could be even slander and can create lawsuit.
Wow, The Economist has some serious Intel lobbyist there. But as you spell similar sentiment in your post, I will answer.
But which in the long run is easier and cheaper to build and maintain?
Which is more likely to attract developers, run the most software? The mass-market laptop built with off-the-shelf parts or the customized OLPC? In short, again and again - OLPC isn't mean to be laptop in classical sense, it means learning tool. That's first. Therefore we are not talking about attraction of developers, because most of places where XO will be used there are no additional funds of spending money of some "attracted devs" software. However, if some "software company" thinks they can create something for it, first, XO is open platform, images are available in internet freely, so called "Activities" module uses Python, therefore any serious company can invest some money and create software for it without any big problem. Ohh, and don't say that those super devs don't know Python.
For me, such cries mean nothing but a "but it doesn't have Windows aka holy universal operational system! How can we earn something from that?". Guess what - world doesn't only turn around Microsoft and Windows sphere. Their choice was to be bind to success of one platform. Now they get nervous every time when some project accours who can destroy their monopoly? So be it. I am only getting nervous when really good people are getting called arrogant stupids, just because they said "No" to Billy boy.
A horrid afterthought? The Classmate is a miniature, ruggedized, low-price conventional laptop with some special features for parental and teacher control.
The XO is an underpowered, overdesigned computing gadget that's full of bugs because they reinvented the wheel and incompatible with basically everything. Real life experience with both of boxes - not mine, but mine friends, who are experienced IT geeks as me - actually indicates totally different situation. Almost every person, geek or children, prise XO software as innovative. Maybe you don't get it that people don't need to know particular OS, they need how to logically think with computer. Of course, I understand, there are enormous fear between software companies that it could mean end of golden days and guaranteed income. But I see it as natural evolution and nor software, nor hardware companies can control that.
XO features - tickless kernel, screen you can see in sunlight, low memory footprint, specially tested and designed software which are open to modify and extend via such standardised language as Python - are unique even between Linux distributions and releases, let's not talk about mainstream OS like Windows XP/Vista or OS X. Yes, of course it has bugs, but show which laptop doesn't have them during testing and manufacturing period. And nevermind that Redhat engineers in corporation with hardware vendors works all the time to improve this product and they are not tied to some company who wants profit as soon as possible, therefore their chief is quality of work.
good intentions != better result
more design effort != better product You say this because...? Good intentions not always lead to better result, and more design effort doesn't always end in better product, for sure. But this doesn't seem to be a case, in fact, OLPC was slammed that they actually didn't release earlier just because they wanted to be sure that it is good in first row. Main concepts of XO seems to be working, now they have to create know how for using and maintaining it. And I have no doubt they will.
Negroponte has a weirdo idea that if you give poor kids laptops with internet access, they'll just automatically learn a lot, rather than dick around and be distracted from their studies and chores. This hasn't been demonstrated, nor does it seem especially plausible since one-laptop-per-student has been tried in western schools and found basically useless, it's just an idea he really likes. He wants third-world governments to pump billions of dollars from their meagre education budgets into a mass experiment along these lines on their children. Can I call you a ignorant? I wanted to add a "bastard", but it will be too much for a troll like you. First, you say that all tried and failed before. Well, their problem. Someone has to fail, before other comes in, analyses all faults previously done, and try to do it differently. And OLPC seems to try to do that differently. Everything they do seems to be kinda logical to me. Please read more analysis about pilot projects in different places in the world before talk about it. Also I want to note that if such projects have failed in west schools doesn't mean nothing at all - for me, western schools are too spoiled and their attitude to learning damaged, so computers simply don't give anything to us. When people have to survive in harsh conditions, computer is a tool, not entertainment, like lot of people thinks they are.
Sure, it might be a waste of money, and the kids might not actually learn as much as if that money was spent on books and teachers, but hey, it's a risk he's willing to take! (after all, he won't be suffering any of the consequences) Nevermind that he have been academic and teacher itself for most of his life and knows what makes kid/pupil to learn something. But hey, it is easier to plaster him a arrogant, socialist, etc. than actually criticise him objectively, right? Specially when you have not so much against him.
It is so sad that you posted this anonymously. But you actually understood that you posting rubbish, didn't you?
I already have said many times that Microsoft long time planning is overestimated. Nevertheless, with long term in my post I meant "long term profit". Microsoft wants huge profits as soon as possible. Therefore unfinished products, "good enough" attitude, total control of their "precious intellectual property" like file formats, etc. indicates that they are very short tempered and actually aren't that smart. However, they are very convinced about their truth and they believe in power of mighty dollar - so they simply buy everything. They buy PR companies, they buy journalists, they spend money like crazy. It is short term thinking, because lot of people have already became immune to such attitude. In long term, Microsoft is bound to damage itself seriously with such attitude.
And if we are talking about Intel, they deserve bad press they get - AMD, RedHat, Quanta are also corps and not so small ones. However, they don't act so arrogantly as Intel does in this case.
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It is not standard practice. It is a how companies deal with business.
Are you surprised? But this is what you get when company as entity have nor moral nor serious legal obligations to law. Surprise, it is cornerstone of so called American business thinking.
I agree that OS X is rather nightmare for admin, several notices though: .conf files; :)
1) VNC can be easily used in such way - first, in Sharing enable Remote Desktop, then customize it and "Allow to guests to view desktop" and enter password. Then fire up your VNC client, set color to Full, disable all clipboard sharing features, and enter IP/hostname of your server. This should work, used by me on everyday basis;
2) I can't fully agree about Server Admin. It is nice tool, however limited for very advanced setups. Yes, you have to go to config files then, but they are usually standard
3) If it is 10.5 who crashes, it is no wonder. However, 10.4 server was very stable, at least for me;
4) And I fully with you in your confusion about Quicktime updates. WTF. Can't they make it less prioritary for servers? Jesus. I think they update it about several times in a month
In concludion, I think honeymoon is over between geeks and Apple. Harsh reality kicks in, and when you find out that OS X is kinda limiting, Linux and BSD feels like a bliss. And yes, I am talking about servers, NOT professional workstations.
I can say that I can easily fix, compile and deliver kernel to all kind of distros and even look for faulty code, if necessary. And I am not even C coder. I am just sysadmin and this is mine know-how, collected via long years with Linux.
However, now I am waiting just for update for my work computer, as it is only Hardy box I got (rest of them are Dapper and Debian Sid, several Gentoos with very old kernel too). It even doesn't have sshd enabled, so I don't care much about this root exploit in local meaning. I trust Linux distribution vendors to deliver fix as fast as I can. Meanwhile, I suggest just turn off ssh on possibly affected computers until patch is rolled in.
In nutshell, I _do_ worry about all Linux boxes without regular updates or maintenance. However, it is much general issue than Linux, Windows or OS X. Biggest issue with vendors is only RedHat/Fedora decision to ship with sshd with root enabled. It is big no no, sudo is the way to go, I think.
Sensacionalistic titles for submissions always works in Slashdot. Always. I feel like reading Sun or some local junk press. Content and comments are different matter, of course.
1. As long as I have tested, both exploits #5093 and #5092 DOES NOT affect Feisty
2. They both DO affect Hardy
3. They DO NOT affect Dapper
So it is not fully 2.6 exploit, but there is issues with concrete versions of kernel.
To answer to myself, tried exploit on Feisty, doesn't work (segfaults). Not sure about Gutsy or Hardy yet.
I am confused. You say Ubuntu kernels don't have vmsplice enabled, but why then there is bug report on this? I really doubt those people compiled their kernels by their own.
Can you clarify this statement? This is important for me. Already thanks for pointing it out.
Duh. It is called speculation for a reason and is only known legit way how to get more money from others than you actually have to. It is basis of capitalism, so we have to live with that. If you don't, try other system and see how savage actually people are.
Stupid survive instinct.
Well, no. Yes, Ubuntu system in general can install almost any desktop, as it is Debian based (duh). But GNOME default is light years ahead in polish and have good commercial look, while Kubuntu still lingers on (which is kinda pitty - I would really like to see Kubuntu polished and complete as Ubuntu is). So more or less truth is that GNOME rules Ubuntu world.
.NET compatibility, but also provide easy way to write their own GUI apps for their big enterprise software (like Groupwise, zenWorks, etc.). They also provide bindings for KDE, so it is actually kinda not issue.
;)
OpenSUSE has both, so parent was wrong. But mostly when I turn on OpenSUSE I feel like second rate citizen in any of both DE. Novell should rethink do they want to deliver or just screw around with fans. Yes, they provide lot of features, but whole desktop feels never finished. Same blame goes to Fedora, however, they have got their stuff under order recently.
Novell also improves Mono not only because of Windows
About your last paragraph - no one says to abadon KDE, just use it. It suits you, it works for you. But please remember that GNOME works for lot of other users too. And overblown generalization (omg, GNOME is restricting users, it is evil, everyone should use KDE with nice Konqueror and KPaint) won't work here. But if you ask me as Linux desktop user for almost 8 years, I must say that KDE community has a little bit stuck into puberty. Why still KPaint and KChess? Why still flamboyant attitude to everyone coming from different side of universe?
Congrats to KDE community about new release, which finally takes some steps to be more lighter on details, what I think is step in right direction
They care about getting things done (as anyone else in corporate culture). And it means using all means necessary, even fraudulent cease and desist letters, copyright claims, etc. Think SCO, but as common sense in lawyer's mind.
I hope Wikileaks will get trough this and will be stronger than ever.
Duh.
WoW real economy IS Action House and Trade Channels. For example, usually Linen Cloth (20 units) price half year ago was about 40 silver. Now it is about 80 silver and keeps growing, some days reaching even 1 gold. Trade channels is full of announcements all the time. Things are bought, and things are sold, and their prices are not fixed.
In NPC shops there are activity until some 20 - 30 lvl. After that, there is nothing much you can get there.
Yes, but everyone does it. As everyone who wants smokes and drinks under allowed age limit.
Now what?
Yes, it is a joke. I think it is silly to buy gold for WoW. It ruins all fun. But lot of players don't care or are too addicted to follow the rules.
Nonsense. I installed Ubuntu last release without internet just two days ago, and I plan to update it with Apt-on-CD and apt-get with cdrom as source. There are tools and documentation to do it. And in fact, for stable releases, when you are disconnected, then you can fall back to monthly or even rarer updates just because security ones are not that much needed.
I am not elected power. Go figure.
I actually wonder about that - Windows is Windows, but they have working scheduler, which actually is very stable and predictable. But no, all vendors have to install their update checkers to background as 2 MB apps. Collect about 5 or 6, ups, you already lost some 12 MB of memory just for checking sake.
And let's not talk about how upgrade break things...
Funny, but putting all Tom Cruise Scientology craziness aside, he is not maybe perfect actor, but he can deliver. Also, rest of the world "believes" in some super deity who can be anywhere in any time. I believe in God as spiritual leader of Universe, but it seems to me that rest of people still need some solid proof about His existence (yes, this is how I see all churches, "we have Lord at our side", "Allah is with us" weirdiness). So I think it is kinda dumb (and getting old already) to single out Cruise for be what he is.
Wow, ZDNET feels like total Microsoft shill here. But I guess all this is just a empty noice - if XP could run on XO, then it would already did. Classmate PC and other "alternatives" for XO indicates that Microsoft has nothing to set against XO.
No one. Simply Firewire is in pro market, so it gets less attention of mainstream press. Still, FW rules over Apple world (Hard disks, scanners, cameras), and is taking serious inroads on Windows and Linux platforms. Still, USB3 can deliver some blow to posibility that Firewire will come into casual computer user.
Many say that USB consorium is more organised and actually delivers. While Firewire has been promising, it's market has been difficulty to deliver actual results. And also there is simple reason why USB is popular, because there USB is supported EVERYWHERE. Firewire don't have such marketshare.
I already read it and it is the same "Windows here, Intel here, we don't need anything else!" holy song what I have heard for years from interested sales persons and people who have invested heavily in Windows platform.
However, it is not their call this time. So I can ask politely Economist just shut up. AMD, RedHat and Quanta are quite serious companies with lot of money, so calling OLPC or it's supporters "anti-corporate" are kinda flamebat at best. More serious, it could be even slander and can create lawsuit.
But which in the long run is easier and cheaper to build and maintain?
Which is more likely to attract developers, run the most software? The mass-market laptop built with off-the-shelf parts or the customized OLPC? In short, again and again - OLPC isn't mean to be laptop in classical sense, it means learning tool. That's first. Therefore we are not talking about attraction of developers, because most of places where XO will be used there are no additional funds of spending money of some "attracted devs" software. However, if some "software company" thinks they can create something for it, first, XO is open platform, images are available in internet freely, so called "Activities" module uses Python, therefore any serious company can invest some money and create software for it without any big problem. Ohh, and don't say that those super devs don't know Python.
For me, such cries mean nothing but a "but it doesn't have Windows aka holy universal operational system! How can we earn something from that?". Guess what - world doesn't only turn around Microsoft and Windows sphere. Their choice was to be bind to success of one platform. Now they get nervous every time when some project accours who can destroy their monopoly? So be it. I am only getting nervous when really good people are getting called arrogant stupids, just because they said "No" to Billy boy.
It is so sad that you posted this anonymously. But you actually understood that you posting rubbish, didn't you?
Nope.
I already have said many times that Microsoft long time planning is overestimated. Nevertheless, with long term in my post I meant "long term profit". Microsoft wants huge profits as soon as possible. Therefore unfinished products, "good enough" attitude, total control of their "precious intellectual property" like file formats, etc. indicates that they are very short tempered and actually aren't that smart. However, they are very convinced about their truth and they believe in power of mighty dollar - so they simply buy everything. They buy PR companies, they buy journalists, they spend money like crazy. It is short term thinking, because lot of people have already became immune to such attitude. In long term, Microsoft is bound to damage itself seriously with such attitude.
And if we are talking about Intel, they deserve bad press they get - AMD, RedHat, Quanta are also corps and not so small ones. However, they don't act so arrogantly as Intel does in this case.