Maybe its just me, but using one toolkit to draw another just seems redundant. GTK+ has been ported to Windows, and has the WIMP theme to make it look 'native'. I know someone somewhere has a use for it, but I don't, and neither does any application I use.
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Um, not entirely. The window manager....manages windows. As such, it has complete control over the window as a whole, as well as drawing borders around it. Check out Luminocity if you're interested.
Gnome is a desktop environment (DE). Linux is so customizable, that there is no 'standard' DE. A DE draws things like the panel (start bar in windows), the Desktop, and provides a whole look and feel, as well as most configuration tools. This is opposed to a Window Manager (WM) which is pretty minimal (like blackbox for windows). It should be noted that a DE does use a WM.
When major distributions user mirrors, that's where the MD5s come in handy. Like siteX gives me the correct MD5 sum for its file. But doesn't host it. So I have to go to a mirror to get the file. If the mirror was hacked, then the MD5 would be different. And from my experience, I've seen that its the mirrors that usually get hacked. If someone really wanted to trick the user they'd have to hack siteX's websites, and most the mirrors.
Personally, I think that saying "this could be a problem at some point" for Gentoo would be a little overboard. Small scripts (like lila's overlay) already use gpg signing.
Gentoo devels tend to stay on top of things and develop new features increadably rapidly. If another year goes by and Gentoo is still MD5 hashing though, then I'd say we have a problem.
Oh Yeah? Well murder is taking one's life, kidnapping is taking one's kid, parking on a yellow line is taking away the safety of someone else, treason is taking away the safety of a county, and copyright infringement is taking one's work.:-D
Can we start issuing surfing licenses, just like we issue driving licences? The theory being, if you don't practice good habits, you are a danger to everyone. If you're a bad driver, you are a danger to everyone.
Makes sense to me anyway.
Don't say 'can't catch win32 virii' because one day, Linux will have a similar problem. And do you know what it will be from? Root exploits and people not updating thier software. While Linux inherantly is a bit more secure than windows, and the dammage caused would probably be less severe, saying Linux is completely immune is just stupid. Right now, its just completely unaffected.
Um, not really. Most new computers have IPv6 capability, (I'm pretty sure XP does, though I could be wrong). its the same as Y2K. All newer computers wouldn't have a problem, and the few older ones just need to be patched.
I would assume if people like Alan Cox are on this, then the "high up people" have determined that the are in violation. I'd think they'd know their own lisence.
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Wait...SHA isn't encryption. Its just a hash. Damn. So I'll just write a program that bit-flips the hash and...oh never mind.
Bah! I think I'll just resort to bit-flips and hope no one knows what I'm doing :-D
Maybe its just me, but using one toolkit to draw another just seems redundant. GTK+ has been ported to Windows, and has the WIMP theme to make it look 'native'. I know someone somewhere has a use for it, but I don't, and neither does any application I use.
Um, not entirely. The window manager....manages windows. As such, it has complete control over the window as a whole, as well as drawing borders around it. Check out Luminocity if you're interested.
Gnome is a desktop environment (DE). Linux is so customizable, that there is no 'standard' DE. A DE draws things like the panel (start bar in windows), the Desktop, and provides a whole look and feel, as well as most configuration tools. This is opposed to a Window Manager (WM) which is pretty minimal (like blackbox for windows). It should be noted that a DE does use a WM.
When major distributions user mirrors, that's where the MD5s come in handy. Like siteX gives me the correct MD5 sum for its file. But doesn't host it. So I have to go to a mirror to get the file. If the mirror was hacked, then the MD5 would be different. And from my experience, I've seen that its the mirrors that usually get hacked. If someone really wanted to trick the user they'd have to hack siteX's websites, and most the mirrors.
Personally, I think that saying "this could be a problem at some point" for Gentoo would be a little overboard. Small scripts (like lila's overlay) already use gpg signing. Gentoo devels tend to stay on top of things and develop new features increadably rapidly. If another year goes by and Gentoo is still MD5 hashing though, then I'd say we have a problem.
Oh Yeah? Well murder is taking one's life, kidnapping is taking one's kid, parking on a yellow line is taking away the safety of someone else, treason is taking away the safety of a county, and copyright infringement is taking one's work. :-D
Can we start issuing surfing licenses, just like we issue driving licences? The theory being, if you don't practice good habits, you are a danger to everyone. If you're a bad driver, you are a danger to everyone. Makes sense to me anyway.
Don't say 'can't catch win32 virii' because one day, Linux will have a similar problem. And do you know what it will be from? Root exploits and people not updating thier software. While Linux inherantly is a bit more secure than windows, and the dammage caused would probably be less severe, saying Linux is completely immune is just stupid. Right now, its just completely unaffected.
I'm the other way with most articles for a split second. I guess I'm defective. *goes off to his rabbit hole*
But you still have to add -p to preserve the permissions! I know of very few people who do this.
I thought we had that...GTK+ and QT. SDL for things like directX. Right? Right?
Do I still have to pay the licence fee?
Um, not really. Most new computers have IPv6 capability, (I'm pretty sure XP does, though I could be wrong). its the same as Y2K. All newer computers wouldn't have a problem, and the few older ones just need to be patched.
Help! Someone just hacked into my toaster and now all my celery is burned because it was integrated with the refrigerator!
Two words: Alpha layer. See XServer by freedesktop.
http://www.itweek.co.uk/News/1144312
I would assume if people like Alan Cox are on this, then the "high up people" have determined that the are in violation. I'd think they'd know their own lisence.
I think having ALSA built in would be a big push for the desktop. One more thing we have down.