If you don't have a password as well then if your account is compromised the attacker will be able to access your accounts on other servers without entering a password.
I don't see how that's possible if he doesn't have the private key which is held by the client only.
This is inaccurate. OS X apps link to shared system frameworks in/Library/Frameworks. They can, if they wish, embed a framework in their bundle which will appear in the bundle's internal Frameworks directory. There is no/usr dependency hierarchy in every app...
Outside of Apple's frameworks it's very rare to come across other shared libraries as that would require users to run a.pkg installer and Apple is all about the drag and drop. A substantial amount of applications on the OS X platform that frequently use libraries which are popular on other platforms will often have the libraries in the.app bundles rather than in a framework.
How many PHBs walk away from Linux because of the endless stream of juvenal pissing contests about how leet Linux is?
For that reason? Zero.
Linux is over ten years old now and it still regularly takes a crap because Linus and his cronies shove something in the kernel before it's ready for the Big Time.
I thought IPv6 was implemented first on a BSD distribution before Linux?
sudo apt-get install iscan or whatever it is you use for package management on your distribution.
Also, a lot of Belkin wifi cards/USB sticks aren't supported.
I only know of a few years ago when broadcom chipset wireless devices (common with some Belkin devices) didn't work out of the box, but most modern, consumer-oriented distributions tell you if now if you plug one in that they can download the firmware for it - usually just one mouse click.
Also on my Hauppauge WintV PVR1300 (analogue TV,DVB-T, FM Radio)
What ever that is exactly, it's not even sold any more (can't even find it on froogle), I'm pretty sure the consumer market isn't dependant on that.
The atheros wlan card on eee pc 900 (how's that for mainstream hardware?).
I honestly didn't know. I've been using Eeebuntu with my 900 series and never actually knew there was a issue with the drivers.
Still, only one device issue that can be resolved is not as bad as some of the stuff I've got here (bought last year) which doesn't even work under Windows Vista or the Windows Seven beta due to non-existing drivers for the platform (XP drivers don't work).
Refresh your memory: No sound. No Wi-Fi. No 3D acceleration.
I looked, but didn't find any posts by me. I still don't recall when *I* plugged in something on a Linux machine and it didn't just work a second after.
It's also pretty amusing that out of all the links you gave, the only one that was even close to recent was a wi-fi issue caused by a PEBCAK error for a non-consumer-friendly distro (where you would expect these problems to arise with today).
hp m1005 all in one. printer works, scanner doesn't.
I am 100% certain it works in OpenSuSE 11.1 (recently set up that model with Samba for a print/filesharing/scanning server, was troubleshooting a annoying issue with envelopes having double seams - kept getting wrinkled up). You might want to try a more recent Linux distribution.
Why do you call it copy protection, when it is nothing more than a hardware-based lockout ?
Because this copy protection is meant to prevent the software from being used on unauthorized hardware, not just unlicensed hardware. It's still copy protection.
I've had x-sessions freeze so completely that I had to do a hard reset, no ctrl+alt+backspace, no switching to a console login and killing it, completely frozen.
That happened to me a long time ago, it turned out to be a frequent issue, the reason was the fan on the graphics card had stopped spinning.
I will admit to the stability if you use only the supported packages, but who aside from a server admin doesn't go for unsupported packages?
I use a lot of 3rd party software, vmware, google, staroffice, tonnes of games under Crossover games. Still, not had any issues.
Another thing that Linux is seriously in need of is DESCRIPTIVE SOFTWARE NAMES.
Have you even used a modern Linux OS? Seriously, this problem was resolved years ago with the fact menus have categories and secondly the description of the software is displayed in some way. On SuSE the application is just called a 'webbrowser' in the menu (with a tip for the name of the application). On Ubuntu it's 'Firefox (Web browser)' in the menu.
Compare GIMP to paint.net since they are more similar in capability than photoshop. GIMP is quite simply a pain in the ass to use.
I have spent countless hours on paint.net, in all honestly, I find the GIMP easier to use, but I assume that's because I'm more used to it. That said, it didn't take me so many hours to get used to the GIMP.
Has it ever occured to you that maybe Microsoft has a monopoly because users don't want more variants of OS's?
In all honestly, no. I thought they achieved their monopoly through all the underhanded tactics of doing things like refusing to sell Windows to OEMs unless they did Windows only, making licensing agreements with OEMs that they had to pay for a license of Windows with every computer sold, even if the computer was not going to have Windows installed on it, government bribes (and God knows they've done plenty, even last year with the ODF non-sense).
Please, do explain how this had absolutely no effect on the market and how it was just the market magically combining their brain power (mind melds?) to decide they didn't want any OS other than Windows.
The biggest difference I see (as a Sysadmin, not a web developer) is that IIS on an Active Directory domain accessed via Internet Explorer provides single sign on access to web-based tools and applications.
linux geeks keep rambling about the power of cli and that gui is overrated, but the fact is, gui is the most important thing in software.
You know, I've attended a few Linux User Groups and opensource advocacy, they actually focus on the fact that you can use what you're most familiar with rather than promoting the CLI.
A friend, who bought a linux netbook, found that wifi wasn't working.
I have come across a lot of netbooks, I have never ever seen this issue. I am extremely doubtful that this "friend" exists from the very vague description so far.
He looked into it for a bit, but gave up, returned it and got a windows one instead, which just works.
Only thing I can suggest, did he try the restoring to factory settings crap? Addtionally, was the wi-fi switch turned off?
Seriously, there is no information really here to diagnose the issue, I am doubtful that companies will ship out netbooks with wi-fi that don't work, so my immediate assumption is a PEBKAC error.
This guy is no idiot - he's got a PHD and uses a lot of computers in various parts of his research
A PHD doesn't mean anything, you either know what you're doing or you don't.
Are people still going to be struggling to get networks, sound, 3d graphics, scanners etc working in ten years time?
In all honesty, I can't remember a time when I plugged in something on a Linux machine and it didn't just work a second after.
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Make it stop bitching about msimg32.dll when it's running on a fully up to date version of Windows 95 and/or Windows 98 then.
I like Win2k3 and Win2k8 more.
If the first computer is compromised, passwords can be stolen anyway. Not helpful.
Just secure your workstation properly, in most cases, it doesn't need daemons or sshd open publically on the Internet.
I don't see how that's possible if he doesn't have the private key which is held by the client only.
Woha, there are still Linux distributions out there that have root logins enabled on SSH by default?
Outside of Apple's frameworks it's very rare to come across other shared libraries as that would require users to run a .pkg installer and Apple is all about the drag and drop. A substantial amount of applications on the OS X platform that frequently use libraries which are popular on other platforms will often have the libraries in the .app bundles rather than in a framework.
*shrugs* I speak seven languages, not really sure on what level I should put English against the others.
You know... For average people, that sounds bloated.
For that reason? Zero.
I thought IPv6 was implemented first on a BSD distribution before Linux?
sudo apt-get install iscan
or whatever it is you use for package management on your distribution.
I only know of a few years ago when broadcom chipset wireless devices (common with some Belkin devices) didn't work out of the box, but most modern, consumer-oriented distributions tell you if now if you plug one in that they can download the firmware for it - usually just one mouse click.
What ever that is exactly, it's not even sold any more (can't even find it on froogle), I'm pretty sure the consumer market isn't dependant on that.
Because you mentioned it, here it is, quoted a second time:
WTF is a "Linux statistics package", why should I know it and why do I and everyone need it for using the operating system?
I even googled the thing and couldn't find what you're talking about.
I have no understanding how we went from application friendly menus to... What ever this is.
I have no idea what this obscure crap you're talking about is.
I honestly didn't know. I've been using Eeebuntu with my 900 series and never actually knew there was a issue with the drivers.
Still, only one device issue that can be resolved is not as bad as some of the stuff I've got here (bought last year) which doesn't even work under Windows Vista or the Windows Seven beta due to non-existing drivers for the platform (XP drivers don't work).
I looked, but didn't find any posts by me. I still don't recall when *I* plugged in something on a Linux machine and it didn't just work a second after.
It's also pretty amusing that out of all the links you gave, the only one that was even close to recent was a wi-fi issue caused by a PEBCAK error for a non-consumer-friendly distro (where you would expect these problems to arise with today).
I am 100% certain it works in OpenSuSE 11.1 (recently set up that model with Samba for a print/filesharing/scanning server, was troubleshooting a annoying issue with envelopes having double seams - kept getting wrinkled up). You might want to try a more recent Linux distribution.
Because this copy protection is meant to prevent the software from being used on unauthorized hardware, not just unlicensed hardware. It's still copy protection.
That happened to me a long time ago, it turned out to be a frequent issue, the reason was the fan on the graphics card had stopped spinning.
I use a lot of 3rd party software, vmware, google, staroffice, tonnes of games under Crossover games. Still, not had any issues.
Have you even used a modern Linux OS? Seriously, this problem was resolved years ago with the fact menus have categories and secondly the description of the software is displayed in some way. On SuSE the application is just called a 'webbrowser' in the menu (with a tip for the name of the application). On Ubuntu it's 'Firefox (Web browser)' in the menu.
I have spent countless hours on paint.net, in all honestly, I find the GIMP easier to use, but I assume that's because I'm more used to it. That said, it didn't take me so many hours to get used to the GIMP.
In all honestly, no. I thought they achieved their monopoly through all the underhanded tactics of doing things like refusing to sell Windows to OEMs unless they did Windows only, making licensing agreements with OEMs that they had to pay for a license of Windows with every computer sold, even if the computer was not going to have Windows installed on it, government bribes (and God knows they've done plenty, even last year with the ODF non-sense).
Please, do explain how this had absolutely no effect on the market and how it was just the market magically combining their brain power (mind melds?) to decide they didn't want any OS other than Windows.
First result on Google, http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/sh23/adldap.html
There is a brain dead easy way to do with YasT on SuSE with Apache's mod_auth_ldap support, by the way.
If I had mod points, I would have modded the parent up.
You know, I've attended a few Linux User Groups and opensource advocacy, they actually focus on the fact that you can use what you're most familiar with rather than promoting the CLI.
No.
I have come across a lot of netbooks, I have never ever seen this issue. I am extremely doubtful that this "friend" exists from the very vague description so far.
Only thing I can suggest, did he try the restoring to factory settings crap? Addtionally, was the wi-fi switch turned off?
Seriously, there is no information really here to diagnose the issue, I am doubtful that companies will ship out netbooks with wi-fi that don't work, so my immediate assumption is a PEBKAC error.
A PHD doesn't mean anything, you either know what you're doing or you don't.
In all honesty, I can't remember a time when I plugged in something on a Linux machine and it didn't just work a second after.