So old that they don't affect common versions of Android in use.
You'd be surprised how many 2.2 and 2.3 devices are still in use because Google refused to make Android updates that fit in older devices' smaller RAM.
for all the evil they do, Microsoft gives you unrestricted access to the Operating System (recent host file shenanigans notwithstanding)
As of Windows 10, you need to buy and renew an EV code signing certificate in order to run any drivers that you have built. This is cost prohibitive for many individual hardware hackers.
I've never seen a x86 PC that doesn't allow you to wipe Windows and install something else
Xbox was this way, at least until mods were figured out. So is Xbox One. So is PlayStation 4, though it comes with a FreeBSD-based operating system called Orbis OS instead of Windows.
Another issue is drivers. A PC maker can ship Windows on its PCs and refuse to ship drivers for other operating systems, as ASUS does with its current EeeBook and Transformer Book laptops.
Does zero service at night, on Saturday evenings, on Sundays, or on major holidays (source: fwcitilink.com) count as "well served"? During April through October, I work around this on a bicycle, but mornings above 0C/32F are ending soon.
If someone doesn't have his licence yet, what car should he use for the tens of hours of supervised driving practice that many jurisdictions require before he becomes eligible for the services of "car-hire firms"?
I see lots of people reading books or working on laptops.
That might be because they bought their laptops prior to the end of 2012 when manufacturers discontinued small laptops. When I ride the bus, I carry a Dell Inspiron 1012, a 10.1" Linux laptop, which I use for hobby coding projects. But I have had it for over five years and wonder what I'll be able to replace it with once it ends up breaking. I'd imagine that full-size laptops are "mug me" magnets.
Still it's the traditional poorly referenced third party article instead of the actual source article but what else do you expect?
A lot of Slashdot's readership don't subscribe to numerous paywalled scientific journals, nor are they willing to pay $30 for a single article. Therefore, those who do take the time to read the featured article often have to rely on pop-science distillations.
If they are available for both Wii U and Android, buy the Android version. Or are you referring to games whose heroes are among the Super Smash Bros. For core roster? If so, you can't play Android exclusives on a Wii U either.
GNU/Linux Distributions have a digitally-signed audit trail that goes all the way back to multiply personally-verified GPG key signatures. *NO* malware gets through that process - absolutely none.
By "multiply personally-verified GPG key signatures", I assume you're referring to the requirement to attend a key-signing party in person with a Debian Developer. For upstream maintainers who live outside cycling distance of a Debian Developer willing to act as a sponsor for the upstream maintainer's package, this could end up throwing out the baby (a useful application that happens to have been developed by an upstream maintainer living far from the nearest Debian Developer) with the bathwater (malware).
i just cannot be bothered to compile software from source these days unless it's absolutely essential.... but why put yourself through that??
Because you want to use a particular program now, not wait for a few years down the road once its upstream maintainer's financial situation has improved to the point where its upstream maintainer can travel by airplane to key-signing parties.
There are mitigations for this specific trust attack, but they're not practiced widely.
I assume you're referring to David A. Wheeler's "diverse double-compiling" mitigation for the Ken Thompson attack. How are you sure that the major GNU/Linux distributors don't do this on their compile farms?
And other similar trust attacks aren't mitigated at all.
To which "similar trust attacks" do you refer, so that we can put them on the wishlist for mitigation?
And, obviously, if someone can install software from Google via downloads, they can install other software via downloads, including malware.
The difference is that on a GNU/Linux distro, one can choose to go without installing software via untrusted binary downloads, and this choice still produces a useful operating environment. For example, one can choose to download not actual Chrome, but Chromium.
Why don't you go on Amazon and post some questions there regarding Linux compatibility on the NUMEROUS laptops that fit the criteria?
I just did. Thank you for letting me know that this feature existed. But I'm not sure I'll be able to ask about every single make and model that Amazon sells.
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The last time this was trotted out, it was something you can't see: steganography.
Or has the OP been contacted by counsel for Adobe Systems?
Everyone with two brain cells is already rooting for Trump.
Fortunately, I have a lot more than two brain cells, so I can see how Trump will repeat history in a bad way.
A surface pro runs the operating system of the devil
You mean it has drivers for FreeBSD?
So old that they don't affect common versions of Android in use.
You'd be surprised how many 2.2 and 2.3 devices are still in use because Google refused to make Android updates that fit in older devices' smaller RAM.
for all the evil they do, Microsoft gives you unrestricted access to the Operating System (recent host file shenanigans notwithstanding)
As of Windows 10, you need to buy and renew an EV code signing certificate in order to run any drivers that you have built. This is cost prohibitive for many individual hardware hackers.
I've never seen a x86 PC that doesn't allow you to wipe Windows and install something else
Xbox was this way, at least until mods were figured out. So is Xbox One. So is PlayStation 4, though it comes with a FreeBSD-based operating system called Orbis OS instead of Windows.
Another issue is drivers. A PC maker can ship Windows on its PCs and refuse to ship drivers for other operating systems, as ASUS does with its current EeeBook and Transformer Book laptops.
As a ballpark estimate, how many pounds does zero to licence through a driving instructor cost in the UK?
A Surface Pro is can do everything a netbook could.
At a much higher price: $830 including Type Cover vs. netbooks that sold for about a third of that.
I carry a Dell Inspiron 1012, a 10.1" Linux laptop, [...] and wonder what I'll be able to replace it with
Asus still makes EeeBooks
One thing the old Eee PC had going for it was Linux compatibility. The EeeBook, on the other hand, appears to have the same compatibility problems that plague the same company's Transformer Book. They couldn't get audio or suspend working, for one thing.
Why are you running software with graphical UI elements on a server to begin with?
Have you ever heard of Remote Desktop? Two companies even did this with games (Gaikai and OnLive), and both ended up acquired by PlayStation.
Does zero service at night, on Saturday evenings, on Sundays, or on major holidays (source: fwcitilink.com) count as "well served"? During April through October, I work around this on a bicycle, but mornings above 0C/32F are ending soon.
At least most cars can't be used to spy on you (yet)...
At least until Progressive Casualty's patents on the "Snapshot" OBD-II logger expire.
until you have children
Talk about squandering money and being shackled.
Had your parents had the same idea, you would not exist.
That's what taxi and car-hire firms are for.
If someone doesn't have his licence yet, what car should he use for the tens of hours of supervised driving practice that many jurisdictions require before he becomes eligible for the services of "car-hire firms"?
I see lots of people reading books or working on laptops.
That might be because they bought their laptops prior to the end of 2012 when manufacturers discontinued small laptops. When I ride the bus, I carry a Dell Inspiron 1012, a 10.1" Linux laptop, which I use for hobby coding projects. But I have had it for over five years and wonder what I'll be able to replace it with once it ends up breaking. I'd imagine that full-size laptops are "mug me" magnets.
In what car should someone who plans to only rent a car learn to drive in the first place?
Still it's the traditional poorly referenced third party article instead of the actual source article but what else do you expect?
A lot of Slashdot's readership don't subscribe to numerous paywalled scientific journals, nor are they willing to pay $30 for a single article. Therefore, those who do take the time to read the featured article often have to rely on pop-science distillations.
If they are available for both Wii U and Android, buy the Android version. Or are you referring to games whose heroes are among the Super Smash Bros. For core roster? If so, you can't play Android exclusives on a Wii U either.
Why would people go to download Chrome from a site that isn't the official Google page?
One possibility is that someone lives in a country where all ISPs block downloads from Google.
GNU/Linux Distributions have a digitally-signed audit trail that goes all the way back to multiply personally-verified GPG key signatures. *NO* malware gets through that process - absolutely none.
By "multiply personally-verified GPG key signatures", I assume you're referring to the requirement to attend a key-signing party in person with a Debian Developer. For upstream maintainers who live outside cycling distance of a Debian Developer willing to act as a sponsor for the upstream maintainer's package, this could end up throwing out the baby (a useful application that happens to have been developed by an upstream maintainer living far from the nearest Debian Developer) with the bathwater (malware).
i just cannot be bothered to compile software from source these days unless it's absolutely essential. ... but why put yourself through that??
Because you want to use a particular program now, not wait for a few years down the road once its upstream maintainer's financial situation has improved to the point where its upstream maintainer can travel by airplane to key-signing parties.
There are mitigations for this specific trust attack, but they're not practiced widely.
I assume you're referring to David A. Wheeler's "diverse double-compiling" mitigation for the Ken Thompson attack. How are you sure that the major GNU/Linux distributors don't do this on their compile farms?
And other similar trust attacks aren't mitigated at all.
To which "similar trust attacks" do you refer, so that we can put them on the wishlist for mitigation?
And, obviously, if someone can install software from Google via downloads, they can install other software via downloads, including malware.
The difference is that on a GNU/Linux distro, one can choose to go without installing software via untrusted binary downloads, and this choice still produces a useful operating environment. For example, one can choose to download not actual Chrome, but Chromium.
You are misrepresenting my staatement by giving me a choice between three items which I did not address, nor do I care about.
I included "Other (please specify)" to address exactly that possibility of misrepresentation.
The Canonical name of the machine (the forward address) and the IP address delegation (the reverse address MUST match. [...] a CNAME record
So in other words, your answer is "Other: MX can point at a CNAME record whose content matches the reverse DNS." Do I understand you correctly?
signing certs for DNSSEC
I've read that some domain registrars, including a very well-known one in the United States, charge extra for DNSSEC service.
Why don't you go on Amazon and post some questions there regarding Linux compatibility on the NUMEROUS laptops that fit the criteria?
I just did. Thank you for letting me know that this feature existed. But I'm not sure I'll be able to ask about every single make and model that Amazon sells.
Which of the following statements is correct?