# mutate the seed in some manner to get random hex output. my @results; foreach my $seed (@seeds) {
my $result = ($seed + 10) % 256;
push @results, $result; } foreach my $result (@results) {
printf("%0x:", $result); }
take a look at that page and see how often "SUDO" (the Linux equivalent) is required. Holy cow, it's like every single time you want to call apt-get
In ubuntu, sudo doesn't ask you for your password every time; it can remember that you authenticated correctly the first time and won't prompt you again for some amount of time. So if you're running 5 apt-get commands in a row, you would only enter your password once.
Alternately, you could do the upgrades using the GUI, which will ask you for your password once and once only.
Yet another alternative would be to set up the root account for general use, then just run 'su' once followed by all of the upgrade commands. In this case you would enter the root password once and once only.
So, three different ways to do the upgrade, and each only requires a single password.
you have to give up the root password. I believe this means that all install scripts are running as root--I don't know if this is a security hole, but it sure sounds like one.
All of the install scripts are coming from cryptographically signed packages from official ubuntu repositories. For the script to be in that package, it has to have been looked at by the package maintainer, who is explicitly trusted by the distribution. For a particular package version to be included in an official release, it needs to have gone through a particular amount of testing first without any major bugs (installing malware would be a major bug). So while it is possible for the install scripts to contain malware, it would have to successfully avoid detection by the maintainer and by all users for at least several weeks, and even then it could easily be removed by a new package version which would be picked up the next time you did an update. In summary, while it *could* be exploited as an attack vector, it is orders of magnitude harder than getting an XP user to click on a.exe.
Client-side scripting is optional for websites in the same way that tires are optional for a car. The car will still go without them, but it'll be slow, noisy, and bumpy. Yes, they are susceptible to flats and being slashed by vandals, but the benefits far outweigh the risks.
"the primary route of attack" on websites these days is cross-site scripting, sql injection, and insufficient paranoia by server-side processing. Disabling client-side processing would do nothing to prevent these things, and would only serve to cripple the usability of the web.
You have just described *exactly* what ubuntu feisty(due for release in a week or two) does. When you first try playing an mp3/whatever, it pops up a dialog box asking you if you want to install the necessary stuff. It doesn't even nag you about legality or freedom.:)
I've been using Kubuntu feisty for a few weeks now (and ubuntu for over a year), and it is an *excellent* distribution.
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Erm, linux boxes *can* get rooted, and it's damned embarassing when they do (aye, speaking from experience). Packages like KMyFirewall (dead easy) or shorewall (incredibly powerful) can both have you set up with a working firewall with a minimum of effort. The best part is that they both silently run in the background without you having to worry about them.
To tie in to your main point, these and other firewalls can be installed, upgraded, and managed using the same package manager as everything else. Without rebooting.
Short answer: no. Long answer: not until those sites release their content in a format that can be legally distributed by debian. "Free Software" does not only refer to the price.
You seem to be confused about how peripherals work. When you plug an ipod into a PC, it can no more run software ON THE PC than your mouse can, as you would otherwise have to hack the USB protocol to embed arbitrary system commands in data packets. To make anything ipod-related use a network, you would be *much* better off writing a virus for itunes, which actually runs on the computer with the network connection.
KDE 4.0 is a set of libraries, which can be ported. KWin and KDesktop *could* be ported to windows, but there's not much point, as you said. The actual reason that KDE4 will kick ass is because applications that use the kde4 libraries will be portable. These include Kopete, KMail, Amarok, and various other apps that I miss greatly when using windows (or OSX, as KDE4 is portable to that as well).
You are confusing a windowing system (X11) with an OS (Linux). While you may have to "screw around on the command line" to get X working again, everything else will continue to work just fine (filesystem, webserver, internet, etc), all of which you can use either from a virtual console or a remote connection. If explorer.exe won't start, how exactly do you fix that without sitting down with a recovery CD?
I use Kubuntu, and I like it because: a) it Just Works for my hardware. You may have troubles, but it seems most people don't. b) it's usable. They've put a lot of work into making sure settings/programs are where a user expects them, and that things are doable with a GUI. c) frequent updates/upgrades. I like running the latest versions of things, and I know that there's even more updates coming in 6 months. d) active innovation. it's a distro that is willing to rewrite the entire bootup sequence if it'll improve the user experience. e) pragmatism about closed-source. Ubuntu admits that people sometimes need closed-source drivers/software, and makes it easy to get/install. f) excellent community/support/documentation. If I have a problem, I can find a fix.
If they have a long lifespan for the console, that loss might eventually become a profit. If they develop a replacement console sooner, that not only adds a schwack of R&D costs but it reduces the amount of profit they could get from this generation.
The exact same thing goes for sony; the ps3 is a loss leader, but they are probably making money from the ps2 due to its popularity and long life.
It depends on what you mean by ".NET framework". If you mean the *Actual* framework, as in the thing that takes your c# code and runs it, then yes, you can easily use Mono (which is a competing implementation) in ubuntu.
If, however, you mean Visual Studio, then there may be issues. There are several nice IDEs in linux (Eclipse, KDevelop, etc), but none are exactly the same as Visual Studio, and I don't know how well any of them deal with.NET.
I upgraded to feisty herd 4 using apt-get dist-upgrade, and it was smoother than any of my previous upgrade attempts. It helps that they are building on the major changes they made last year, rather than changing everything all over again.
I agree that the fastest way to do an upgrade is to download the "alternate CD" ISO, burn it, and install the packages from that. Note that you need the alternate CD ISO, *not* the regular desktop ISO!
And if you're lucky enough to be using a recent nvidia card, you can turn on the jaw-dropping 3d effects, as the underlying 3d extension is enabled by default in k/ubuntu. Put your apps on the side of a spinning cube, and it'll still run faster than vista!
Plus, if warm regions convert to CFL, then they need less A/C to combat the BTU produced by their light bulbs. It would be a double win.
As for Canada and other colder regions, I would still rather have my heat come from my heater, as it is both more easily controlled and has known costs. Side effects, while sometimes beneficial, are rarely desirable overall.
The headline is very misleading. Ubuntu has decided to maintain the status quo, based on their analysis of this particular bit of technology. You can still install and use the proprietary drivers, and it sounds like they are actively trying to make that as easy as possible.
Don't base your distro decisions on slashdot's headlines; at least RTFA...
Sorry, but linux and OSX only ask you for your password when doing potentially dangerous things. You are not prompted when moving files from one of your own folders to another of your own folders. You are not prompted when editing your own menus. You ARE prompted when doing something that will affect other users of the system, such as installing software site-wide. If you want to install a warez server under your own home folder, go nuts, you already explicitly have permission to do so.
Of course, linux and OSX have fine-grained mechanisms to grant/revoke permissions for any file, folder, or program. If I wanted to install openoffice as my cousin vinnie, I could do so. Vista's all-or-nothing UAC is nothing more than an attempt to shift blame to the users, so that MS can claim to provide better security than ever before.
It's not so much the number of eyes on open source software, as the lack of eyes on closed source software. Given few enough eyeballs, all bugs are left unfixed, as the developers are off working on their other 30 feature requests and don't have time to fix security on something that works well enough.
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Lies! I just wrote a random number generator, and it works wonderfully!
Here's the source code:
my @seeds = (
-1, 239, 7, -8, 0x93, 0x6a, 217, 81, 206, 55, 76, 187, 89, 76, 126, 182
);
# mutate the seed in some manner to get random hex output.
my @results;
foreach my $seed (@seeds)
{
my $result = ($seed + 10) % 256;
push @results, $result;
}
foreach my $result (@results) {
printf("%0x:", $result);
}
No, the Zune's target market is people who blindly buy whatever the salesguy recommends.
"Personally, I installed Ubuntu 6.x to see how it feels, and I'm pleasantly impressed. "
In that case, you should upgrade to ubuntu 7.04 and prepare to be even more impressed!
Never mind that many of the things that automatix dealt with (esp. codecs) are now handled by feisty itself...
In ubuntu, sudo doesn't ask you for your password every time; it can remember that you authenticated correctly the first time and won't prompt you again for some amount of time. So if you're running 5 apt-get commands in a row, you would only enter your password once.
Alternately, you could do the upgrades using the GUI, which will ask you for your password once and once only.
Yet another alternative would be to set up the root account for general use, then just run 'su' once followed by all of the upgrade commands. In this case you would enter the root password once and once only.
So, three different ways to do the upgrade, and each only requires a single password.
All of the install scripts are coming from cryptographically signed packages from official ubuntu repositories. For the script to be in that package, it has to have been looked at by the package maintainer, who is explicitly trusted by the distribution. For a particular package version to be included in an official release, it needs to have gone through a particular amount of testing first without any major bugs (installing malware would be a major bug). So while it is possible for the install scripts to contain malware, it would have to successfully avoid detection by the maintainer and by all users for at least several weeks, and even then it could easily be removed by a new package version which would be picked up the next time you did an update. In summary, while it *could* be exploited as an attack vector, it is orders of magnitude harder than getting an XP user to click on a
Client-side scripting is optional for websites in the same way that tires are optional for a car. The car will still go without them, but it'll be slow, noisy, and bumpy. Yes, they are susceptible to flats and being slashed by vandals, but the benefits far outweigh the risks.
"the primary route of attack" on websites these days is cross-site scripting, sql injection, and insufficient paranoia by server-side processing. Disabling client-side processing would do nothing to prevent these things, and would only serve to cripple the usability of the web.
You have just described *exactly* what ubuntu feisty(due for release in a week or two) does. When you first try playing an mp3/whatever, it pops up a dialog box asking you if you want to install the necessary stuff. It doesn't even nag you about legality or freedom. :)
I've been using Kubuntu feisty for a few weeks now (and ubuntu for over a year), and it is an *excellent* distribution.
Erm, linux boxes *can* get rooted, and it's damned embarassing when they do (aye, speaking from experience). Packages like KMyFirewall (dead easy) or shorewall (incredibly powerful) can both have you set up with a working firewall with a minimum of effort. The best part is that they both silently run in the background without you having to worry about them.
To tie in to your main point, these and other firewalls can be installed, upgraded, and managed using the same package manager as everything else. Without rebooting.
Short answer: no. Long answer: not until those sites release their content in a format that can be legally distributed by debian. "Free Software" does not only refer to the price.
You seem to be confused about how peripherals work. When you plug an ipod into a PC, it can no more run software ON THE PC than your mouse can, as you would otherwise have to hack the USB protocol to embed arbitrary system commands in data packets. To make anything ipod-related use a network, you would be *much* better off writing a virus for itunes, which actually runs on the computer with the network connection.
KDE 4.0 is a set of libraries, which can be ported. KWin and KDesktop *could* be ported to windows, but there's not much point, as you said. The actual reason that KDE4 will kick ass is because applications that use the kde4 libraries will be portable. These include Kopete, KMail, Amarok, and various other apps that I miss greatly when using windows (or OSX, as KDE4 is portable to that as well).
You are confusing a windowing system (X11) with an OS (Linux). While you may have to "screw around on the command line" to get X working again, everything else will continue to work just fine (filesystem, webserver, internet, etc), all of which you can use either from a virtual console or a remote connection. If explorer.exe won't start, how exactly do you fix that without sitting down with a recovery CD?
"Apollo will work on Mac and Windows to begin with, Linux support to follow."
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http://myblah-blah-tech.blogspot.com/2007/01/15-t
I use Kubuntu, and I like it because:
a) it Just Works for my hardware. You may have troubles, but it seems most people don't.
b) it's usable. They've put a lot of work into making sure settings/programs are where a user expects them, and that things are doable with a GUI.
c) frequent updates/upgrades. I like running the latest versions of things, and I know that there's even more updates coming in 6 months.
d) active innovation. it's a distro that is willing to rewrite the entire bootup sequence if it'll improve the user experience.
e) pragmatism about closed-source. Ubuntu admits that people sometimes need closed-source drivers/software, and makes it easy to get/install.
f) excellent community/support/documentation. If I have a problem, I can find a fix.
Um, the linux kernel is written in C, not C++. they would be printf("Hello World\n") and printf("\n"), respectively.
(intentionally missing the joke in favour of the gold medal for pedantry)
Microsoft isn't making money on the 360, it's selling at a loss (just like the xbox 1):A VeytDAqV.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEFkZEZVF
If they have a long lifespan for the console, that loss might eventually become a profit. If they develop a replacement console sooner, that not only adds a schwack of R&D costs but it reduces the amount of profit they could get from this generation.
The exact same thing goes for sony; the ps3 is a loss leader, but they are probably making money from the ps2 due to its popularity and long life.
It depends on what you mean by ".NET framework". If you mean the *Actual* framework, as in the thing that takes your c# code and runs it, then yes, you can easily use Mono (which is a competing implementation) in ubuntu.
.NET.
If, however, you mean Visual Studio, then there may be issues. There are several nice IDEs in linux (Eclipse, KDevelop, etc), but none are exactly the same as Visual Studio, and I don't know how well any of them deal with
Terrorists != Extremist Muslims, nor vice versa. Please turn off Fox News and actually learn about geopolitics before you attempt to discuss it again.
I upgraded to feisty herd 4 using apt-get dist-upgrade, and it was smoother than any of my previous upgrade attempts. It helps that they are building on the major changes they made last year, rather than changing everything all over again.
I agree that the fastest way to do an upgrade is to download the "alternate CD" ISO, burn it, and install the packages from that. Note that you need the alternate CD ISO, *not* the regular desktop ISO!
And if you're lucky enough to be using a recent nvidia card, you can turn on the jaw-dropping 3d effects, as the underlying 3d extension is enabled by default in k/ubuntu. Put your apps on the side of a spinning cube, and it'll still run faster than vista!
Plus, if warm regions convert to CFL, then they need less A/C to combat the BTU produced by their light bulbs. It would be a double win.
As for Canada and other colder regions, I would still rather have my heat come from my heater, as it is both more easily controlled and has known costs. Side effects, while sometimes beneficial, are rarely desirable overall.
The headline is very misleading. Ubuntu has decided to maintain the status quo, based on their analysis of this particular bit of technology. You can still install and use the proprietary drivers, and it sounds like they are actively trying to make that as easy as possible.
Don't base your distro decisions on slashdot's headlines; at least RTFA...
Sorry, but linux and OSX only ask you for your password when doing potentially dangerous things. You are not prompted when moving files from one of your own folders to another of your own folders. You are not prompted when editing your own menus. You ARE prompted when doing something that will affect other users of the system, such as installing software site-wide. If you want to install a warez server under your own home folder, go nuts, you already explicitly have permission to do so.
Of course, linux and OSX have fine-grained mechanisms to grant/revoke permissions for any file, folder, or program. If I wanted to install openoffice as my cousin vinnie, I could do so. Vista's all-or-nothing UAC is nothing more than an attempt to shift blame to the users, so that MS can claim to provide better security than ever before.
It's not so much the number of eyes on open source software, as the lack of eyes on closed source software. Given few enough eyeballs, all bugs are left unfixed, as the developers are off working on their other 30 feature requests and don't have time to fix security on something that works well enough.
4) Have they actually released source code?
I'm constantly amazed by the number of projects on sourceforge with nothing to show but vague descriptions and good intentions.