I think DragonFly BSD developers would agree with you.
DF is not meant to be a pure microkernel (its aim is to get the best of both worlds, a la Amiga) and instaead of writing it from scratch (working on an unusable product for years) they started modifying the FreeBSD 4.0 kernel towards a modular architecture, but every release is stable enough to be used in a lot of pratical cases (if not as stable as a tipical BSD release).
It's note really ready but you can take a look at it.
While DragonFly is not meant to be a pure microkernel (its aim is to get the best of both worlds, a la Amiga) I think it deserves a mention too.
DF has a different approach on _developing_ a microkernel. Instaead of writing it from scratch (working on an unusable product for years) they started modifying the FreeBSD 4.0 kernel towards a modular architecture, but every release is stable enough to be used in a lot of pratical cases (if not as stable as a tipical BSD release).
I am not a developer and I do not use DF a lot, but I think it will pay to keep an eye on them, they have the potential to take a many of the concepts behind the microkernel design and itroduce them to a lager audience.
Do you know of a good cyberpunk rpg with playable rules for the cyberspace? I have tried a few (fron cyberpunk 2020 to GURPS cyberpunk) but non of them was simple and yet accurate enough (and yes I know those 2 reqirements are in conflict).
I am still looking for a system that does not make the "netrunner" some kind of mage with programs instead of spells and somehow resemble the real experience of "hacking" without requiring all the knowledge.
I've heard of the mythical GURPS Hackers that was beeing developed when Steve's Jacksons home was raided (http://www.chriswaltrip.com/sterling/crack2m.html ) I wish I could take a look at it!!!
As a premise: I installed only kdebase (the bare minimum) on my system (just to give it a try)...
"This metapackage includes the core official modules released with KDE. This includes just the basic desktop (browser, file manager, text editor, control center, panel, etc.) and important libraries and data, in addition to the aRts soundserver."
now excuse me if I call a package that absolutely needs
- A browser
- A control center
- A system panel
- A file manager
- A text editor...
a bit bloated.
In my perfect world kde would be split up in separate packages so that I can have the window manager and the taskbar, configure them _without_ the control panel, have mozilla as a browser if I wish, and use no file manager at all (at the cost of not having icons on my desktop, of course).
I will also rejoice the day someone cleans the application dependencies (and, yes, I know this is not strictly a task for the kde team) so that any k* app stops depending on 40 different (k)libraries (no you will never make me believe a fraking xterm clone needs all of them).
Anyway this is why _I_ do not use kde, this does not mean it is crap or that _you_ can't use it.
I use E17 instead, the enlightenment package contains just the bare minimum (a window manager + a few widgets) and I can install the rest (the various epplets, epplications and so on) only if I want to.
1) A lot of users only know how IE does things. It could be scary to have to deal with a different layout, or a different set of commands, or a different method of bookmarking or whatever.
That's great, but what if you want something usable? Debian's packages are so old that it's mostly irrelevant in situations where you need to interoperate with any windows technology.
I have been using the stable release for a long time. When I felt packages were becoming too old I swtched to debian unstable and lo! the only distro more up-to-date (that I can think of) is gentoo but my packages are already compiled; updating a program is just a command away (apt-get, of course), and I did not experience any critical bug that apt-listbugs did not warn me before the installation.
I work daily in a mixed windows/unix environment and I have never had an issue mounting samba filesystems or operating with printers (but maybe you need something more complex).
Are you really talking of _your_ experience or just because you have heard "debian is oooold". Give debian a fair chance, it's not manna from heaven but it's worth a try.
It seems to me Debian is the only big community driven distro left on the field (Gentoo has a big audience but, somehow, I feel the requisite to recompile everything from source limit its adoption)
I hope the debian benefits from the contribute of those that do not want to support RadHat enterprise (a debian based scientific distro, to superseed the rh7.3 based we have now (SL) would be great).
mhm (no, I did not read TFA), how is this more sure than a one time pad? You have to agree on the time window to use as pad, witch is conceptually identical to exchanging the pad itself.
The only point is that the attacker need a telescope...
I had to work with a less expert friend of mine twice and the first time I ended up rewriting most of the bulk work she made since the design had holes that could not easily be patched.
The second time around we first agreed on the specs (and made them strict) than each one wrote its part and later we exchanged the code and looked for bugs in the other's code. It worked much better.
(I have to mention that the second time she had become much more better than she was the first, that played a role too:)
all the other answers you got are reasonable, but all of them seem to miss a point. Most of my contacts use web interfaces to email more often than a client. And implementing cryptography on a web page is just a joke. It would provide no real security. Well, there are ways (i.e. hushmail), but they are hard to implement and requires stuff like java (forget to check your mail from your aunt-s pc or your pda) and most people, me included, are not going to trade accessibility and ease of use for security.
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I think DragonFly BSD developers would agree with you.
DF is not meant to be a pure microkernel (its aim is to get the best of both worlds, a la Amiga) and instaead of writing it from scratch (working on an unusable product for years) they started modifying the FreeBSD 4.0 kernel towards a modular architecture, but every release is stable enough to be used in a lot of pratical cases (if not as stable as a tipical BSD release).
It's note really ready but you can take a look at it.
While DragonFly is not meant to be a pure microkernel (its aim is to get the best of both worlds, a la Amiga) I think it deserves a mention too.
DF has a different approach on _developing_ a microkernel. Instaead of writing it from scratch (working on an unusable product for years) they started modifying the FreeBSD 4.0 kernel towards a modular architecture, but every release is stable enough to be used in a lot of pratical cases (if not as stable as a tipical BSD release).
I am not a developer and I do not use DF a lot, but I think it will pay to keep an eye on them, they have the potential to take a many of the concepts behind the microkernel design and itroduce them to a lager audience.
Do you know of a good cyberpunk rpg with playable rules for the cyberspace?
l ) I wish I could take a look at it!!!
I have tried a few (fron cyberpunk 2020 to GURPS cyberpunk) but non of them was simple and yet accurate enough (and yes I know those 2 reqirements are in conflict).
I am still looking for a system that does not make the "netrunner" some kind of mage with programs instead of spells and somehow resemble the real experience of "hacking" without requiring all the knowledge.
I've heard of the mythical GURPS Hackers that was beeing developed when Steve's Jacksons home was raided (http://www.chriswaltrip.com/sterling/crack2m.htm
now excuse me if I call a package that absolutely needs
- A browser
- A control center
- A system panel
- A file manager
- A text editor
a bit bloated.
In my perfect world kde would be split up in separate packages so that I can have the window manager and the taskbar, configure them _without_ the control panel, have mozilla as a browser if I wish, and use no file manager at all (at the cost of not having icons on my desktop, of course).
I will also rejoice the day someone cleans the application dependencies (and, yes, I know this is not strictly a task for the kde team) so that any k* app stops depending on 40 different (k)libraries (no you will never make me believe a fraking xterm clone needs all of them).
Anyway this is why _I_ do not use kde, this does not mean it is crap or that _you_ can't use it.
I use E17 instead, the enlightenment package contains just the bare minimum (a window manager + a few widgets) and I can install the rest (the various epplets, epplications and so on) only if I want to.
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If you find them meaningful use them too
A lot of people think ie IS internet
I have been using the stable release for a long time. When I felt packages were becoming too old I swtched to debian unstable and lo! the only distro more up-to-date (that I can think of) is gentoo but my packages are already compiled; updating a program is just a command away (apt-get, of course), and I did not experience any critical bug that apt-listbugs did not warn me before the installation.
I work daily in a mixed windows/unix environment and I have never had an issue mounting samba filesystems or operating with printers (but maybe you need something more complex).
Are you really talking of _your_ experience or just because you have heard "debian is oooold". Give debian a fair chance, it's not manna from heaven but it's worth a try.
It seems to me Debian is the only big community driven distro left on the field (Gentoo has a big audience but, somehow, I feel the requisite to recompile everything from source limit its adoption)
I hope the debian benefits from the contribute of those that do not want to support RadHat enterprise (a debian based scientific distro, to superseed the rh7.3 based we have now (SL) would be great).
thank you
mhm (no, I did not read TFA), how is this more sure than a one time pad? You have to agree on the time window to use as pad, witch is conceptually identical to exchanging the pad itself.
The only point is that the attacker need a telescope...
Johnson-Nyquist noise is just as random as radioactivity, they are both of quantum origin.
I actually wrote "much more better" argh!!!
:)
all work and no coffe makes muzzle unaware of the grammar
I had to work with a less expert friend of mine twice and the first time I ended up rewriting most of the bulk work she made since the design had holes that could not easily be patched.
:)
The second time around we first agreed on the specs (and made them strict) than each one wrote its part and later we exchanged the code and looked for bugs in the other's code. It worked much better.
(I have to mention that the second time she had become much more better than she was the first, that played a role too
...than using the noise from your soundcard disconnected mic?
It is just as random and does not require a radiotelescope the size of a small house...
this cant be The Question, since the universe did not reboot...
There are filesystems specifically developed for solid state storage, have a look at:
JFFS2 and YAFFS
They are being abandoned anyway since most flash drives have built in levelling system (this menans that almost any filesystem is ok).
OPIE, a linux distro for handhelds device, use JFFS2 for SecureDigital cards .
Am I the only one who parsed the title as:
MS Connects Office and Back-Orifice Apps
MS Connects Office and Back-Orifice Apps
?
We are Devo.
What people really need is Steganography
all the other answers you got are reasonable, but all of them seem to miss a point. Most of my contacts use web interfaces to email more often than a client.
And implementing cryptography on a web page is just a joke. It would provide no real security. Well, there are ways (i.e. hushmail), but they are hard to implement and requires stuff like java (forget to check your mail from your aunt-s pc or your pda) and most people, me included, are not going to trade accessibility and ease of use for security.
check http://tor.eff.org/
Do you have links? pictures? I'd be more than interested.
'cause I'd like to give it a try!
If you do not wish google to track you just install the Customizegoogle extension in firefox and selet anonimyze me in the privacy tab.
It's not that hard!