From the article:
A zombie is a machine--typically connected to a broadband connection and without any type of firewall or anti-virus protection--that has been maliciously infected by a worm or virus without the owners' knowledge and is used to launch Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and send spam and phishing e-mails.
... HP is launching these notebooks in regions where Windows piracy is high because they can rely on the security of selling them to people that will buy just because they're cheaper, but will eventually install a pirated copy of Windows instead of Ubuntu. Not very promissing for Linux I say. Heck, the bundled FreeDOS even makes this easier...
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And while that does not happen:
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From the article: A zombie is a machine--typically connected to a broadband connection and without any type of firewall or anti-virus protection--that has been maliciously infected by a worm or virus without the owners' knowledge and is used to launch Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and send spam and phishing e-mails.
This is power that Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and many governments could only dream of having.
Got root?
Ahhh, just like old times... "MY DWARF IS GONNA DEBUG THAT ELF!" "OK, ROLL 1D20" ...
"YOU MISSED, THAT ELF HAS NO VULNERABILITIES!!"
... HP is launching these notebooks in regions where Windows piracy is high because they can rely on the security of selling them to people that will buy just because they're cheaper, but will eventually install a pirated copy of Windows instead of Ubuntu. Not very promissing for Linux I say. Heck, the bundled FreeDOS even makes this easier...
It might work... after all the liquid metal cyborg in T2 was a very COOL guy! (This joke was awful!)
How dare you IMPLY Longhorn is not secure?