Redhat may be willing to go longer, I don't know, but of course you pay yearly, quite a lot in fact, for a service contract.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has 10 years of support, and 3 more years of extended support. Fedora is kept alive only for 1 year, so for that there's really no long-term support (it's still a nice distro though).
As we're talking about things related to terminals, the one thing I'm still anxiously missing is a terminal emulator which implements smooth scrolling of new text, a feature that was also present in some hardware terminals a million years ago. I guess some smart guy could modify an existing terminal to support this. Heck, if I had a bit more skills, I'd roll up my sleeves and do it myself. It would be sweet.
That's a good point. As the amount of the RAM continues to increase, so does the possibility for an error. At some point we might be looking ECC as a standard feature.
The codec support is a bit limited. The Broadcom GPU supports many, but I think they licensed H.264 and MPEG-2 for the project. Others should be "fused off". At some point they released the specifications paper, but the other day I couldn't find it any more. It's all there.
If you go down to the basics, pretty much the only graphical program you would need is the web browser. Plus entertainment stuff (movie player, games). Myself, I try to get best of the both worlds.
Exactly. One reason why Linux is so secure is because almost all of the software comes from the same trusted repositories. If there was as much as freely-installable third-party software as there is for Win/Mac, there would be much more vehicles to inject malware into the system. This would work other ways too - if there was reputable repositories for Win/Mac and users were recommended to use them always when possible, the machines would probably stay cleaner.
So, you are stating confidently that if there were two competing OSs, one of which was riddled with known unpatched remote exploits and where every user was the equivalent of root at all times, and the other was using the best of all the security features from OS X, Linux, Windows, BSD etc. that market share would have *no* effect on amount of malware on each platform?
I can recommend both Fedora and openSUSE at their current state. Fedora's GNOME3 + Gnome Shell desktop gives you a polished and simple interface that does not get into your way (and runs faster than Unity). For a more flexible desktop, openSUSE is a great KDE4 platform. Good times.
I also agree with the point about Microsoft interoperability. Having good, real-world Office and Exchange compatibility would be another really powerful improvement for desktop Linux.
Do you guys still remember the "ask Slashdot with a sponsor" idea introduced some months ago? For one time there was a SourceForge dude commenting as a sidekick, but after that it seems to be ditched. Well, whatever.
Modern IDE drives don't allow low-level formatting, and as far as I know, even re-writing the user content of the drive does not re-write sector header data.
Enhanced Secure Erase should get a bit further than the user content. When initiating that, the drive internally uses the more detailed information it knows about itself to perform a deeper erase (at least in theory). For this kind of operations I recommend Parted Magic (works for nuking SSDs too).
He might be lurking here every now and then. Here's a funny Linuxcon Portland 2009 piece where (pos 2:00) he is asked "so you actually read Slashdot?" and he shoots himself with a finger pistol.
"Should the TV owner choose not to use these features, the camera and microphone can be disabled. Users can check if the camera and microphone are activated from the TV’s settings menu. As an added precaution, the camera can be rotated and tucked into the bezel of the TV. Once tucked away, the camera only captures a black image."
But can someone who wants to use the camera, be assured about his privacy?
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To be academically correct, you should fclose() the file. :P
Redhat may be willing to go longer, I don't know, but of course you pay yearly, quite a lot in fact, for a service contract.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has 10 years of support, and 3 more years of extended support. Fedora is kept alive only for 1 year, so for that there's really no long-term support (it's still a nice distro though).
But it runs slower and has more bugs.
Why would you do it? You could probably find a real Android phone with the HW specs you're looking after.
As we're talking about things related to terminals, the one thing I'm still anxiously missing is a terminal emulator which implements smooth scrolling of new text, a feature that was also present in some hardware terminals a million years ago. I guess some smart guy could modify an existing terminal to support this. Heck, if I had a bit more skills, I'd roll up my sleeves and do it myself. It would be sweet.
It might even become a standard procedure after installation to use some hack which disables Metro and puts the Start button back.
Well, xxxbunker.com could be one option.
In general there seems to be an attitude at Slashdot that open source makes everything somehow "good" or "holy".
That's a good point. As the amount of the RAM continues to increase, so does the possibility for an error. At some point we might be looking ECC as a standard feature.
No, there was two codecs in that document, although I don't exactly remember which ones they were.
The codec support is a bit limited. The Broadcom GPU supports many, but I think they licensed H.264 and MPEG-2 for the project. Others should be "fused off". At some point they released the specifications paper, but the other day I couldn't find it any more. It's all there.
If you go down to the basics, pretty much the only graphical program you would need is the web browser. Plus entertainment stuff (movie player, games). Myself, I try to get best of the both worlds.
When you build an ARM device like the Raspberry Pi, PandaBoard, does it include a BIOS or similar low level firmware?
Exactly. One reason why Linux is so secure is because almost all of the software comes from the same trusted repositories. If there was as much as freely-installable third-party software as there is for Win/Mac, there would be much more vehicles to inject malware into the system. This would work other ways too - if there was reputable repositories for Win/Mac and users were recommended to use them always when possible, the machines would probably stay cleaner.
So, you are stating confidently that if there were two competing OSs, one of which was riddled with known unpatched remote exploits and where every user was the equivalent of root at all times, and the other was using the best of all the security features from OS X, Linux, Windows, BSD etc. that market share would have *no* effect on amount of malware on each platform?
Technically you are correct - a good writing etiquette includes having the complete content being readable without the subject line.
But he might not notice your explanation from the subject line, as he didn't see it in the first place.
I can recommend both Fedora and openSUSE at their current state. Fedora's GNOME3 + Gnome Shell desktop gives you a polished and simple interface that does not get into your way (and runs faster than Unity). For a more flexible desktop, openSUSE is a great KDE4 platform. Good times.
I also agree with the point about Microsoft interoperability. Having good, real-world Office and Exchange compatibility would be another really powerful improvement for desktop Linux.
Do you guys still remember the "ask Slashdot with a sponsor" idea introduced some months ago? For one time there was a SourceForge dude commenting as a sidekick, but after that it seems to be ditched. Well, whatever.
Modern IDE drives don't allow low-level formatting, and as far as I know, even re-writing the user content of the drive does not re-write sector header data.
Enhanced Secure Erase should get a bit further than the user content. When initiating that, the drive internally uses the more detailed information it knows about itself to perform a deeper erase (at least in theory). For this kind of operations I recommend Parted Magic (works for nuking SSDs too).
He might be lurking here every now and then. Here's a funny Linuxcon Portland 2009 piece where (pos 2:00) he is asked "so you actually read Slashdot?" and he shoots himself with a finger pistol.
And inside the OS, we could run Flash, Minecraft and the Slashdot commenting system.
I also thought it was an abandoned project.
That's right, they've chosen the Shetland Islands flag for their Shetland pony OS...
When you swap the colors, it becomes the flag of Finland, home of Linus Torvalds...
"Should the TV owner choose not to use these features, the camera and microphone can be disabled. Users can check if the camera and microphone are activated from the TV’s settings menu. As an added precaution, the camera can be rotated and tucked into the bezel of the TV. Once tucked away, the camera only captures a black image."
But can someone who wants to use the camera, be assured about his privacy?