Firefox is only on workstations -- headless servers typically won't have a web browser; my company's certainly don't.
I'm sure meant "graphical webbrowser";-) The default install of OpenBSD has lynx installed, though I don't use it often, it's very handy when you need some kind of web browser, like reading docs that is in html format.
First off, please forgive my ignorance, but is it really *that* important for Linus to decide to move Linux from the GPLv2 to the GPLv3? Just because version 3 of the license becomes available does not automatically invalidate the version 2 license does it? Why is this such a hot button issue?
I'm sure his mailbox is filled with GPLv3 questions, and of course he can't just ignore GPLv3 since I'm sure there will be attempts to add code to the kernel with this license. Seems that he is saying that GPLv3 code will not be accepted into to the kernel, at least with the license in it's current form. Hopefully the Linux kernel developers wil care as much about free licenses as OpenBSD.
It could be said that all of them had mental conditions that rendered them susceptible to conditioning. They ceased to be individuals in need of help and were made into weapons to full fill the desires of others.
There are other reasons as to why terror funding is hard to fight. One of them is our (USA) incompetence. We simply do not get it. You still hear folks wondering why an individual would offer himself as a sacrifice in suicide bombing.
When someone has lost their home and family, they want to get even. Couple that with vare bad living conditions, and you have some desperate people with nothing to loose but thirsty for revenge. Many of these desperate people are the result of US actions in Middle-East and elsewhere for decades. I think most Americans would be revolted if they understood what their government is really doing abroad.
(b) Remote exploits. This, I think, is a lesser issue, but not a trivial one--there are a considerable number of remote exploits in Microsoft software, and there have been a non-trivial number of viruses and malware that spread through this vector. Unix-based systems are historically less vulnerable to such attacks, and often the remote processes that are vulnerable run under a different user than the desktop user anyway.
Unix-based system historically had many security holes, exploits and worms. It's only in later years that this has improved (think early RedHat distro that enabled just about every daemon by default). Have a
look at the OpenBSD Security Advisories, and you'll see that even OpenBSD has had many holes.
Maybe more distros should come with an install routine for Bastille-Linux. The FTA never mentioned this product, although it's more geared toward servers, not desktops. My guess is it wouldn't take much to turn this into a product for all *nix desktop operating systems.
If you are willing to run Bastille-Linux (hardening script, really, and not only for Linux) why not install
OpenBSD? Hardening scripts not supplied by the Linu distro has a tendency to make administration harder and break your installed OS. With OpenBSD you get a hardened OS with ports tested to work with this hardening. If you need accellerated 3D, then OpenBSD does not yet offer this.
... is intentional. It is due to companies trying "differensiate" themselves from the competition, and very little to do with increasing the security of their paying customers. Quite simply: it is marketing.
When I've had Exchange admins send me things like that before, I usually point out how easy it is to set up Spam Assassin on a Linux box. Problem solved!
Try out
spamd that is much likely to catch e-mails from infected PCs than SpamAssassin.
However people use what they're used to, they're scared to change, they're sheep. It doesn't have the comforting blue E of vulnerability, I mean, Internet on it.
I'm sure that there are a few things you do not want to change just because some random person thinks that you should use the hottest, newest thing available? Why don't you be a real man and
run OpenBSD. What, is it too hard to
read clear, detailed instructions?
Sorry, it IS so. The media uses end-of-the-world headlines because it gets people riled up and excited, and this news about the Kama Sutra worm falls into that category...
Yeah, and the assocation Kama Sutra == faboulus sex in various positions fit for those training gymnastics since age five.
Why do you specifically point out the Bush administration? I would imagine that most administrations since at least 1945 have had spy operations against allies. I'm sure right now we have assets (be it human or electronic) in place in the UK, and I'm sure they were there well before the Bush administration.
Yes, this has gone on for a long time, including financing of political groups. However, Greece is a NATO member and thus a close ally to USA, but is still treated ths way. Just imagine (or better, read some) what USA does to non-allies.
Please friggin quit dropping Bush's name wherever you think there may be Evil(tm) going on. He's done some bad stuff, but lets not get carried away.
Did you miss that part in mail that I said I'll avoid buying Sony products? That Sony products have to be substansially better? It's not me boycotting Sony, but my buying fewer of their products.
Indeed funny, but the Sony handling of this has made me to avoid buying their products. Unless Sony offer something much better I buy from the competition. Believe me, if consumers buy 10% less from Sony than usual Sony will pay real close attention.
What I want to know is if ATI still wins under Linux. It is really cool to say that ATI has the best video playback, but if you are building a MythTV box, a test under Windows does not really tell you much.
ATI used to have the suckiest drivers (i.e. fragile, crashprone, hard to install) as well on Linux, at least it used to be so when I gave up two years ago. ATI used to be more open source friendly with regards to hardware spec for old hardware, but to use high-end you need an unfree driver anyway to take full advantage of the card.
Now before the flames begin, Bush has made a lot of mistakes and I am by no means a Bush supporter. I just think that this kind of journalism continues to mislead the public on an import subject. The guy is mad, so what, it doesn't mean there is a government conspiracy to silence scientists.
The current administration does exactly that, and it's well documented. Some time ago there was even published a letter signed by 48 Nobel Laurates very concerned abouth Bush science policy. Government researcher has been pressurised not to publish results that the
administration does not like:
In other government agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish & Wildlife Service, many scientists say they have been pressured to cook their findings to support pre-approved conclusions. Political appointees are being seeded deeper into these agencies as well as the National Institutes of Health where they can more closely monitor and restrict government and government-funded scientists' work.
Use Google a bit, and you'll find more disturbing facts.
is the one game I've been playing for more than a decade, on and off. No fancy graphics, but great gameplay. Yeah, cool slick graphics and corresponding sound is nice, but no substitute for great gameplay.
mac doesnt get viruses because it's not worth the time to write one
Mostly because it's harder to write an effective virus for Mac OS X, along with availability of hardware to test assembly code. I wonder if we'll see more viruses popping up with Apple moving to Intel CPU's and machines that may run Windows.
but a mac is still more secure than windows. it has a proper (DEFAULT) security model for one. here's hoping vista will have it too.
Yeah, one of the reasons why there are so few virii targetting Mac OS X.
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I'm sure meant "graphical webbrowser" ;-) The default install of OpenBSD has lynx installed, though I don't use it often, it's very handy when you need some kind of web browser, like reading docs that is in html format.
First off, please forgive my ignorance, but is it really *that* important for Linus to decide to move Linux from the GPLv2 to the GPLv3? Just because version 3 of the license becomes available does not automatically invalidate the version 2 license does it? Why is this such a hot button issue?
I'm sure his mailbox is filled with GPLv3 questions, and of course he can't just ignore GPLv3 since I'm sure there will be attempts to add code to the kernel with this license. Seems that he is saying that GPLv3 code will not be accepted into to the kernel, at least with the license in it's current form. Hopefully the Linux kernel developers wil care as much about free licenses as OpenBSD.
Now you just described the military.
There are other reasons as to why terror funding is hard to fight. One of them is our (USA) incompetence. We simply do not get it. You still hear folks wondering why an individual would offer himself as a sacrifice in suicide bombing.
When someone has lost their home and family, they want to get even. Couple that with vare bad living conditions, and you have some desperate people with nothing to loose but thirsty for revenge. Many of these desperate people are the result of US actions in Middle-East and elsewhere for decades. I think most Americans would be revolted if they understood what their government is really doing abroad.
Unix-based system historically had many security holes, exploits and worms. It's only in later years that this has improved (think early RedHat distro that enabled just about every daemon by default). Have a look at the OpenBSD Security Advisories, and you'll see that even OpenBSD has had many holes.
If you are willing to run Bastille-Linux (hardening script, really, and not only for Linux) why not install OpenBSD? Hardening scripts not supplied by the Linu distro has a tendency to make administration harder and break your installed OS. With OpenBSD you get a hardened OS with ports tested to work with this hardening. If you need accellerated 3D, then OpenBSD does not yet offer this.
... is intentional. It is due to companies trying "differensiate" themselves from the competition, and very little to do with increasing the security of their paying customers. Quite simply: it is marketing.
It's not only offensive, it's also illegal, at least in Europe.
Try out spamd that is much likely to catch e-mails from infected PCs than SpamAssassin.
I'm sure that there are a few things you do not want to change just because some random person thinks that you should use the hottest, newest thing available? Why don't you be a real man and run OpenBSD. What, is it too hard to read clear, detailed instructions?
Yeah, and the assocation Kama Sutra == faboulus sex in various positions fit for those training gymnastics since age five.
Yes, this has gone on for a long time, including financing of political groups. However, Greece is a NATO member and thus a close ally to USA, but is still treated ths way. Just imagine (or better, read some) what USA does to non-allies.
Please friggin quit dropping Bush's name wherever you think there may be Evil(tm) going on. He's done some bad stuff, but lets not get carried away.
Bush Jr is scary, really.
There are many nice non-3D games to play, like nethack, which, incidentally, runs fine on both NetBSD and Solaris ;-)
There used to be unzippable official version of Firefox for Windows, but now I've to use the bloody Windows installer.
It's a nice browser, so why don't you just use without beeing "concerned" that your neighbour and the cat uses it as well.
In civilized countries the article is clearly marked as comming from a "news" agency lime AP or Reuters. No doubt about it.
Did you miss that part in mail that I said I'll avoid buying Sony products? That Sony products have to be substansially better? It's not me boycotting Sony, but my buying fewer of their products.
Indeed funny, but the Sony handling of this has made me to avoid buying their products. Unless Sony offer something much better I buy from the competition. Believe me, if consumers buy 10% less from Sony than usual Sony will pay real close attention.
ATI used to have the suckiest drivers (i.e. fragile, crashprone, hard to install) as well on Linux, at least it used to be so when I gave up two years ago. ATI used to be more open source friendly with regards to hardware spec for old hardware, but to use high-end you need an unfree driver anyway to take full advantage of the card.
Why buy so small drives (36GB) when needing so many (28)?
The current administration does exactly that, and it's well documented. Some time ago there was even published a letter signed by 48 Nobel Laurates very concerned abouth Bush science policy. Government researcher has been pressurised not to publish results that the administration does not like:
Use Google a bit, and you'll find more disturbing facts.
The secret is patience, and to choose a character that suit your style of playing.
is the one game I've been playing for more than a decade, on and off. No fancy graphics, but great gameplay. Yeah, cool slick graphics and corresponding sound is nice, but no substitute for great gameplay.
Horseshit! The Windows kernel is not based on *BSD, and never has.
Mostly because it's harder to write an effective virus for Mac OS X, along with availability of hardware to test assembly code. I wonder if we'll see more viruses popping up with Apple moving to Intel CPU's and machines that may run Windows.
but a mac is still more secure than windows. it has a proper (DEFAULT) security model for one. here's hoping vista will have it too.
Yeah, one of the reasons why there are so few virii targetting Mac OS X.