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Windows is fundamentally insecure 4001
Sinister Midget Take a look at this: Chews up no less than 7Gb of HDD, and 800Mb RAM...
Windows is fundamentally insecure 4002
It's the other way around. The hardware makers have been waiting for M$ to release something that will help them sell hardware. M$ isn't doing...
Windows is fundamentally insecure 4003
M they'd have a damn good go at it tho... it's a lot easier to hit a big target than to hit a small one. Gets much more...
Linux" vs "GNULinux" 4004
Almost from the first publication, when Linus first posted his 10,000 line kernel, back in 1991, it was...
Linux" vs "GNULinux" 4005
DFS I was working with the HURD team when I first heard about Linux. I couldn't actually contribute because I had seen the AT&T kernel. Linus released the...
Linux" vs "GNULinux" 4006
Gee, that's really too bad. Especially since there were plenty of discussions of this technology on usenet back in 1985-6 on usenet. Most PC applications were trying to...
Linux" vs "GNULinux" 4007
Some of us didn't want to have certain of our contributions formally acknowledged publicly. We had other jobs, other responsibilties, and personalities and quirks that might have damaged the GNU...
Linux" vs "GNULinux" 4008
On the other hand, from about 1993 to 1998, it seemed like every time I got really vocal and let people know who I was and what I did for a living, I'd end...
Why free software 4009
asj Speaking for myself, I believe that "software should be *open*", free or otherwise. So do I. If someone wants to sell software...
Why free software 4010
snips On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:41:12 -0700, asj That's "Free", not "free". Free as in freedom, not as...
Why free software 4011
asj The others have said about Free meaning freedom, and the benefits of opensource. All good points. Software is rarely free to...
Why free software
If you sign a contract saying "In exchange for the usage of this software which I have purchased on...
Why free software 4013
There seem to be quite a number of OSS companies making money - primarily through support." Unfortunately this seems to be a common misconception. even able to cover the cost of development, hosting and bandwidth...
Why free software 4014
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-04-27, ray spake thusly: Freedom to do with software as you will, and have...
Why free software 4015
chrisv Possibly in some cases but the "History" or "About loveX" pages on most of the projects that I've looked at typically state that the project was started...
Why free software 4016
Homer on Thursday 27 April 2006 06:38 The key point is that software can be duplicated infinitely (*cough...
Why free software 4017
asj Well that's a moot point, since FOSS does not, nor is it intended to, generate revenue by means of licence (usually). What *sells* in (or derived from) the FOSS community, is implementation and support...
Why free software 4018
Not really. We already see in all channels a tendency for potential customers to expect software to be low cost or free. The exposure to open source...
Apache Overtakes Microsoft for SSL
It's nice to see the survey made public after so many years. It might be interesting to look into...
change hard drive to IDE 3 using Promise 20276 controller
I would like to change my hard drive connection from IDE 1 to IDE 3 on my gigabyte GA-8IEXP motherboard. I would also like to utilize the ATA133...
change hard drive to IDE 3 using Promise 20276 controller
On Thursday 27 April 2006 23:24, Kooner stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes inalt.os.linux.mandrake...: More precisely, if every IDE channel has a master and a slave, and...
Installed New Video Card
John Bailo O, the horrors of gaming in Windows. Whereas I easily went right into Ut2004 for Linux and played at super high resolution (stunning), the same could not be said for Windows. Nope...
g++linux vs visual c++windows software build performance
let's see: 1) files on remote server, Linux faster than Windwos; 2) files on local machine, Linux about same speed, Windwos much faster, faster...
damn Small Linux
Larry Qualig you seem to have trouble with the concept... what else is it doing other than caching the entire contents of the CD...
Windows and Dell Computers 4025
On 18 Apr 2006 08:18:22 -0700, tab Dell Dimension 2400 on this end. Great deal at $299.00 with 17 inch flatscreen (crt) monitor, printer, 80g 7200RPM drive...
Windows and Dell Computers 4026
Everything made by Dell sucks like a Dyson, even those "free Dell printers" don't come with ink cartridges or a USB cord and...
Is Linux Being Funded By the Left Wing Homoloveual Agenda
I read your little web site voting thing. You do understand that Social Security IS NOT a retirement fund, but rather a "supplemental...
Illegal Windows Computer shop wipes HD 4028
Nigel Feltham So under whose authority was the hard disk touched? 3.--(1) A person is guilty of an offence...
Illegal Windows Computer shop wipes HD 4029
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:41:39 +0000, Sinister Midget What I encourage is to get people to use Open...
Illegal Windows Computer shop wipes HD 4030
Linonut Tech support firms do this for their own protection. Think about it for a minute: if I sent back a machine to a client that was full of kiddie love when it came...
Illegal Windows Computer shop wipes HD 4031
Richard Rasker From your header information, I am guessing that your customer is from Netherlands. I am not sure of what position law in Netherlands would...
Illegal Windows Computer shop wipes HD 4032
Jim To be fair, there's a good amount of software and hardware that simply will not operate on anything newer than 98SE...
Kororaa XglLooking Glbutt Desktop
Kier on Thursday 20 April 2006 21:14 You can set transitions (staged or immediate) for the level of windows opacity. Windows in focus will either comply with the global settings...
Linux still playing catchup will it always 4034
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: I thought your screenshot showed a "LinuxVM" parbreastion? At work, I do a lot of stuff on Linux, but...
Windopes still playing catchup will it always 4035
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-04-22, 7 spake thusly: They aren't in cach up mode, they are doing that intentionally. Destroyinig dual boot parbreastons on install was the first move they...
Windopes still playing catchup will it always 4036
Lilo-Grub handle it without user intervention. But ntldr is too stupid to make it work without manual intervention. Lilo-Grub can...
Windopes still playing catchup will it always 4037
Yes:: timeout 15 color cyan-blue white-blue foreground ffffff background 0639a1 gfxmenuboot-grub-message breastle MEPIS kernelboot-vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-586tsc root=-dev-hda1 nomce quiet vga=791 breastle MEMTEST...
Linux still playing catchup will it always 4038
Hi there, Ian Semmel Quite right, but that piece of software represents our fundamental freedom to choose. Without Linux (or Mac, maybe!) Microsoft would utterly dominate the software...
Linux desktop growth could spur new malware activity 4039
begin oeprotect.scr Agreed. The biggest risk here to my mind isnotthe users, it's the application writers and distributors and admins. So long as admins and distributors set...
Linux desktop growth could spur new malware activity 4040
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-04-24, Mark Kent spake thusly: Interesting thoughts. I would like to suggest a factor that may not have been introduced. As closed source, tightly controlled, propriatary code...
Linux desktop growth could spur new malware activity 4041
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-04-25, Mark Kent spake thusly: Not sure what you mean here. Instead of going directly to the GUI, the user has to enter...
OT Microsoft's marketing genius 4043
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: Everybody and his uncle...
OT Microsoft's marketing genius 4044
That wouldn't work. Law school exams are almost all essay exams. For example, for a clbutt on the First Amendment, you might get a...
Insultng behaviour 4045
Homer on Friday 21 April 2006 15:22 Yes. That which does not upset the participants of the group, by negating the very definition. A Linux advocacy groups...
Insultng behaviour 4046
Homer But it's a bogus issue that can't be solved, so why worry about it? (unless you're willing to pay more than lip service, and I think you're not). It's...
Insultng behaviour 4047
DFS Correct. I know that now. Sure there are genuine victims, but most of the problems come from those who think it's easier to steal than to work - i.e. they're criminal layabouts. I...
Insultng behaviour 4048
Roy Schestowitz Strange, I was under the impression that advocacy groups existed to persuade others to support your ideals by use of rational...
Insultng behaviour 4049
B Gruff on Friday 21 April 2006 12:49 I agree. Don't worry. Such organisations are rarely made out of lamers ( ...Gave me a neat tool for reading...
Insultng behaviour 4050
Let's have a quick look at the stats for the news I have on leafnode for this group at the moment... See how many are posted by the wintrolls. Top...
Insultng behaviour 4051
Larry Qualig Yes, we aren't blind, but an Advocacy group, by it's very nature, will be bound to make comparisions. "X is great, with...
Insultng behaviour 4052
ws He asked for examples. I gave them. Well any post here is bound to generate discussion. Eventually someone is bound to mention Linux or something...
Insultng behaviour 4053
Larry Qualig Well, each of us sees what we want to see. Go figure. I take it that this point is conceded. In case you didn't notice: It's the generic...
IBM Says Oracle Cannot Buy Open Source
Roy Schestowitz I Like IBM, they have made mistakes in the past, and they are still a business thats out to make money, but they on our side...
The Story of Proprietary Soap
begin oeprotect.scr Permit me to tell you about the 3 technology problem. 3tech is the principle that you *always* have (at least) 3 technologies on the go at one time...
Lousy QA at Ubuntu
2006 03:32: The text mode installer for Kubuntu Dapper works just fine; in fact, I'm writing this on that...
Microsoft Does not Eat its Own Dogfood 4057
Tom Shelton on Friday 21 April 2006 15:26 If so (I will give you the benefit of the doubt here, very...
Microsoft Does not Eat its Own Dogfood 4058
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21 Apr 2006 08:53:06 -0700, dist w-source code, and open source, are not the same thing. From the downloads page of...
Linux is for... work 4062
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:01:48 +0100 Well, that's part of...
Linux is for... work 4063
The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 25 April 2006 05:00 In my mind, there persists this image of a so-called 'command-line machine' without a monitor and Apache serving files for several...
Linux is for... work 4064
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:52:19 +0100 Nice, though a bit on the big side icon-wise. I'm buttuming the clock and the weather...
Linux is for... work 4065
wrote on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:01:43 GMT Calculator? Linux may indeed do some calculations but I'd have to look...
Scribus vs. OOo Draw
I've got to admit, I don't have much experience with Desktop Publishing Applications. Usually if I...
Import a pic into Dia == owned
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:39:34 +0100, Kier I'd settle for him grasping a couple key points. Like, say, the fact that Linux is not a monoculture. This means that something which...
Cookie for downloading oracle products
wrote on 29 Apr 2006 12:15:54 -0700 The Linux kernel does not include a spellchecker. Of course, ispell is available, among many others, for many distros. Q: Why are there...
Firefox to Overtake Internet Explorer by the End of 2007 4072
B Gruff on Tuesday 25 April 2006 15:36 Don't forget another factor which is the operating system. Apple zealots would...
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