Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Nov 2007 21:22 UTC, submitted by irbis
"Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10 years of use, I'm still impressed by how the Linux operating system does exactly what I want on any type of hardware. Desktop customization is no exception; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone."
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Member since:2007-08-29
Last time I tried - to use Flash I have to install 32bit browser in 64bit environment:
Ubuntu 7.10 uses non-free flash with 64-bit firefox with a wrapper; I believe the package name is flash-nonfree (and it works great, by the way). My only 64-bit complaint is that I have to use mplayer32 for the wmv9dmo codec.
Other programs I have in mind: Adobe Acrobat, Avast Antivirus, ClamAV
I thought Clam AV was for *nix. At least, that's what it says on their site. Well, whatever; I don't need it myself. And I don't know about Acrobat, but I was using a Linux version of Adobe Reader a few releases back. Linux has good PDF readers, and a number of PDF makers (which I haven't tried).
As for Linux viruses, I have never heard of anybody encountering one in the wild, ever. Tell me when the last time was that you did, and I'll admit that there is any possibility of getting one.
Edited 2007-11-21 01:03
RE[6]: wm for a server?
by autumnlover on Wed 21st Nov 2007 03:56
in reply to "RE[5]: wm for a server?"
Member since:2007-04-12
Use evince (...) for a native 64-bit PDF viewer.
I found it unstable and producing garbage when scrolling some PDF-s. Adobe Acrobat displays such files just fine.
Gnash. Works natively in 64-bit.
Great. But it is not Flash.
It is embedded into the OS. You can't remove it entirely,
But still it can be blocked on firewall, and since its blocked I do not worry about IE being insecure.
"Activation is required, YES!"
If you got at least five XP boxes in your organisation, it isn't ;-)
Member since:2007-02-17
I found it unstable and producing garbage when scrolling some PDF-s. Adobe Acrobat displays such files just fine.
Shrug. I haven't had a case of evince or kpdf having any problem with any pdf file to date.
Great. But it is not Flash.
... but nevertheless it displays flash material. It can handle even youtube videos now.
in any event, Ubuntu at least has a "wrapper" mechanism for 32-bit browser plugins, if you find that you really must run a proprietary 32-bit binary blob plugin.
But still it can be blocked on firewall, and since its blocked I do not worry about IE being insecure.
Very foolish. You could get an ActiveX control downloaded by your non-IE browser or IM client or e-mail client or somesuch mecahnism, and having got past your firewally suddenly IE gets invoked, picks up the ActiveX control and your machine is compromised.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;959081077;fp;4194304;f...
You would also need to unblock IE in order to get access to Windows Update.
Finally, blocking IE from the web seems to be a particularly topsy-turvy thing, since it begs the very question "well why do I have to have this useless thing in the OS in the first place"?
If you got at least five XP boxes in your organisation, it isn't ;-)
WGA can still get you, even if you have a thousand XP boxes in your organisation.
Edited 2007-11-21 04:24
RE[6]: wm for a server?
by autumnlover on Wed 21st Nov 2007 13:29
in reply to "RE[5]: wm for a server?"
Member since:2007-04-12
On Linux, unlike Windows, out-of-the-box I get a W3C standards compliant browser, including SVG, that can pass the acid2 test (exactly as per the original claim). That browser is called Konqueror, not Opera. The situation is not at all the same as in Windows.
Ahhh... Konqueror - you mean that thing, which pass acid2 test, but also fail on other 99,5% of websites, and is forcefully inserted into KDE without any means of uninstallation, just like IE into Windows ?
;-))
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:15 UTC
"This is my NeXTstation Turbo Color booting the Mac System 7.1 Operating System using a hardware add-on called 'Daydream'. The Daydream has a Mac ROM and a few custom ICs in it and hooked up to the NeXTs DSP port. Turns your NeXT into a full fledged 68k powered Mac." So cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:11 UTC, submitted by Drumhellar
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2) are also in 6.1."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:06 UTC
"At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn't developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports' Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as 'crap' and suggested Nintendo should give up on hardware altogether. 'The Wii U is crap. Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet', tweeted Bob Summerwill, listed as a senior software engineer at EA Canada, in a reply to a tweet posting a link about EA's no-Wii U news. 'Nintendo are walking dead at this point'." The Wii U is turning into the 21st century's Virtual Boy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 7:37 UTC
"In NixOS, the entire operating system - the kernel, applications, system packages, configuration files, and so on - is built by the Nix package manager from a description in a purely functional build language. The fact that it's purely functional essentially means that building a new configuration cannot overwrite previous configurations. Most of the other features follow from this." Interesting approach. A Linux distribution, sure, but with some very refreshing ideas about system configuration.
Linked by fran on 05/18/13 1:38 UTC
Appfour added, among other features, C/C++ support to its new version of AIDE. From Android-IDE, "Now you can write parts of your app or your whole app in C/C++ on your device. AIDE supports the Standard Android NDK toolchain (GCC 4.6 + Bionic, STL, ...). No changes are necessary if you want to build an app developed on a PC with Eclipse. C/C++ development is fully integrated: Build errors appear in the error list and files can easily be navigated to with Go to file. The editor supports C/C++ syntax highlighting."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 23:35 UTC, submitted by kragil
Ars nails it: "The answer is that Google did announce what amounts to a fairly substantial Android update yesterday. They simply did it without adding to the update fragmentation problems that continue to plague the platform. By focusing on these changes and not the apparently-waiting-in-the-wings update to the core software, Google is showing us one of the ways in which it's trying to fix the update problem."
Linked by MOS6510 on 05/17/13 22:22 UTC
"It is good for programmers to understand what goes on inside a processor. The CPU is at the heart of our career. What goes on inside the CPU? How long does it take for one instruction to run? What does it mean when a new CPU has a 12-stage pipeline, or 18-stage pipeline, or even a 'deep' 31-stage pipeline? Programs generally treat the CPU as a black box. Instructions go into the box in order, instructions come out of the box in order, and some processing magic happens inside. As a programmer, it is useful to learn what happens inside the box. This is especially true if you will be working on tasks like program optimization. If you don't know what is going on inside the CPU, how can you optimize for it? This article is about what goes on inside the x86 processor's deep pipeline."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 22:15 UTC, submitted by Tom
"It was the only moment I heard regret slip into Otellini's voice during the several hours of conversations I had with him. 'The lesson I took away from that was, while we like to speak with data around here, so many times in my career I've ended up making decisions with my gut, and I should have followed my gut,' he said. 'My gut told me to say yes.'" The world would've been a much different place - Apple would have been less dependant on Samsung for its chips, which probably would've meant less money for Samsung to develop its Galaxy business.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 21:41 UTC
Glass is getting some love at Google I/O as well. New applications have been released - Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Elle, Tumblr, and CNN. Perhaps more interesting: the newly announced Google Glass Developer Kit will allow offline applications and direct hardware access - great for hacking and expanding Glass' potential. This kit will really allow hackers to put Glass through its paces.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 17:04 UTC
"But Beck and Merrill decided that simply banning toxic players wasn't an acceptable solution for their game. Riot Games began experimenting with more constructive modes of player management through a formal player behavior initiative that actually conducts controlled experiments on its player base to see what helps reduce bad behavior. The results of that initiative have been shared at a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on panels at the Penny Arcade Expo East and the Game Developers Conference." Absolutely fascinating stuff. I'm a League of Legends player, and to be honest, the community isn't nearly as bad as some make it out to be. I'm happy Riot games has the guts to employ science to address the issue.More News »
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Gnash. Works natively in 64-bit.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
Use evince or kpdf for a native 64-bit PDF viewer. The other two programs are not required on a Linux system (especially a 64-bit one) to search for Windows viruses. Having said that, ClamAV is available as a .deb for 64-bit architectures:
http://www.clamav.org/download/packages/packages-linux
On Linux, unlike Windows, out-of-the-box I get a W3C standards compliant browser, including SVG, that can pass the acid2 test (exactly as per the original claim). That browser is called Konqueror, not Opera.
The situation is not at all the same as in Windows.
It is embedded into the OS. You can't remove it entirely, and you can't stop it from running under some circumstances, even when it is not selected as the default browser. It presents its security holes despite what you might do by trying to use an alternative.
You are correct. Sorry about that. I should have typed: "Activation is required, YES!".
Edited 2007-11-20 22:35