Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th May 2009 14:59 UTC, submitted by R_T_F_M
FreeBSD's jails technology received an interesting new feature. "Add hierarchical jails. A jail may further virtualize its environment by creating a child jail, which is visible to that jail and to any parent jails. Child jails may be restricted more than their parents, but never less. Jail names reflect this hierarchy, being MIB-style dot-separated strings."
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RE: Why not in Front Page?
by fretinator on Wed 27th May 2009 15:19
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Member since:2005-07-06
#1 - Asking "Isn't OSNews supposed to be about Operating System news? Why is there stuff about [cameras, text editors, etc, etc]" is a good way to get banned. The editors are SO tired of that question. You'd know that if you were paying attention.
#2 - The editors are also sick and tired of explaining why things are listed on page 1 vs. page 2. This time I'm not even going to tell you, you'll have to look it up yourself.
#3 - goto #1
RE: Why not in Front Page?
by Bill Shooter of Bul on Wed 27th May 2009 16:24
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Member since:2006-07-14
Not to feed trolls, but to explain from a readers perspective:
OSNews is nuts to soup Operating Systems. Sure there are other soup venders that sell similar soups, but the nuts help us to critique the soup with far more skill than your average soup jockey. And any other site that focused only on nuts would miss the perspective of soup eaters.
But I would be in favor of a subtle reorganization that would allow you to only see nut stories, if that's what you want.
RE: Why not in Front Page?
by StuffMaster on Wed 27th May 2009 16:39
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RE[2]: Why not in Front Page?
by cykyc on Wed 27th May 2009 18:39
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Member since:2006-02-11
If this helps:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-jail/2009-May/000850.htm...
It's the discussion on the mailing list prior to the commit.
RE[2]: Why not in Front Page?
by francisco on Wed 27th May 2009 19:03
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Member since:2008-03-13
the linked page is merely an SVN log; not that newsworthy methinks.
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Thanks for the replies, but it seems whatever way the editors are choosing what goes into fron/page2 will never make sense to me.. I am just going to find another site for OS news.
I rather have few, on topic, articles on a site than have filler articlers I have zero interest in and that do not seem to belong to what the site claims to be about.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
Linked by David Adams on 05/16/13 4:23 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/16/13 9:29 UTC
The day has finally come: Google has started shipping Google Glass to the lucky few early adopters. Now that it's shipping, Google has also unveiled a lot more about the API and the specifications of the device itself. While the company had already given out substantial details at earlier occasions, there are still a few surprises here.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/15/13 22:44 UTC
Almost exactly three years ago, I wrote about why OSNews was no longer OSNews: the alternative operating system scene had died, and OSNews, too, had to go with the times and move towards reporting on a new wave of operating systems - mobile, and all the repercussions that the explosion of smartphones and tablets have caused. Still, I was wondering something today: why aren't we seeing alternative operating systems on mobile?More Features »
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Did I miss a notice about OS news no longer been about .... well... OS news?
How does "Using Git with Vim" makes front page when several OS related news go to page 2?
Anyone knows of a site that is actually about OS news and not one that just has that in the name?