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linux and bsd
Security Report: Windows vs Linux
The fact is Linux is much more secure than Windows by any standard. The only excuse to run Windows is that your software vendor is your master, and you are forced to run their software on Windows because they make you.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 23, 2005 - 11:35am.Is Linux Security a Myth?
No! Linux security, especially when compared to Windows options, is solid. But, Microsoft is asking the question. They want potential buyers to fear uncertainty (FUD) regarding the Linux reputation of security. However, there is one thing you can know. Windows security experts hope they know all the potential flaws in the Microsoft operating system and bundled programs. And, they hope because they don't commit to the source code, nor is it typically made available. Ask your Microsoft vendor if they have access to the source code and if they can immediately implement changes should security risks be found. The answer is likely going to be "no."
Tony Lock at The Register talks about this topic authoritatively.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 16, 2005 - 8:30am.Satellite Data for Alternative Operating Systems
Considering all the hinkiness in the satellite Internet field, it's worth keeping an eye on a company that's kept up with all the changes.
When Hughes came out with the DW4000 satellite modem, it worked, but it needed some tweaking. skycasters, a company with engineers in Virginia and sales operations in Ohio, put together an exclusive Satellite Network Server to fit right behind the DW4000, and it made satellite Internet life much more manageable.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 6, 2005 - 3:07am.
Clustering Linux and BSD
Computer clusters may sound like something only braniacs working for the government or some gene mapping program could use, but it has many applications. If you don't know why one would want to do such a thing, it may sound profoundly boring at first. However, when you learn that there are, in the works, development projects to make a single workstation or server link to dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands of others to distribute the workload, thus providing compounded computer power - in other words, make your computer ten or an hundred times faster and on the cheap - then you may decide clustering sounds pretty cool.
Clustering is fairly geeky stuff right now.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 5, 2005 - 12:00am.Mepis Rocks for Linux Desktop
I've been using some form of Mepis for several weeks now, and it's very functional and friendly for people who want a Linux desktop and aren't very tech-savvy. It has all the friendly and useful abilities most newbies to Linux want to see. You can view medica files, including Windows Medica Player files and browser plugins seem painless. Overall, it's a great distro for newbies and avid Linux users alike.
With all the challenges I've seen regarding licensing of codecs, etc., it seems that there's a potential that these friendly pre-configured mods to Debian may prove problematic for Mepis when it goes too mainstream.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 2, 2005 - 10:18pm.Debian Project Head Interviewed
From the interview with Martin Michlmayr:
"We heard for years that Debian is hard to install and the old installer wasn't very easy to maintain or advance, so we we decided to throw the installer away and start from scratch. The new installer is much more modular, which makes it easier to maintain and extend. From the user's point of view, the new installer is much easier to use. It asks fewer questions than the old one, does automatic hardware detection, and has several other new features, such as automatic detection of other operating system on your machine. It also supports RAID and LVM."
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Submitted by jasonn on January 5, 2005 - 5:13am.
Unix on Mac
First, max your Mac memory!
Since I decided that the Mac was the more cost effective method of going portable, I purchased an iBook. It is sleek, streamlined and sexy. It came with more ports, real processing power and just looks cool! I tried putting up with OSX as long as I could. The truth is, it was the underlying OS that attracted me. I love BSD. I hate OSX.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 1, 2003 - 9:24am.