
Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
hopefully doesn't involve WAYLAND nor SYSTEMD, either...
(/me adds 'Devuan' and 'FreeBSD' to your list)
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There are only THREE reasons why Linux desktops aren't generally replacing windows.
1. Software compatibility - WINE isn't quite ready for prime time.
2. the willingness for major commercial software houses to product Linux versions. Some do [like CAD software, databases], but most STILL do not.
3. Micro-shaft's past (evil) marketing practices, in which they strong-armed computer makers into pre-loading windows onto ALL of the computers they make. Yeah, a decade or so of THAT and even when they can't do it any MORE, they still benefit from having done it...
To reverse this, you have to do better than what IBM tried with OS/2. You have to put a LOT of money up against Micro-shaft's marketing engine.
Microshaft (in effect) sells CRAPPY ice to Eskimos, having convinced everyone that their ice is somehow better than the free stuff, when the OPPOSITE is actually true... (the power of 'marketing')
Are you going to actually tell me that (almost) every man and his mother isn't wining about Windows 10's Tiles???
*NOT* 'whining'. Ranting. Lamenting. Venting. Complaining in the hopes that OTHERS will know, agree, and force it to go away. But Certainly Not 'Whining'.
Do you live in a society where going against what "big brother" wants to do TO you is somehow 'whining' ? Just curious... Because if you cannot get your grievances addressed somehow, the NEXT move is to "move on" (unless, by some quirk of fate or evil overlord take-over move, it's a MONOPOLY now and your at "the master's whims"). The whole BAD THING about Win-10-nic is centered on the FORCING of "CHANGE" upon the rest of us, becuase a small number of bureaucratially-minded Micro-shaft "engineers": *FEEL*...
And voicing our STRONG opposition to such "change" is _NOT_ 'whining'!!! (no matter how much you *FEEL* otherwise - and 'feel' to me is the 'F' word, and nearly always pejorative when I use it).
better bugs and security holes - because we can't just fix the existing bugs and security holes, we must make NEW ones, BETTER than before!!!
Yep, snark meter is pegged all the way to the right at the moment. I think the needle bent a bit, too. (it's what I get for having an old-school analog snark-meter)
no. "change" is not FEARED. "Change for the Worse" aka what MS has done with Win-10-nic is LOATHED, DESPISED, REVILED, and SPIT UPON! (and REBELLED against!)
"Change" does not mean "Better". "Change" does not mean it is a GOOD thing. "Change" can be a very BAD thing, and when FORCED upon us, is GUARANTEED to be VERY VERY BAD. Because, if it were GOOD, we would GLADLY embrace it. But when it is *UNWANTED* and even *FORCED*, it is like SLAVERY, or being CONQUERED, or having a bypass put in place of your house like with Arthur Dent...
WHAT! THE! *FEEL*! COULD! THEY! POSSIBLY! BE! "NOT-THINKING"! (*FEEL*ing) ???
This reminds me of a really BAD joke...
A truck driver gets to a truck stop, and ends his day of driving at the bar next door. He says "I'm Big Moe and I want to get SCREWED!" (ok didn't say 'SCREWED' but you get the idea). So the bartender slips him an address and he goes there. He knocks loudly on the door, "I'm Big Moe and I want to get SCREWED!" An angry male voice yells "slide $100 under the door". Big Moe does it. 5 minutes later he's POUNDING on the door. "What in the HELL do you want?" the male voice says. "I'm BIG MOE, AND I WANT TO GET SCREWED!" The angry male voice answers back "What, AGAIN???"
Only THIS time, it's Microsoft, Windows, and the latest Win-10-nic release FILLED with FEATURE CREEP. "What, AGAIN???"
a cloud provider will no doubt work relentlessly to lock in any customer in a number of ways
Oracle has probably been doing this for YEARS with THEIR solutions...
and you've heard of "job security" with contractors, right?
What the Feds need to do is scope it out properly so that the risk of this is minimized, knowing it CAN (and probably WILL) happen if it is NOT in the contract.
Trump is a 'contract guy". I hope he and his people are involved enough in the process to address this very REAL concern.
yeah I'd like those details published, please.
With more and more sites requiring script+cookies+whatever, I've resorted to running a "true sandbox" firefox for them. Log in as a non-priv user via 'su -', accessing my X11 desktop using a 'DISPLAY' environment variable in the context of that user (not the logged-in user for the desktop in other words), and close the browser completely when I'm done with it. Whenever I close that particular browser, it automatically WIPES ALL HISTORY AND COOKIES. So every time I run it, it is a "clean slate" with NO tracking data.
If I need multiple sites open at the same time, I can just have MULTIPLE USERS for this purpose.
IP address and browser fingerprints are still possible, though. If I cared enough I'd "genericize" the browser string, too, make ti say I'm running Win-10-nic and Edge or something.
and NO Faece-Bitch login for ME, *EVAR*
I stopped using VB after VB3 when it became obvious that the use of MS's shared components in ANY install would probably result in a "worse than DLL HELL" situation, even though it made a great front-end that could be designed by someone who wasn't much of a programmer [and then I'd fill in the blanks so to speak].
And as for "stability" - I do not think this word means what MS thinks it means.
VB1 was unique and interesting, and I hacked a few things to make stuff work - then VB2 broke my hacks but added some better ways of doing the same things, and then VB3 required a few more changes, yotta yotta to the point where I knew that EVERY incarnation of VB would require REAL effort and if VB2's shared DLLs wouldn't work on "THAT OS", so you HAD to "up"grade to VB3, yotta yotta, it showed me a path of CONSTANT "support the version changes" nightmare that I decided NO WAY VB! and I haven't really used it since.
And of course ".NOT" just made things THAT! MUCH! WORSE!
agreed - "safe surfing" works, even on unpatched windows systems.
I'm sure the malware infections target people who aren't suspicious enough. And of course, windows is the big target. 'Droid seems to be attracting similar kinds of attention [and it's Linux under the hood] but at least the kernel side should be rock-solid. Userland applications, however...
(and isn't that USUALLY where the virus/trojan infections take place, in a vulnerable userland application?)
Meltdown and derivatives notwithstanding, you usually need some kind of entry vector. And it's probably a browser or someone getting tricked into "download this to view the content".
"That is not necessarily even REMOTELY close to an update."
fixed it for ya
(I happen to think that XP is _SUPERIOR_ to Win-10-nic in nearly EVERY way, except for any bug fixes that are still needed for XP)
Feature creep = BAD
stable and consistent = GOOD
Why coouldn't we JUST HAVE the stable/consistent windows and NOT be FORCED to accept the "feature creep" of Win-10-nic???
I miss XP. I liked XP. I think in MOST ways it was better than 7. Add multiple desktops and the bug fixes and hardware support [minus any REQUIREMENT-FOR-KERNEL-DRIVERS-TO-BE-SIGNED, *that* is *EVIL*] and XP would _DEFINITELY_ be SUPERIOR to Win-10-nic!
it's my understanding that the Phoenix BIOS was NEVER licensed in any way from IBM. Instead, the IBM BIOS was reverse engineered, then a new one was re-written from scratch by a different team (see article link). I'm pretty sure that THIS was the trigger that REALLY started the clones ("true clones" and not things IBM approved of, nor illegal copies). There were many OTHER BIOS makers besides them, and it was mostly done without IBM's blessing nor consent... because the hardware specs were essentially "open" and generic enough.
This was a reason for microchannel for PS/2 by the way...
Warp was what OS/2 should have been in the first place. It's what happens when you get the market completely wrong (like IBM did, see my earlier post as to why) and they have to play "catch up" only everyone has ALREADY standardized on one thing, so why change?
reasons to migrate (back then):
DOS to Windows - makes sense
DOS to OS/2 - makes sense if you don't run windows stuff
Windows to OS/2 - why bother? NO compelling reason!
OS/2 1.2 was in 1991-ish. I took a programming (night) class on it, shortly before Windows 3.0 released.
From the article: "OS/2 was a joint development project taken on by IBM and Microsoft back in the 1980s and was regarded as the future by evangelists of the time. Things turned sour as sales of Windows 3.0 took off ".
I'd like to add some history to that, VERY relevant to today.
At that time Windows 2.x was all "2D and FLATTY" (like some so-called "modern" windows versions are today). And, so was OS/2 until version 1.2. But then, OS/2 1.2 'Presentation Manager' added full color support [requiring VGA as I recall] and 3D Skeuomorphic appearance to all of the various 'control' windows (like buttons and checkboxes and list boxes and so on) and of course that intuitively understandable GUI we all know and love from the Windowx 3.x days. It was a design based on ease of use and a transition from text-based interfaces normally found on the PC.
IBM wanted OS/2 to be synomymous with PS/2, however, like a high-end OS for their high-end PC. They were VERY angry about "the clones", essentially driving them out of the low-end PC market. unfortunately this meant that NOBODY could buy OS/2 for a clone - you could ONLY buy it for a PS/2, unless the PC maker had "an OEM version" of OS/2 for their line of PCs. Good luck with that.
Enter Windows 3.0 which was a marketing success because it TARGETED THE MASSES, ran well (enough) on non-standard PC configurations, and had that (much covetred) 3D SKEUOMORPHIC APPEARANCE. It was TRULY SUPERIOR to EVERYTHING at that time, except maybe for OS/2, which Microsoft ALSO wrote.
IBM blew it because of their STUPID marketing of OS/2 + PS/2. Microsoft WON because they did what people WANTED, i.e. a 3D Skeuomorphic multi-tasking GUI add-on that ran on existing MS-DOS machines [and was still compatible with old MS-DOS programs].
(but of course NOWADAYS you have MS turning into something WORSE than what IBM was back then... and NOT listening to customer wants, and instead "millenial PHONE-Y FEELS")
making coronavirus illegal. Hell, THAT will stop its spread!
(same logic applies to everything else that "pass a law making it illegal" would do to 'the thing' the politicians happen to be BLEATING about at the moment... from GUNS to ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY to "content they don't *FEEL* you should look at")
NOTE: by me, *FEEL* is always used as a PEJORATIVE.. stupid "feelies" need to STOP trying to run OUR lives!
Oh, and it's always "for the children": (see icon)
you could always respond "I'll send you a check in the mail", get a mailing address, and then send a check, by registered mail, requiring ID and signature on the receiving end. Even sending it overnight express would work. Maybe worth it if you don't mind catching some "dumb crook" in the act of being, well, a "dumb crook".
Or, maybe you want proof it's someone you actually know. add "Please send me a photograph. So that I know it's legit, and not something you found online, hold up a sign that says 'I Am Sofa Kingdom!'"
"millions of companies" = "straw man" [you assume they are making conscious 'we will NOT do IPv6' decisions when, in fact, it may simply be a lack of knowledge or even the unavailability of IPv6 blocks from their intarweb providers].
Besides, the "bandwagon technique" hardly proves ANYTHING. "Millions of people around the world eat bugs". Does not make me want to do it.
The biggest hurdle I have seen to general IPv6 adoption is a lack of direct support from ISPs. When the ISP gives you a router that has all of the IPv6 stuff working, and they officially support it (even via PPPoE), then you'll see a LOT more people using IPv6. Until then there are the free tunnels, for however long THAT will last. Setting them up requires at least some network knowledge beyond "average", in my opinion.
In any caae, anti-IPv6 FUD and "fake news" is (probably?) NOT helping.
How to get junior system admins interested in cleaning up DNS: put some "easter eggs" in there deliberately so they can be "found" and eliminated.. These can include amateur pr0n as well as "potential blackmail material" and other fun things. And don't announce the grand prize, let them FIND the thing within the matrix of unmaintained sub-domains. First to find it gets the prize. And have more than one available, evn simple things like a free beer, half-day off, etc.
well, I'm not convinced that NASA shouldn't subcontract more things out. If contractors can do it cheaper than "governmentium", WITHOUT sacrificing safety and/or reliability, then GO FOR IT!
From the article: study a metal asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to help humanity etc.
Seriously, to help humanity START THE NEXT GOLD RUSH! Droids first, then ultimately, individual space prospectors (or even corporate teams). SPACE PIONEERS! TRUE FREEDOM!
(if I could do it right now I would)
"The phillipines have also reported a 33% mortality rate, with one dead out of 3 total infectees."
If we had reliable numbers about the true number of infected people, I suspect this percentage would be closer to the W.H.O.'s ~3%.
But there's a lot to be said about being in a place that has a better medical system. I was in the P.I. a couple of times when I was in the Navy. When you have a river of sewage separating the Navy base from Olongopo, it says something about lack of public sanitation. And I suppose it gets worse from there.
"3rd world" vs "1st world". Worth pointing out.
at least it's not 27,000
To the afflicted: keep warm, take vitamins, have some chicken soup, cold medicine of your favorite most effective type, and some adult beverages!
And viruses HATE capcaicin. Spicy foods like "chips and salsa", in a hot steamy bath, with some "corona" (beer). Get over that cold!
icon, because, part of the solution, heh
internet connectivity should not have to be "just cellular". A remote control within range of a wifi hotspot should be sufficient, with connectivity via the remote control's channels. that way the remote control does all of the extra work, doesn't add weight to the drone, etc..
Similarly, remote control wifi connect to a cell phone hotspot. No extra cost.
SANE solutions are available, I'm sure. I think FAA just wants you to stay out of 'no drone' zones, and to be able to see who it was that was invading their space.
Autonomous drones would be a different situation entirely [but we're headed there, too]
But you know, if drone operators in general had been "good boys and girls" and NOT invaded controlled airspace, apparently "a thing", this most likely wouldn't be discussed.
And I expect that drone-mounted transponders would weigh more...
"bunch of dudes just milling about randomly while 'stuff' was supposedly happening"
uh, you don't do much engineering, do yah?
if you ever HAVE,. you would know that it very often consists of a bunch of egghead types standing around discussing beer or baseball [in lieu of work, while thinking about the problem to solve], and occasionally coming up with a stoke of brilliance.
Last such meeting I got inspired, sketched something, handed it to the manager, who then [along with a couple of others] implemented it. And I was just sitting nearby at the time (working on something else).
So yeah cardboard+tape prototypes, hacked together cables, re-purposed "things", all typical. And the "milling about randomly" is a regular part of that, too.
I'm pretty sure there's a vaccine for ebola now... and soon one in trials for Corona.
All good. DON'T PANIC
(what is NOT so good is this "all eggs in one basket" mentality that has strangled the manufacturing industry, due to the supply bottleneck caused by non-strategically placing every egg into China's basket)
What, NOBODY out there ever heard of SECOND SOURCE? Oh, that one's in China, too. GOOD. JOB.
"allows printers to be registered with Azure Active Directory so users can print to them via the cloud."
How long until your "registered printer" either requires a SUBSCRIPTION FEE, or lets you RECEIVE JUNK FAXES...?
Yeah, register your COMPUTER on "Teh Intarweb" by logging in with Google or Microsoft Logon or some OTHER such "cloudy let you guys know what I'm diong right now" "service", which NOW includes YOUR PRINTER, which (I expect) CONVENIENTLY can be HIJACKED by a 3rd party that pays for (or steals) the knowledge about YOU and YOUR PRINTER, yotta yotta yotta.
Micro-shaft: Your past history with respect to OUR PRIVACY is already DISMAL. You want to ADD MORE TO THAT ???
[how about BUILD THE INTELLIGENCE INTO THE OS instead - NOT involving "cloudy ANYTHING"]
"My productivity would be greatly enhanced if I didn't have to keep accommodating to changes & breakages with every Windows update."
Yes, but getting Micro-shaft to FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY FIXES PROBLEMS AND MAKES SENSE is like getting a GOVERNMENT to do that...
Oh, and a thumbs up for having said what you did.
("Up"grading - HIGHLY overrated!)
Local account: That is the FIRST thing I set up when I set up a Win-10-nic VM [never on actual hardware] for testing software on that platform. I make DAMN sure I'm not using their privacy-nuking cloud-based "Micro-shaft Account" for ANYTHING, especially not the 'admin' account in a Win-10-nic instance [which I rarely, if ever, use].
yeah who gets anything from "the store" anyway, right? It was STUPID to require ANY of that.
And NOW, Cortana goes away too. Like Clippy. [Clippy *IS* gone now, right? I haven't used a Microsoft 'office' type product in a VERY long time]
And, seriously, WHO was that "bright bulb" "MENSA candidate" that decided that the SEARCH bar would "hit the cloud" *FIRST* anyway??? [that 'feature' needs to be *OFF*] I stopped using MS's search long ago, preferring instead to use find+grep under Cygwin... like I would in LINUX. Or FreeBSD.
Of course MS totally missed the boat when it comes to user customization. Win-10-nic TOTALLY tried to REMOVE that (any kind of CHOICE or PREFERENCE we users might have), INSTEAD cramming their "bright blue on blinding white" 2D FLATTY *HIDEOUS* UI concepts into our various body orifices, without even the benefit of lube.
So, INSTEAD, they could have opened up a method by which you could have your OWN search assistant, NOT tied through Bing, that didn't look/sound like Cortana. Maybe "Trixie" the porn-star assistant? Dressed like a Victorian maid, of course! And wanting to be PUNISHED whenever she gets something wrong...
(I'd buy THAT for a dollar!)
The Java language has been #1 on the TIOBE index for a LONG time, occasionally trading places with 'C'. And somewhere WAY down the list, is C-pound... pathetically trying to stay RELEVANT.
And... because of the HUGE discrepency between TIOBE (which I trust) and THIS list (which I'm skeptical of), I have to wonder who's money is behind THIS one... (stack overflow is an indicator of people having problems, not whether a language is being used by competent developers).
I mean C-pound being MORE POPULAR than C or C++??? Wishful thinking, for sure!
A simple summary of TIOBE: #1 is Java, at 17.4%, followed by C at 16.8%, then Python at 9.3%, C++ at 6.2%, and *THEN* C-pound at an unusually large number of 5.9% (I recall it's usually below 5%, down in the low 4's). But C-pound has its occasional spikes. Average over time since 2014, close to 4%.
So the REAL popular languages have been that way for a LONG time. Java, C, C++, and even Python. Other scripted languages (like PHP and javascript) remain relevant, and ".Not" crap bounces around but remains relatively LOW compared to "the others".
So for a n00b programmer looking for a language to master, consider Java, C, C++, and Python. And if you are a project manager, and want to develop projects using one of those 4 languages, it's a safe bet you'll find competent coders to do the work.
post-note - went to redmonk site, saw light grey on blinding white with tiny font web page layout, and it became obvious: the people doing this are ALL UNDER 30!! Because anyone over 40 would have a VERY hard time reading that...
svn commit
like it's the year 2000: Apache celebrates 20 years of Subversion