Posts by sova

Nextcloud and cloud chums fire off competition complaint to the EU over Microsoft bundling OneDrive with Windows

Re: Wrong angle?

Not quite. If you think about Nexcloud as a synced file storage, then Dropbox started earlier. But Nextcloud is much more than that. It's more of groupware. Think file storage and sync, mail client, photo/video browser, calendar, contacts and more. All in a browser. And that does sound like Office 365. Just smaller, open-source and optionally self-hosted.

Karlitschek started coding Owncloud in 2010 and then forked it to Nextcloud, when his Owncloud chums decided to be less open-source and more "enterprise", aka "they've done Mongo". So LiveMesh is not the right comparison. However, it was a lovely product, but as soon as they turned it to SkyDrive, I went to Owncloud.

Kremlin names the internet giants it will kidnap the Russian staff of if they don't play ball in future

Re: On the Ocean Blue

The subject of today's lesson is: How to spot a Russian troll?

1. Does the post contain many facts and a possibility of introducing alternative "facts" Check!

2. Does the post is off-topic, therefore moving conversations to a different path? Check!

3. Does the post say how Americans/Europeans are evil? Check!

4. Does the post not even once mention Russia? Check!

Congratulations! You now have basic skills in detecting a Russian agent of influence.

Docker’s cash conundrum is becoming a bet on a very different future

Docker Desktop is exactly as you describe. I was happily using Linux to connect to the corp VPN until the security decided that it is a big no no. So instead of working with the corp IT to provide Linux laptops for those who need it, they forced the use of Windows. Luckily WSL2 and Docker Desktop help somewhat.

Things that needn't be said: Don't plonk a massive Starlink dish on the hood of your car

Re: Spaced-GenX?

Clearly, the person who attached the dish decided that it’s easier to screw it to the bonnet. Access is easier and won’t cost much to rectify. If he; I assume it was a man; did it on the roof then he would have massive three holes to patch if the “test” failed.

So some reasonable thinking here, but not much.

Shedding the 'bleeding edge' label: If Fedora is only going to be for personal use, that doesn't work for Red Hat

Re: Losing incentives

Certainly the business I work for. We were pure RedHat shop but their tactics and pricing forced us to go to another devil - Amazon Linux 2. Definitely cheaper and similar enough to not require extensive changes to automation.

Probe Brit police phone-peeking plans, privacy peeps plead

Re: How do these work?

To clarify here - Under the "Roman Law" private legal and natural entities (companies and people) are allowed to do anything they want unless it's prohibited (Civil Code). However, it is totally opposite for the governmental bodies. They are only allowed to do what is permitted for them in the law (Administrative Code). So, the police, for example, can only set up surveillance only if the law permits them to do it. This is how it works in Europe.

BTW, I'm a techie who has received formal 5 years long legal training - yes, really!

UK.gov IT projects that are failing: Verify. Border control. 4G for blue-light services. We can go on

Re: £5.1 BILLION ?

As someone who was in this business I can definitely say that certain functionalities of the system could be handy. E.g. a full and up to date text about the despatch received on the personal radio. Or maybe location data pinpointing to an incident site with correct directions. And access to PNC from the PR. This of course works in vehicle based Mobile Data Terminals (MDT) but not all coppers operate in cars. So basically voice over 4G is a gimmick but access to all the data on personal radios would be just perfect.