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That sounds really paranoid. I mean, most distributions have a very transparent build system where you can see exactly how software is built.
They all take the same sources and build their programs off of it. No companies mixing stuff in there.
I’m more concerned about Android phones with closed source modem firmware than about Slackware which just builds software, puts it conveniently together with an installer and calls it a distribution 😉
Space. The final frontier.
That sounds really paranoid. I mean, most distributions have a very transparent build system where you can see exactly how software is built.
They all take the same sources and build their programs off of it. No companies mixing stuff in there.
I’m more concerned about Android phones with closed source modem firmware than about Slackware which just builds software, puts it conveniently together with an installer and calls it a distribution 😉
Space. The final frontier.
I don’t understand. Linux is developed collaborately.
Slackware’s head is Pat Volkerding, I believe he’s an American, too. But most of the development comes from users all around the world, there’s nothing not to trust than hundreds of eyes. 🙂
There are not a lot of commercial distributions. I only remember RedHat or Oracle Linux for being very commercial.
Other distros like Ubuntu tried to sneak Amazon ads into their distro or had other privacy issues, but whenever this happens they lose a lot of credibility.
Space. The final frontier.
I don’t understand. Linux is developed collaborately.
Slackware’s head is Pat Volkerding, I believe he’s an American, too. But most of the development comes from users all around the world, there’s nothing not to trust than hundreds of eyes. 🙂
There are not a lot of commercial distributions. I only remember RedHat or Oracle Linux for being very commercial.
Other distros like Ubuntu tried to sneak Amazon ads into their distro or had other privacy issues, but whenever this happens they lose a lot of credibility.
Space. The final frontier.
[quote=”7upMan” post=19963]I predict that there will be an arm’s race between Micro$oft and spykiller developers.[/quote]
That’s not even neccessary. We already had incidents with spykiller developers copying other spykiller apps and putting their own spy software into their clones 😛
They’re destroying themselves. DWS looks pretty solid, though. It uses the Windows firewall to block Microsoft itself – which is really working, because if you sniff the network, nothing gets out anymore.
If you want to try Linux – just one advice: Stay away from Ubuntu. I recommend Arch Linux or Slackware (if you’re not afraid of reading manuals).
Space. The final frontier.
[quote=”7upMan” post=19963]I predict that there will be an arm’s race between Micro$oft and spykiller developers.[/quote]
That’s not even neccessary. We already had incidents with spykiller developers copying other spykiller apps and putting their own spy software into their clones 😛
They’re destroying themselves. DWS looks pretty solid, though. It uses the Windows firewall to block Microsoft itself – which is really working, because if you sniff the network, nothing gets out anymore.
If you want to try Linux – just one advice: Stay away from Ubuntu. I recommend Arch Linux or Slackware (if you’re not afraid of reading manuals).
Space. The final frontier.
I’ve switched to Windows 10 now and it really has two sides.
It seems they listened a lot to their users – the start menu is back, Metro apps can be handled better with resizing and many more little changes. They also took some concepts from Linux (like virtual desktops, although it’s a little half-assed). So far, enjoyable, for free and fancy.
The other side of the coin is that Windows is sending a lot of stuff to Microsoft, even when it’s explicitely disabled in all of the settings you have to search for. Seems like they’re going their way to make money with users’ data now.
That can be blocked with a nice tool, though:
https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying
Also, the automatic driver installation can be a real pain if a failing driver will be installed. I have a Notebook with an old Geforce 8600. Windows driver failed and was installed every five minutes until I killed Windows Update for good. Shoving updates down our throat, will they ever learn that it’s not the right way?
Space. The final frontier.
I’ve switched to Windows 10 now and it really has two sides.
It seems they listened a lot to their users – the start menu is back, Metro apps can be handled better with resizing and many more little changes. They also took some concepts from Linux (like virtual desktops, although it’s a little half-assed). So far, enjoyable, for free and fancy.
The other side of the coin is that Windows is sending a lot of stuff to Microsoft, even when it’s explicitely disabled in all of the settings you have to search for. Seems like they’re going their way to make money with users’ data now.
That can be blocked with a nice tool, though:
https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying
Also, the automatic driver installation can be a real pain if a failing driver will be installed. I have a Notebook with an old Geforce 8600. Windows driver failed and was installed every five minutes until I killed Windows Update for good. Shoving updates down our throat, will they ever learn that it’s not the right way?
Space. The final frontier.
Here it is. Without the Facebook player, you’re missing out on the 3D interactivity, though.
http://i-war2.com/media/The-Expanse—The-Expanse-360-Tycho-Staton-and-the-Nauvoo-fbdown.net.mp4
Space. The final frontier.
Here it is. Without the Facebook player, you’re missing out on the 3D interactivity, though.
http://i-war2.com/media/The-Expanse—The-Expanse-360-Tycho-Staton-and-the-Nauvoo-fbdown.net.mp4
Space. The final frontier.
Only a few weeks left! The Expanse will come to our screens at the 14th of December. 🙂
They released a really cool 360° video of a space station here:
It’s blocked in a lot of countries, though…available worldwide here:
https://www.facebook.com/ExpanseSyfy/videos/638354459636061/
Space. The final frontier.
Only a few weeks left! The Expanse will come to our screens at the 14th of December. 🙂
They released a really cool 360° video of a space station here:
It’s blocked in a lot of countries, though…available worldwide here:
https://www.facebook.com/ExpanseSyfy/videos/638354459636061/
Space. The final frontier.
Looks like they posted again 🙂
Wouldn’t call a project dead after not posting for a few weeks 😛 After all, this website came back after years of not doing anything 😀
Space. The final frontier.
Looks like they posted again 🙂
Wouldn’t call a project dead after not posting for a few weeks 😛 After all, this website came back after years of not doing anything 😀
Space. The final frontier.
Unfortunately, Creative doesn’t offer drivers for the SB live! for OSes higher than WinXP
I have a Live!, too. It still works on Windows 10 using the open source KX drivers.
Unfortunately, Gameport support has been removed after Windows Vista and can only be hacked into 32bit versions of Windows.
But I can play with my Gameport joystick on Linux, they’re still supporting it 😛
Space. The final frontier.
