Linux shaken by security breach14520 (12/9/2003 10:34:41 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Stupid Linux advocates, still think that linux is secure and cannot be hacked. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5117271.html ROFLMAO!!! ... bogus
SCO v IBM: IBM Wins Both Motions to Compel(!)3416 (12/6/2003 12:15:18 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy SCO takes a well-deserved bruising: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031205143009441 SCO delays Q4 earnings statement: http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031205/1008000399_1.html How to get rich quick ... Jules
New Microsoft Innovation?738 (11/20/2003 3:27:26 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy My firewall is now logging (and rejecting) 20 "stray" ICMP packets per minute. Is there some new Microsoft worm or trojan on the loose? -- "Until we had this concept of Web services, software on the Intern... Jules
Got me a Swen virus today228 (11/9/2003 2:36:53 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy There was yet another gang of Microsoft Windows posting Swen viruses to Usenet today, and for some reason I seem downloaded one named Q395427.exe. It's full of innovation and industry trends like DisableRegi... Jules
SCO strikes (out) again025 (10/26/2003 3:06:51 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031025062206488 -- "This is not about the open-source community or about UnitedLinux, of whom we are members and partners" -- Darl McBride, SCO. 7 March 2003 "We c... Jules
Balsa and POP3 over SSL355 (10/20/2003 4:58:16 AM) comp.os.linux.misc A POP3 server I must access regularly is going to require SSL on 10/27. Is there a way to tell Balsa (v2.0.15) to make POP3 connections over SSL (port 995)? ... Jules
"Protected" property in Python?331 (9/23/2003 5:22:44 AM) comp.lang.python I'm want to create a superclass with nothing but attributes and properties. Some of the subclasses will do nothing but provide values for the attributes. (I'd also like to make sure (1) that the subclass pro... Jules
This just in from Taliban of North America253 (12/13/2003 8:16:09 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16700197 The eyeatoiletia of the right wing has announced that modernization will be delayed in our little commune! Continue to enjoy a 32 bit ... opus1(305)
pimpjuice620 (12/13/2003 8:24:49 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Do you guys drink pimpjuice energy drink? I just bought some from the local stop/n/shop ... ten(51)
Film Gimp conquers Hollywood animations5025 (12/13/2003 8:26:10 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/press/film.gimp.4th.studio.html Here is the clear winner when it comes to multimedia. Only a pollock would use anything else. ... opus1(305)
Gentoo Install attempt8533 (12/13/2003 8:56:13 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I have wanted to have a go at installing Gentoo for a while now, but I have held back due to the complicated nature of this particular distribution. But seeing as I have a spare 120G disk not doing very much,... mark9071(63)
Javascript1314 (12/13/2003 10:01:37 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Recently, I have had the role of being the Javascript guru at work. You know, one peeve I have about COLA is that it seems too oriented around client applications, when the the majority of the world is about ... ten(51)
Windows XP installed on just 6.6 percent of machines.1137 (12/14/2003 12:26:59 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy We keep seeing the Wintrolls promoting the "features" of XP as though it's installed everywhere and "common" on PC's. The truth is that XP only has a 6.6 percent usage and the majority of Windows installs are ... tjporter(1034)
Microsoft and Linux1818 (12/14/2003 12:48:58 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I just spent a week at a Microsoft tech center for training and saw that there is a campaign to replace 30,000 Linux servers in 2004. The posters proclaimed that if 6,000 employees replace 5 Linux servers each ... muddbug(4)
Whats In Rick Mathers (Kadaitcha Man) Mind1938 (12/14/2003 2:06:39 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy AKA. - Kadaitcha Man AKA - Keyser Soze AKA - TehGhodTrole AKA - TehGhodTrole Jr. Known to live in Queenland, Australia, this species of the human race has been deprived of several brain cells. This species... ThE
Linux games help926 (12/14/2003 4:13:55 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I have recently picked up a Linux operating system computer for my son. Is it still possible to play the Windows games that he is used to? If so, please tell me EXACTLY what I need to do and where to get it i... mltmt(1)