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Message 1368920 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 14:36:13 UTC - in response to Message 1368135.  
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Because we are in a world recession, and software companies simply cannot afford to update old 32 bit software to 64 bit. All new software is automatically 64 bit.

Quite so and no problem if your OS is 64-bit. The only headache is to include 32-bit system libraries alongside the 64-bit libraries.

The problem is when you suffer a large base of 32-bit OSes that are not going to be updated any time soon due to licensing and cost lock-in. That dictates that new software is still stuck in 32-bits for the sake of dinosaur compatibility...

A great freedom with FLOSS is that usually you have the option to recompile to either of 64-bit or 32-bit however you choose. Most users never notice that because usually you always have available both 32 and 64 bit versions for no extra cost.


I have an excellent scanner with 35mm slides and film strip scanning capability, but there are no 64 bit drivers for my win 7 machine, so I cant use it. If I went out and bought a new scanner it would solve the problem. Sod them, I'll go without and keep my money in my pocket. ...

There's a standard (UHID?) USB interface standard whereby no special drivers are needed.

Is your scanner all ad-hoc proprietary non-standard for its interface?

At least most webcam manufacturers have now seen the light for using an agreed standard interface. That means you can use any number of different webcams or other imaging devices, all from the one driver. Makes the software and hardware interfacing very easy.


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Message 1368923 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 14:41:37 UTC - in response to Message 1367966.  
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We've had Linux in space for a long time. This small example here however does carry more on the news headlines:


Penguins in spa-a-a-ce! ISS dumps Windows for Linux on laptops

'We needed an operating system that was stable and reliable'

The crew of the International Space Station ...

... has been using Windows XP laptops for the Ops LAN setup. However, with that operating system going into retirement – and prone to frequent crashes – laptops and network integration team leader Keith Chuvala decided it was time for a change.

"We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could," ...



And it's certainly hitting various headlines including the general run of the runt newspapers even! Just a few headlines are copied here. And then also... I wonder how long Linux has been in space...?


The Telegraph: International Space Station to boldly go with Linux over Windows

Computers aboard the International Space Station are to be switched from Windows XP to the Linux operating system in an attempt to improve stability and reliability. ...


Unfortunately, that got over-hyped/sensationalised a little step too far into a giant leap...


More accurately and actually:

International Space Station incorporating more Linux computers [Updated]

Acer and Windows 8 may be all over the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness movie, but Linux is actually the go-to platform on the International Space Station these days.

The United Space Alliance, which manages all of the space station’s computers in association with NASA, made the decision to migrate key functions from Windows to Linux, “because we needed an operating system that [is] stable and reliable,” Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance said in a Linux Foundation press release. ...

... Most systems on the space station already use some form of Linux, including the Robonaut 2...

... [Update 5/10/13 9 p.m. EST: We heard from Kieth Chuvala below who said his comments with the Linux Foundation have been misconstrued. The ISS does use Linux as well as Windows, and has no plans to ditch Windows any time soon. ...]




Still interesting good positive stuff! To boldly venture onwards!! :-)

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Message 1368943 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 15:08:25 UTC

A certain old company has been boasting of 'selling' 100 Million licenses, even though nothing like that many are newly on the streets yet for a certain new/respun OS.

Meanwhile, quietly and unobtrusively and really on the streets:


50 million Apache OpenOffice downloads in a year

Just a few days after the one year anniversary of the release of the first version of OpenOffice from the Apache Foundation (Apache OpenOffice 3.4) on 8 May 2012, the project can now boast 50 million downloads of the open source office suite. More than 80% of these downloads have come from Windows users, with the rest of the downloads spread between Mac OS X and Linux. Over time, the percentage of Windows users has slightly increased at the expense of Mac OS X, with Linux usage hovering steady under 5%. ...

Linux distributions do not account for a large percentage of Apache OpenOffice downloads because almost all major distributions currently ship with the LibreOffice fork. ... Nonetheless, 50 million downloads in one year is an impressive number, especially when taking into account that the last 10 million of those downloads happened since the beginning of March. In contrast, LibreOffice claimed it had 15 million unique downloads of its office suite in all of 2012.



Note that those numbers most likely do not include where OpenOffice or LibreOffice or any of a few other 'office' suits are part of a Linux distribution selection and so never need to be downloaded separately from the source sites.


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Message 1370129 - Posted: 20 May 2013, 21:57:11 UTC
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On a (super :-) ) distributed-computing-positive roll:

US boffin builds 32-way Raspberry Pi cluster

Beowulf cluster built for the price of a single PC

... University PhD candidate Joshua Kiepert has built a 32-way Beowulf cluster from Raspberry Pis.

Kiepert says his research focuses on “developing a novel data sharing system for wireless sensor networks ... Kipert figured he would need a decent simulator, preferably a cluster so he could simulate lots of distributed sensors. The University possesses just such a cluster, comprised of 32 nodes each packing a quad-core Intel Xeon E3-1225 CPU humming away at 3.1GHz.

That's a lovely facility and is therefore much in-demand, which meant Kiepert could not guarantee access for lengthy experiments. That got Kiepert thinking that if he had a cluster of his own he could tweak as required...

... Kiepert's now doing all his research on the cluster, writing in a lengthy (PDF) account of the build that “I have found performance perfectly acceptable for my simulation needs, and have had the luxury of customizing the cluster software to fit my requirements exactly.”

Custom software doesn't, however, mean faster performance: Kiepert admits performance of the cluster isn't stellar, even after he re-wrote simulation software for his cluster.

But the price was right: the PDF includes a bill of materials that includes cabling, lighting and even screws needed to assemble his acrylic racks. ...



In true FLOSS style, all the details are there for you too to share in the freedom! Excellent stuff!

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Message 1376180 - Posted: 3 Jun 2013, 21:25:12 UTC

Last time I checked Android was Linux
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-hackers-target-android-mobile-devices-20130603,0,4692792.story
Hackers are increasingly targeting Android devices
When they were listed on the Google Play store, Superclean and DroidCleaner appeared to be useful apps to free up wasted memory on mobile devices. But actually they were dangerous apps that could send an Android user’s text messages, contacts and photos to a hacker’s computer.


Get popular and you have as many holes as Windoze.

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Message 1376255 - Posted: 3 Jun 2013, 23:55:02 UTC - in response to Message 1376180.  
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Get popular and you have as many holes as Windoze.

Nope. Try again...

Look again at the exploits and numbers/proportions. As repeatedly explained against your random mud-slinging and troll baiting, no OS is invulnerable but you can make life at lot easier and safer for the users, by design.

Could that "by design" be why there is no need for firewalls and anti-virus for *nix style systems such as Android and Linux and even Apple?... Ohhh... Hold on a moment... No absolute numbers for your article and no comparisons... A little bit of scare-mongering by an Anti-virus company?...

Of far greater concern is the lack of privacy from Google... But that is for another thread.

And as for downloading apps to run... The same common sense against downloading a rogue app is required regardless of OS.


And then also, if you really wanted or you were really negligent enough, you can make ANY system as insecure as you might unwittingly not know about.

However, the people behind Linux and the people that make use of Linux for others tend to take better care than certain other Marketing compromised OSes... The design of Linux makes it easy to obtain high security.


And so for you latest prod... Getting a little bored with your view?

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Message 1376280 - Posted: 4 Jun 2013, 0:47:38 UTC
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An interesting twist and all FLOSS-ed:


A Slower Speed of Light

A Slower Speed of Light is a first-person game prototype in which players navigate a 3D space while picking up orbs that reduce the speed of light... Visual effects of special relativity gradually become apparent to the player, increasing the challenge of gameplay...


Spookily weird... Enjoy!

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Message 1376352 - Posted: 4 Jun 2013, 5:08:46 UTC - in response to Message 1376255.  

And as for downloading apps to run... The same common sense against downloading a rogue app is required regardless of OS.

So why would the store run by the company promoting the O/S have trojan apps for sale? (which supposedly will enrich them) Sounds about like something you would expect from M$.

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Message 1376499 - Posted: 4 Jun 2013, 12:00:16 UTC - in response to Message 1376352.  

And as for downloading apps to run... The same common sense against downloading a rogue app is required regardless of OS.

So why would the store run by the company promoting the O/S have trojan apps for sale? (which supposedly will enrich them) Sounds about like something you would expect from M$.

Google actively check their store for 'rogue apps' and so far have caught the very few examples of malware quite quickly. Unfortunately, there is an awful lot of advertisement-ware scams on there...

However, note: Your article looks to be very much a scaremongering advertisement article sponsored by a Microsoft systems Anti-virus 3rd party hoping to break into a new market where there are no viruses! Hence the scare tactics to dupe new customers into something that they do not need and do not want.

Also note that you could claim that Google 'trojans' all your private data in any case... But that is for another thread.


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Message 1376500 - Posted: 4 Jun 2013, 12:03:21 UTC
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And to continue with computer freedom made easy:


Introducing the New Out Of Box Software (NOOBS)

If you’re a beginner with a Raspberry Pi, things just got a whole lot easier.

We started this project with the premise that throwing people in at the deep end and making them jump hurdles, to mix my sporting metaphors, is a good way to get them to learn stuff. It is: but it can also put some people off, sometimes terminally. And we don’t want people to put their Raspberry Pi down in horror after five minutes. So with this in mind, we’d like to introduce you to NOOBS.

NOOBS is a way to make setting up a Raspberry Pi for the first time much, much easier. You won’t need network access, and you won’t need to download any special imaging software. Just head to the downloads page, grab a copy of the NOOBS zip file, and unpack it onto a freshly formatted 4GB (or larger) SD card. When you boot up for the first time, you’ll see a menu prompting you to install one of several operating systems into the free space on the card. The choice means you can boot the Pi with a regular operating system like Raspbian, or with a media-centre specific OS like RaspBMC.

Once you’ve installed an operating system, your Pi will boot as normal. However, NOOBS stays resident on your card, so by holding shift down during boot you can return to the recovery interface. This allows you to switch to a different operating system, or overwrite a corrupted card with a fresh install...



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Message 1376528 - Posted: 4 Jun 2013, 16:30:56 UTC - in response to Message 1376499.  

Google actively check their store for 'rogue apps'

After they are on sale and made them some cash? Sounds like M$.

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Message 1377400 - Posted: 6 Jun 2013, 11:24:51 UTC

Funny thing with Linux.....

Format a 1TB drive on Windoze & you get 931GB.....

...Format the same drive on Linux & you get 914GB....

Think it should be Windows & Lindoze!
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Message 1377437 - Posted: 6 Jun 2013, 12:54:14 UTC - in response to Message 1377400.  
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Funny thing with Linux.....

Format a 1TB drive on Windoze & you get 931GB.....

...Format the same drive on Linux & you get 914GB....

Good you're taking a look.

But isn't that a rather trivial nit-pick in the realm of rounding errors? If you really want a filesystem with near zero space overhead, just simply use tar directly to the device (yes, you really can do that on Linux if you really want!).


Also to note:

Are those numbers (decimal) GBytes or (binary) GiBytes?
The same partitions?
Similarly featured filesystems?

For a flippant fob-off, you could easily claim that the Linux filesystem is using a bigger better filesystem journal for extra performance and better safety, hence the negligibly possibly smaller space available for user data.

Horses for courses? ;-)


Aside: My preference for Linux filesystems is to use ext4 for standard or critical use, and to use the bleeding-edge new btrfs for experimental or non-critical use. btrfs is shaping up nicely but beware that it is still under heavy development. Also with the great power of btrfs comes the great potential to confuse the hell out of you for the new features! Fantastic stuff :-)

(Contrast with NTFS... The Wikipedia article for btrfs seems to read a little negative until you realize just how much more is being included as part of btrfs as compared to all other filesystems...)

Enjoy your explorations!

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Message 1377498 - Posted: 6 Jun 2013, 16:07:22 UTC - in response to Message 1377437.  

Funny thing with Linux.....

Format a 1TB drive on Windoze & you get 931GB.....

...Format the same drive on Linux & you get 914GB....

Good you're taking a look.

But isn't that a rather trivial nit-pick in the realm of rounding errors? If you really want a filesystem with near zero space overhead, just simply use tar directly to the device (yes, you really can do that on Linux if you really want!).


Nope, not nit picking or looking either. I've said before I use all 3 of the poor defamed monkeys.

2x 1TB in my Windows systems gives 931GB each yet 2x 1TB on NAS box using Lindoze gives 914GB each - that's 34GB missing I could use for more TV shows & Films :(
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Message 1377601 - Posted: 6 Jun 2013, 19:38:40 UTC

Dingbats. It ain't rounding errors. 99.9999% without looking it is the extra space for the journaling system. Damn handy if you ever have a crash.


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Message 1380409 - Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 18:41:44 UTC

The next Linux (kernel) is nigh!


Linus Torvalds threatens verbal assault on developers' pets

Bloated rc5 for kernel 3.10 makes Linux Lord grumpy with devs, hamsters

Linux Lord Linus Torvalds has made another colourful public statement, threatening developers' mothers and hamsters.

The infamously-but-regretfully-profane Torvalds has seldom been afraid of dropping the f-bomb or venturing into less-than-politically-correct territory. ...

... So the next pull request I get that has "cleanups" or just pointless churn, I'm going to call you guys out on, and try to come up with new ways to insult you, your mother, and your deceased pet hamster.”

“Go out and test,” he urges. “And again - please don't make me curse you and your pets.”




All part of the normal developments :-)

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Message 1380648 - Posted: 13 Jun 2013, 13:00:21 UTC
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This article in our present times shows quite an unholy juxtaposition:


Facebook defrosts Arctic data center

... The social networking giant announced on Wednesday that its 900,000 square foot facility in Lulea, Sweden, is now "handling live traffic from around the world" – giving users lower latency when accessing the social network, and Swedish spooks the opportunity to hoover up all the data passing through Zuck & Co's bit barn. ...

... The Lulea, Sweden facility is expected to be one of the most efficient public data centers in the world thanks to its use of fresh air cooling and earth-friendly energy via use of power generated by hydroelectric dams.

Its opening also blows a chill wind for traditional IT suppliers, as it is a poster child for Facebook's radical new approach to hardware design.

"Nearly all the technology in the facility, from the servers to the power distribution systems, is based on Open Compute Project designs," the company beamed in a blog post on Wednesday. "This Facebook-founded initiative encourages the development of "vanity-free" hardware designs that are highly efficient and leave out unnecessary bits of metal and plastic. These designs are then shared with the broader community, so anyone can use or improve them." ...



Note that the strong emphasis of FLOSS and of the GPL in particular is to maintain and encourage freedoms of all users.


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Message 1382135 - Posted: 17 Jun 2013, 14:14:02 UTC
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For the latest roundup in the world of FLOSS, shamefully it is POLITICS and litigation that are stealing the headlines for the moment:


SCO vs. IBM battle resumes over ownership of Unix

... For the uninitiated, or those who've successfully tried to forget this turgid saga, a brief summary: SCO in 2003 sued IBM for doing something nasty to bits of Unix it owned. Or felt it owned. SCO also sued Novell, which it felt did not own some copyrights for Unix.

Many private school educations later for the offspring of the lawyers involved SCO lost against Novell. By this time SCO was out of cash...

... if SCO can eventually prove it really, truly does own a critical bit of Unix it's a chance of saying it therefore owns that same bit in Linux. And given that world+dog runs Linux – a couple of billion Android devices for starters – if SCO wins it can start throwing sueballs at the Googles, IBMs and Red Hats of the world and cash in big time.

A more likely scenario is that this case drags on for years longer...



Red Hat to ditch MySQL for MariaDB...

... MariaDB is a fork of MySQL that was launched in 2009 by original MySQL coder Ulf Michael "Monty" Widenius. It's meant to be a drop-in replacement, meaning any application that runs on MySQL should run unmodified on the MariaDB server. MariaDB does have one important characteristic that MySQL doesn't share, however: MariaDB isn't owned by Oracle...


Open source preference blunted in UK Government guide

... The change makes it far less likely that the extensive use of open source seen on the Gov.uk web site will be reflected in other government IT projects, where there is little use of open source and where what has been described as an "oligarchy" of big proprietary IT suppliers has been dominating. Whether the government's open standards guidelines from the same document survive lobbying from that "oligarchy"...


Linux migration proposal for Berlin rejected

A petition to use more open source tools in the Berlin city administration that was proposed in the federal state parliament of the State of Berlin by the German Green Party has failed. The petition was rejected with the votes of the governing SPD/CDU coalition in the "digital administration" committee...


European Parliament adopts open data strategy

On Thursday, the European Parliament approved new rules, introduced by the European Commission, for re-using public sector information. These changes will require that administrative data is published according to open data principles. When implemented, all documents made accessible by public organisations will be re-usable for any purpose...


EU antitrust authorities investigate Android licensing

... the EU Commission is investigating the licensing practices for the Android mobile operating system. According to the documents, Google is offering Android below the usual market prices...

... Among the companies that have raised the issue with the EU Commission are Microsoft and Nokia...



I wonder who/how SCO is getting bankrolled this time? Note how they had an injection of a few hundred million dollars from Microsoft for their last escapade... Same again?

What a twisted world we live in!

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Message 1387736 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 18:08:55 UTC

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23179522 wrote:
A "master key" that could give cyber-thieves unfettered access to almost any Android phone has been discovered by security research firm BlueBox.

The bug could be exploited to let an attacker do what they want to a phone including stealing data, eavesdropping or using it to send junk messages.

The loophole has been present in every version of the Android operating system released since 2009.



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Message 1387739 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 18:12:11 UTC

Rampant Apache website attack hits visitors with highly malicious software

Dan Goodin@Ars Technica wrote:
A campaign that forces sites running the Apache Web server to install highly malicious software on visitor's PCs has compromised more than 40,000 Web addresses in the past nine months, 15,000 of them in the month of May alone.

The figures, published Tuesday by researchers from antivirus provider Eset, are the latest indication that an attack on websites running the Internet's most popular Web server continues to build steam. Known as Darkleech, the rogue Apache module gets installed on compromised servers and turns legitimate websites into online mine fields that expose unsuspecting visitors to a host of dangerous exploits. More than 40,000 domains and website IPs have been commandeered since October, 15,000 of which were active at the same time in May, 2013 alone. In just the last week, Eset has detected at least 270 different websites exposing users to attacks.
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