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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Same here, had 4 already. Edit: IE & Edge having difficulties showing graphics/images yet Brave (when Net available) no problems. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19375 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Same here, had 4 already. Just had another break, started at 21:18BST. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
No issues here... ...yet. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Another fox in charge of the henhouse. In a related development, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that Baroness Dido Harding will head up the wider test, track and trace programme. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52709660 Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30988 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52709660 SSH isn't two factor. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52709660 It can be... More of a problem is when ssh-keys are used whereby no explicit login is then needed from a supposed 'trusted' device that has become exploited. And there is always the problem that people are hopelessly lazy with their passwords... We really do need to move to physical encryption key devices. However, ignorant management always see such devices as an unnecessary cost... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
So much for security. 9,000,000 customers hacked |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Individuals do it & get charged under the Computer Misuse Act. Companies do it & all that happen is we're sorry |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Hopefully not. ICO: Action we've taken - it's often slow, it may be late, it may not be severe enough, and too many firms slip through the net - but punishment does happen. Speaking as someone who had to actively register under the predecessor legislation when I became self-employed in 1990. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
How to balance this one?... Facebook shareholders try to block encryption plan wrote: ... In 2019, tech companies reported close to 70 million [examples of] ... exploit[ation] to authorities. Nearly 85% of those reports came from Facebook. According to Mr Passoff, if the firm were to go through with its encryption plans, 70% of the cases it reports would become invisible to the firm. IT is very much is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Is this yet the Year of the Linux Desktop? Lenovo certifies all desktop and mobile workstations for Linux... wrote: Could this make 2020 the mythical year of the penguin on the desktop? Enjoy freedom! Stay safe! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Is this yet the Year of the Linux Desktop?Yep, with statement it may do just that, considering atm, it can't even detect 64 bit bog standard devices. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
A choice of 2 threads for this one. Hidden treasure trove in discarded computers |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Interesting report The manufacturer is now in a position where it can offer full end-to-end support for the platform straight out of the box, However there is still a major fault line that needs looking at PDQ. Will Lenovo support the installation of printers that are very difficult to get working? Example: |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Interesting reportThe manufacturer is now in a position where it can offer full end-to-end support for the platform straight out of the box, As (Windows) IT just so happens... We have a very present frustrating time wasting "Big Ouch!" in the world of Windows printers at the moment: Wailing Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday as versions of Windows 10 stop playing nicely with plugged-in printers wrote: Windows 10 users woke up to borked printers following the monthly Microsoft bugfix party, Patch Tuesday. And the Microsoft "Knowledge Base" is long impressively expansive! Back to the more general world of printers... Unfortunately in the world of Windows printers, you have minimal printer hardware that is Marketed at a loss to then trap the victims into expensive consumables for the use of those printers. The printer control hardware is often so minimal that the Windows PC is needed to operate them. That sort of harks back to the bad old days (and cheap unreliability) of the old "winmodems" which used your CPU as a controller and "software modem"... For 'linux friendly' printers and multifunction printer-scanners, you do need to check that either the device is directly advertised as supported in Linux, or that the device is "network connected" and follows one of the standards such as IPP, or PCL5 or PCL6 or even Postscript. There's also a few of the cheap devices that have been 'reverse engineered' depending on luck and interest. (In general, network attached printers are by far the easiest to use.) In short, check the list for what CUPS supports. That system is from an Apple (Mac) initiative many years ago and has become a sort of defacto standard. For myself, my laser printer and scanner are now very old and supposedly long out of date. Yet both continue to work fine and there is no danger of support 'running out'. The CUPS config files will continue to work regardless of how many times I update the underlying Linux system. I can continue to run them until they physically wear out. Such is the beauty of open standards. Edit: There's an excellent very brief guide and a list of sites listing known working printers on: Finding Linux Compatible Printers Sometimes, it is far easier to abandon proprietary entrapment and buy yourself some lifetime saving freedom that works to open standards. Good luck! IT is what we make it... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
& Dependencies? Yes, Windows had those issues in its earlier days. However they got around that by introducing DLL's. Even they had issues until all new software devices installed any "new" relevant DLL's needed for that software/device. Finished a new build yesterday, tried installing Linux 64 - same issue as previously experienced. It is going to sit there until delivery is made of another copy of Windows 64 bit is received. TBH, I wanted Linux Mint 64 on it, but I'm blowed if I'm going to waste any more time on Linux64 when I know for certain that Windows 64 will install allowing me to update ANY device driver that requires updating. When Linux 64 installs OOB without any hassle will be the day that MS suffers, until then, those that use Windows will just continue to see & hear the Linux diatribes. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
In the Linux world, there is no need to 'specially' load up 'drivers'. Or in Windows-speak, install "DLLs". The Linux kernel already includes all needed drivers or has automatic "load modules" already included. Anything else that a manufacturer might require as an 'extra' to be installed suggests that they have not bothered with the normal 'plug-and-play' ways of Linux, or that they are deliberately not following normal computer standards, or that they have some really wierd Frenken-equipment that is always going to be 'difficult'. For Linux, simply just go for something that is already supported on the (CUPS) list of supported devices. Simple. Otherwise, if your device or device type is not listed, then indeed the path of least clicks is to stay locked in the world you have already 'bought' into. Nothing new there... Good luck! IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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