Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 1:39 PM wrote: > On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 12:27:03PM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > Hi, All.. > > > > This just hit my emails seconds ago. It's the most info that I've > > personally read about the XZ backdoor exploit. I've been following > > NextGov as a friendly, plain

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 13:38:50 -0700 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > Which is why I still have DOS boxes (running IBM PC-DOS 2000, > with DOSShell, and no WinDoze whatsoever…. You might look into freedos. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly WithSupport

2024-04-05 Thread gene heskett
On 4/5/24 16:42, James H. H. Lampert wrote: I will note that open source software has, by definition, a lot more eyes looking at the source. Which is probably why (as Tomas said) "proprietary software tends to fare significantly worse." -- JHHL . In light of that its worth noting that an M$

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread debian-user
Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Continues to sound like one single perp is destroying the TRUST > factor that an untold number of future programmers must meet. That's > heartbreaking. It has never sounded like a single perp to me. 'Jia Tan' is an obvious sock puppet as are the other names who pushed

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
I will note that open source software has, by definition, a lot more eyes looking at the source. Which is probably why (as Tomas said) "proprietary software tends to fare significantly worse." -- JHHL

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 4/5/24 12:12 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: . . . Most of the time the platform is dictated by the application(s) a user wants to run. . . . Indeed. Which is why I still have DOS boxes (running IBM PC-DOS 2000, with DOSShell, and no WinDoze whatsoever: Xerox Ventura Publisher (DOS/GEM Edition)

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 08:38:36PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > No, on the contrary. First of all, it is great that it has been > caught /before/ it could cause much harm [...] ...and of course kudos and thans to Andres Freund who spotted the thing! Cheers -- t signature.asc

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2024 05 Apr 12:37 -0500, William Torrez Corea wrote: > My colleague uses Windows, another uses Mac OS while I use Debian Gnu/Linux > 12. Choice is good. > The majority of users use Windows while developers and designers use mac os > but a little of people use Debian Gnu/Linux 12. So, what

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2024 05 Apr 11:28 -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Hi, All.. > > This just hit my emails seconds ago. It's the most info that I've > personally read about the XZ backdoor exploit. I've been following > NextGov as a friendly, plain language resource about government: > > Linux backdoor was a

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 4/5/24 11:35 AM, John Hasler wrote: Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux on their rockets and spacecraft. Over 90% of the top 1 million Web servers run Linux, including Yahoo, X, and Ebay.

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 12:27:03PM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Hi, All.. > > This just hit my emails seconds ago. It's the most info that I've > personally read about the XZ backdoor exploit. I've been following > NextGov as a friendly, plain language resource about government: > > Linux

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread John Hasler
Desktop Linux is widely used in physics and mathematics. NASA uses Linux extensively, including on Mars and on the ISS. SpaceX uses Linux on their rockets and spacecraft. Over 90% of the top 1 million Web servers run Linux, including Yahoo, X, and Ebay. Almost all supercomputers use Linux.

Re: What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread Leandro Noferini
William Torrez Corea writes: [...] > The majority of users use Windows while developers and designers use > mac os but a little of people use Debian Gnu/Linux 12. So, what is the > goal of having this distribution?. Translating from a contemporary italian philosopher, the answer you are

What use can i give to linux?

2024-04-05 Thread William Torrez Corea
My colleague uses Windows, another uses Mac OS while I use Debian Gnu/Linux 12. The majority of users use Windows while developers and designers use mac os but a little of people use Debian Gnu/Linux 12. So, what is the goal of having this distribution?. I use in Debian Gnu/Linux the following

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-04-05 Thread Curt
On 2024-04-01, Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-04-01, DdB wrote: > >>> A computer with a 6-core processor, 64 GB memory, and 9 drive bays/ >>> ports that cannot boot USB?  That does not make sense. >> >> Why not? > > Perhaps because usb boot is available since a very long time > The OP informed

NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
Hi, All.. This just hit my emails seconds ago. It's the most info that I've personally read about the XZ backdoor exploit. I've been following NextGov as a friendly, plain language resource about government: Linux backdoor was a long con, possibly with nation-state support, experts say; By David

Re: kvm+libvirt, onde indico as pastas onde as imagens serão criadas?

2024-04-05 Thread Atenágoras Souza Silva
Sim. O virt-manager é apenas uma maneira de fazer isso mais fácil, mas alterar o xml é algo mais direto. Está conseguindo? On 05/04/2024 08:57, hamacker wrote: Até porque não tinha antecipado que usaria /var, minha partição root é modesta e não vai comportar. Eu tô usando o virt-manager e

Re: kvm+libvirt, onde indico as pastas onde as imagens serão criadas?

2024-04-05 Thread hamacker
Até porque não tinha antecipado que usaria /var, minha partição root é modesta e não vai comportar. Eu tô usando o virt-manager e alterando no XML, era isso que queria dizer com usar o libvirt para alterar? Em qui., 4 de abr. de 2024 às 19:20, Atenágoras Silva escreveu: > As imagens estão em

[SOLVED Re: network-priority?

2024-04-05 Thread Hans
Hi all, thank you for the fast response. Your answers did help much and made everything clear. Have a nice weekend! Best Hans

Re: ConsultaInstalaciónDEBIAN

2024-04-05 Thread Camaleón
El 2024-04-04 a las 18:07 +, Eduardo Jorge Gil Michelena escribió: (...) > LINUX es "lo más". > > El único problemilla con LINUX es encontrar programas aplicativos... > para algunas cosas hay muchos pero para otras cosas NO hay casi nada y > lo que hay es deficiente. Hombre...

Re: ConsultaInstal·lacióDEBIAN

2024-04-05 Thread Narcis Garcia
No sé si és el cas, però, per a qui estigui encara atrapat amb MS Windows, i necessiti crear una memòria USB arrencable, a partir de la descàrrega .ISO , hi ha aquestes utilitats de gravació USB: https://wiki.gilug.org/Administracio_de_sistemes#Gravaci.C3.B3_de_CD.2FDVD.2FBluRay.2FUSB El