Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-05 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:05 PM Kevin Chadwick wrote: > *yawn* This is nonsense! You don't like generally useful procedures which happen to be useful for dealing with statistically unlikely events? -- Raul

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-05 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:11:06 -0400 > So: back to the disk-wipe malware (and most other malware). Good > backups limit the impact that. And, you need a diversity of backup > mechanisms to defend against the backups getting hit by malware. *yawn* This is nonsense!

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-05 Thread Raul Miller
On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > I meant that an OpenBSD user using Windows should not get a virus or > could handle them if downloading illegal software. I am yet to see a > truly clever system entry in the press. They always rely on user > idiocy or poor setup. Whether

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-05 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:09:01 +0100 > If the partition is > intact then surely it is not difficult to fix and with some boot > loaders like GAG would likely be unaffected. I should probably say that GAG won't work with UEFI. UEFI sucks in so many ways and yet could have been great.

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-05 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:00:07 -0400 > >> I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD.  There are too > >> many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions.   OpenBSD > >> or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. > >> Don't do it.  The AV situation on Windows is

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread STeve Andre'
On 09/04/18 20:04, Heinz Kampmann wrote: -- *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 04. September 2018 um 23:00 Uhr *Von:* "STeve Andre'" *An:* "Kevin Chadwick" , misc@openbsd.org *Betreff:* Re: Lesser evil On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote: Um, maybe I'm no

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Heinz Kampmann
--Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. September 2018 um 23:00 Uhr Von: "STeve Andre'" An: "Kevin Chadwick" , misc@openbsd.org Betreff: Re: Lesser evil On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote: Um, maybe I'm not writing well. I'm talking about a dual-boot Windows O

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread STeve Andre'
On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:03:06 -0400 I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD.  There are too many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions.   OpenBSD or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. Don't do it.  The

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 09:00:11 -0700 > Amazon > Prime Video and some other stuff now. But between my Android phone and > Amazon Fire 5 tablet, I can do that stuff anyway, so not really a big > loss. If I can get it done easily on OpenBSD, I do. WRT Amazon prime I have found that they drop the

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Chris Bennett
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:35:05PM +, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > Atleast with Windows you have a good idea before you install what risks > you are taking even in a bad case of some ancient sha1 signed file from > a http link. With OpenBSD, I hope that the packaging community is > security

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Allan Streib
Kevin Chadwick writes: > Windows updates do still take way too long though and perhaps they are > gathering usage information, not that I care much. I hear they are > working on the speed in insider previews. Windows 10 has a lot of telemetry and data collection that sends information back to

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 14:42:39 -0400 (EDT) > Does it make sense to accept such compromises and run Linux for > security and privacy OR is the better security and privacy of Linux > more or less a myth and running Windows would be almost the same in > that respect? > > I understand that any

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:03:06 -0400 > I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD.  There are too > many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions.   OpenBSD > or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. Don't > do it.  The AV situation on Windows is out of

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-04 Thread Roderick
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: There is a specific piece of software that turned out to be available only on Windows and MacOS, Linux was not an option, neither (of course) was OpenBSD. Or, for example, only in Windoze, because it is a very specific software delivered with

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
On 09/03/18 20:42, - - wrote: > I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my > needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is > available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. > > I cannot decide which of the three would be a "

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread STeve Andre'
On 09/03/18 14:42, - - wrote: Hello all, I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil&qu

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread Roderick
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018, Christopher Turkel wrote: It always depends on your needs. I use LibreOffice for my work so I'm ste. I am happy that TeX is enough for my needs and do not need strange OS. And in extreme cases he will have to use Windows / MacOS / Linux. It is a reality: there is not a

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread Christopher Turkel
r 99% of my > >> needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is > >> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. > >> > >> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in > >> respect with security and privac

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread Sal A Nimi
t; >> I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my >> needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is >> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. >> >> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run

Re: Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread Fabio Almeida
are, which is > available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. > > I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in > respect with security and privacy. The software (video and photo editing) > runs best on Windows, almost as good on OSX and it runs on L

Lesser evil

2018-09-03 Thread - -
Hello all, I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in respect with security a