I believe that iXsystems owns FreeBSD and TrueOS, and pays the people who work on it. Apple too employs a few
iXsystems does not *own* FreeBSD - it hired some (former) FreeBSD people.
FreeBSD itself is -- as far as I know -- "managed" by the FreeBSD Foundation, and, in turn, that Foundation is managed by the FreeBSD developers.
In the not-too-distant past the dominant voice on this site took a hard right turn. During the administration of Obama we saw a constant barrage of anti-Obama and anti-Clinton news bits on the front page, while simultaneously seeing articles that championed various right wing causes.
Yes, it's called "astro-turfing". It's been all over the news these days.
Unless there is absolutely no way to trigger AML remotely, I'm not sure I'd trust this system either.
I'll grant you that. It could be tricky to put together well.
On the other hand, if you are that concerned with your privacy, do a Richard Stallman, and refuse to have a cell phone at all: he has said several times he considered them are nothing more than advanced tools for the intelligence community. Plus, of course, closed-source software, etc.
To be honest, I recently bought a very specific smartphone precisely for that reason: it was one of the rare model that still offered a removable battery, so who am I to criticize?
Yeah cause we can trust that this advanced location tracking feature won't be abused by governments to spy on its citizens. Its not like apple had to stand up against the intelligence industrial complex of multiple nations... yadda yadda yadda...
Yeah, and if you are in China how is that "standing up to Governments and protecting free speech" thing working out for you? Hmmm?
And, again, you have not read a single line of the article: AML mandates activating GPS and wifi when, and ONLY when, you call the equivalent of 9-1-1.
Implementing AML in a safe and privacy-protecting way is, as far as I am concerned, a trivial exercice for Apple engineers.
Come on, I am all for protecting free speech and privacy, but Apple not adopting AML is simply ridiculous.
I seem to recall the EU mandated that all phones had to use microUSB for their charging ports. Last I checked, iPhones still do not.
Agreed, but there is a difference between a charging port and saving lives.
In that respect, (safety) regulation probably is more important than regulation.
Have you even read the article?
It specifically states that AML only turns on location (automatically) WHEN you dial 9-1-1.
Oh, wait, this is Slashdot, so your libetarian little ego could not stand the magic word at the top of my rant, right?
Sorry about that, my bad.
It's called re-gu-la-ti-on...
Specifically, European regulation. Any smartphone sold in Europe should integrate AML, or be banned outright. Period. No exceptions. You have 6 months to comply and communicate with the European regulators a detailed timetable for your compliance.
72 hours after that regulation is passed by the European Parliament, I bet you Apple will come out with an announcement supporting AML and a couple of months later, with the latest iOS updates, all iPhones would be AML-Compliant.
Sure, a lot of imbeciles will scream bloody murder, Big Brother and governmental interference with the free market, but seriously, this is what works with these companies. Apple makes tons of money in the EU, and it won't take the risk to lose that market.
Also, it's pretty rich from Apple to refuse AML, when it deleted all VPN apps from its Chinese store. Fsck that company. Support AML or eat dung.
- "Uh? There has been another issue with systemd? Really?"
- "Yeah, but anyway, never mind, we have better things to do."
- "Okay."
Slackware: no systemd, sane defaults, no weirdo patches.
Yeah, it works.
First of all, let me state that most of my machines are Linux, or BSD. I find the whole panic over WCry absolutely hilarious.
Something like OpenBSD, but less stringent:
First-tier is average OS support - six months support tops, after that, you need to upgrade. You have version 4.3 while the latest version is 7? Tough luck.
Second-tier is emergency OS support: 12 to 18 months support tops. On a specific version (meaning fubar 6.0 but not fubar 6.1 for instance ), only back-port of the most critical patches to base system.
Every 5 years, for embedded and ultra-secure needs, you get an ULTS (Ultra-Long Term Support) version, which is going to be supported - provided you sign an annual support contract with mucho dinero - as long as necessary, including backporting patches from the newest version of the OS, but only for the base system. Anything extra you add to that base system is your responsibility.
The issue here really is pretty much the same as an "Internet of Things" issue: please, dear MegaCorps, use a nice, updated AND SECURE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION for your freaking products - no, Windows XP is not nice, updated and secure out of the box, and neither is Linux if you open 200 ports and services with "admin" and "secure" as login and password, respectively.
On a more general note, if you use Windows within your product, I don't care what that product is, you are asking for trouble.
And that is all I have to say.
This sucks, but I'll have to search a decent open-source app for to do lists.
In the meantime, I'll probably use Keep, by the other Great Satan.
Oh, and F* you Microsoft.
Pick your poison:
- Tape: inexpensive and slow, require frequent testing (backup we do, it's restoration the problem!), usually unreadable after 6 to 12 months or less (that's in production people).
- WORM: more expensive than tape and just as slow, work well in the medium term (meaning 10 years top).
- XFS NAS: faster than the above, require good hardware and a bit more work than either tape or worm. Don't forget to setup replication to multiple systems. May suffer from bitrot in the long term (checksumming/hashing files might be a good idea). Very stable, large capacity file system. Tape backup is always a good idea.
- ZFS NAS: slightly slower than XFS (at least, that's my experience, YMMV). Ultra-large capacity. Snapshotting is just a breeze. Again, replication to multiple, distant systems is mandatory. Very stable file system. Tape backup is always a good idea.
- DNA, 3D crystal lattice, holographic memory: what we are all going to use in the future. Still in beta testing, though.
- DVD: don't make me laugh.
zfs
ZFS is a pretty good solution. Multiple NAS ZFS systems with snapshots and replication are even better.
I personally like XFS in production (including LVM), but ZFS is hard to beat if bitrot is your #1 concern.
Tape drives will store your stuff for upwards of 10 years, up to 30 if you store them really well. They're also available in large sizes and is pretty cheap (about a cent per GB).
And if you believe any of that, I have a very interesting investment offer for you...
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