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Comment Re:Turn it off (Score 3, Informative) 98

by bartjan on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:04AM (#61036714) Attached to: Raspberry Pi OS Accused of 'Phoning Home' To Microsoft

Also don't forget to disable the GPG key that is also installed, in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

Comment Re:When can we expect a ban? (Score 5, Insightful) 202

by bartjan on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:41AM (#54027673) Attached to: What The CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works

The CIA is supposed to spy on foreign subjects. How will the US manage to ban encryption for foreigners?
Banning the export of encryption already has been tried, and we see how effective that was.

Comment Court document on groklaw.net (Score 2) 233

by bartjan on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:28AM (#51813259) Attached to: 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal

This seems to be the Notice of Appeal

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 80

by bartjan on Saturday July 25, 2015 @09:29AM (#50180595) Attached to: An Interview With Hacking Team's CEO

Company != Agency

Comment sudoedit? visudo! (Score 4, Interesting) 83

by bartjan on Monday February 24, 2014 @03:56PM (#46326383) Attached to: Book Review: Sudo Mastery: User Access Control For Real People

Using sudoedit to edit the suders file is interesting, but wrong. Please don't do that. Use visudo instead, as it does check for valid syntax.

Also, what has "The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success" to do with sudo?

Comment I'm currently at a camp site (Score 1) 173

by bartjan on Saturday August 03, 2013 @06:00AM (#44464309) Attached to: Camping Helps Set Circadian Clocks Straight

I'm posting this from the camp site of OHM 2013, and I cannot confirm the results of this study...

Comment Support contract (Score 1) 289

by bartjan on Thursday April 25, 2013 @02:25PM (#43548291) Attached to: Texas Company's Antique Computers Are For Production, Not Display

How much is the IBM support contract for this?

Comment Still not working... (Score 5, Insightful) 327

by bartjan on Friday January 04, 2013 @04:35PM (#42479655) Attached to: Worldwide IPv6 Adoption: Where Do We Stand Today?

bartjan@ix:~$ ping6 slashdot.org unknown host bartjan@ix:~$

Maybe about time to update this story from 2003??

Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 390

by bartjan on Monday June 18, 2012 @12:46PM (#40360491) Attached to: FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism"

That is not metric, they are imperial values...

Comment Re:Unfortunate Reality of Being a Linux User (Score 1) 518

by bartjan on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @04:58PM (#40300757) Attached to: NewEgg: Installing Linux Breaks Laptop

So, you're not only paying for an OS you'll never use, but also for a drive you'll never use?

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