dsd - Slashdot User

Comment actually it's not configurable (Score 1) 586

by dsd on Sunday February 10, 2008 @08:22PM (#22374552) Attached to: Linux Kernel 2.6 Local Root Exploit

This is not an universal problem. It only occurs for those kernels with a specific function compiled in that most installations won't need

The upstream kernel includes this function on every build and it is not possible to exclude it. There is no such config option. The only way that it won't be present in a standard install of any kernel v2.6.17 and newer is if the admin/packager explicitly jumped in to the source or build system and excluded it.

Gnome 2.14 Review 208

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 17, 2006 @12:09PM from the tiny-little-feet dept.

An anonymous user writes "Linux.com (a Slashdot sister site) has up a review of Gnome 2.14. The piece touches on usability improvements, as well as the new administration and configuration tools included with this release." From the article: "GNOME 2.14 continues the steady improvement visible in the last few releases. It is an incremental upgrade, consisting largely of tweaks and the filling in of gaps in functionality. If few of these changes are major by themselves, the overall result is welcome. Perhaps the best way of looking at the release is not as an end in itself, but as a milestone on the road to desktop usability in free operation systems. From this perspective, GNOME 2.14 is a sign that much of the journey is already over -- and that the remaining distance is less than many observers think."

Slashdot Top Deals