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Debian Delayed by Disenchanted Developers 329

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:45PM from the look-at-all-that-alliteration dept.

Torus Kas writes "Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 was supposed to be due by December 4 and development is currently frozen. Apparently the saga was triggered by disenchantment towards funding of $6,000 for each of the 2 release managers to work full-time in order to speed up the development. Many unpaid developers simply put off Debian work to work on something else."

Secure Programming in GNU/Linux Systems: Part I 64

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 31, 2006 @05:20AM from the better-safe-than-sorry dept.

LNXPhreak writes "A new article on OSWeekly.com discusses secure programming in GPU/Linux systems in terms of programming talent and requirements. Quote: "A "secure program" is an application that sits on a security boundary, taking input from a source that does not have the same access rights as the program. Such programs include application programs used as viewers of remote data, web applications (including CGI scripts), network servers, and setuid/setgid programs."

Comment Re:This travelator is a lot of fun (Score 1) 333

by orebokech on Friday July 04, 2003 @10:41AM (#6367070) Attached to: High Speed Travelator

There are acceleration and deceleration zones at the beginning and end of the travelator, and the transition is very tricky at first: you have to keep both feet on the ground and NOT try to walk from one zone to the other, otherwise you're 100% sure to fall down. They had some serious trouble during the first days, people kept trying to walk in those zones and there were a fair number of broken legs and waistbones...

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