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billyskank

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Sat Nov-06-04 05:56 PM
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I just recompiled my operating system

Ask me anything!

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trof

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Sat Nov-06-04 05:57 PM
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1. That takes my breath away.

Seriously.

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lilymidnite

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Sat Nov-06-04 05:59 PM
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2. Must be Linux ...

unless you've got something you're not telling us about.

Long live Tux.

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billyskank

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Sat Nov-06-04 05:59 PM
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4. Slackware to be specific! n/t

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da_chimperor

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Sat Nov-06-04 05:59 PM
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3. So you must be feeling pretty 1337 right now, right. n/t

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billyskank

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:00 PM
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5. No, I feel I am still just a pathetic n00b. ;)

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Mike Niendorff

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:02 PM
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6. Can you recommend a good tutorial on that?

Also, have you taken a look at the XServer project that freedesktop.org is working on? Looks like very cool stuff :)

MDN

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billyskank

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:21 PM
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7. Can try this

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127095&highlight=kernel+compile+.6

but, to be honest, if you google for "kernel howto" you'll get a shit load of results. The main differences between distros is in how to install the kernel sources: most distros provide you with a package management tool (rpmdrake in Mandrake, YaST in SuSE, apt-get in Debian, emerge in Gentoo, etc) but once you've installed the kernel source it always comes down to:

$ su -
<root password here>
# cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
<configure your kernel>
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
# make install (or configure GRUB or LILO yourself if you're up to it and like me you don't trust the installer you're given not to fuck things up).

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Nomad559

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:25 PM
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8. Mac OS X most secure, Linux least

http://news.com.com/2061-1016_3-5436555.html

In a study bound to rile Linux advocates, a British security company has found that attacks on Linux machines are more than twice as common as those on Windows systems.

London-based Mi2g found that computers using Mac OS X and other BSD Unix software were more secure. The study said that over a 12-month period, Linux machines suffered roughly two-thirds of security breaches, Windows systems represented just over one-quarter of attacks, and Mac OS X/BSD Unix computers accounted for just 5 percent.

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billyskank

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:35 PM
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9. May or may not be true

BSD is certainly well known for security, and OSX is derived from BSD. As for Linux being less secure than Windows, well I do find that hard to believe, but more to the point......

...you are so obviously trolling for responses with that post that I am not going respond further.

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Nomad559

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Sat Nov-06-04 06:58 PM
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10. Linux Is less secure

It is a fact that Linux Is less secure than Windows.
Deal with It.

http://secunia.com/search/?search=Linux+Kernel

:evilgrin:

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