anybody tried windows 8 yet?

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  • edited February 2012
    MrCheese wrote: »
    The GUI *snip*

    Linux doesn't have a GUI, it's a kernel. If your GUI software is hanging don't you think it could be a bug in that? :p
  • edited February 2012
    guesser wrote: »
    Linux doesn't have a GUI, it's a kernel. If your GUI software is hanging don't you think it could be a bug in that? :p

    No!! It's Linux!!! :p lol
    So far, so meh :)
  • edited February 2012
    You can't walk into a Windows thread without it turning into a Linux war :lol:

    If Linux doen't have a GUI then why do you have fancy stuff on the screen and not just a wall of text? :p
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • edited February 2012
    VincentAC wrote: »
    If Linux doen't have a GUI
    What do you mean "if" :-?
    VincentAC wrote: »
    then why do you have fancy stuff on the screen and not just a wall of text? :p

    Er, I assume because you're running some GUI software... :roll:
  • edited February 2012
    guesser wrote: »
    Linux doesn't have a GUI, it's a kernel. If your GUI software is hanging don't you think it could be a bug in that? :p

    Aye carumba! The bit with the mousey pointer and windows n stuff borks and hangs. As to what causes it, dunno. Don't care. Something is bugged. Google "ubuntu hang" - there is loads of info about it. I've had to connect via putty and issue a reboot before now. My impression is people are adding more bells n whistles to it without ensuring the basics function correctly.
  • edited February 2012
    MrCheese wrote: »
    My impression is Canonical are idiots

    Fixed that for you... :)

    I suggest installing Debian instead
  • edited February 2012
    Give me a Windows PC, DOS PC or PC with Linux+GUI and I can get stuff done with it. Give me Linux on a terminal without a GUI and I feel like I'm in a foreign country. Or even worse, I feel like I'm looking at a C64 prompt. I have no idea what to do with it. :)

    Speaking of Operating Systems and vulnerabilities... If someone has a Spectrum accessible remotely via Spectranet and important information saved on its memory or mass storage device, would a real hacker know what they're dealing with? Would he or she know how to get in or would it be hacker-proof? :grin:
  • edited February 2012
    He'd probably take one look at the files and think, "What the F**k is this?!?!?", then run them through some decryption software on the off chance that maybe sensitive data had been compressed with something interesting...... :-P
  • edited February 2012
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Speaking of Operating Systems and vulnerabilities... If someone has a Spectrum accessible remotely via Spectranet and important information saved on its memory or mass storage device, would a real hacker know what they're dealing with? Would he or she know how to get in or would it be hacker-proof? :grin:

    Well currently there's no file server that runs on the spectrum.

    In addition I refer you to the tnfs protocol documentation:
    Security
    This is not intended to be a proper, secure network file system. If you're
    storing confidential files on your Speccy, you're barmy :) Encryption,
    for example, is not supported. However, servers that may be exposed to the
    internet should be coded in such a way they won't open up the host system
    to exploits.
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