Linus Torvalds in the Linux kernel mailing list: “2.4.11 had a fix for a symlink DoS attack, but sadly that fix broke the creation of files through a dangling symlink rather badly (it caused the inode to be created in the very same inode as the symlink, with unhappy end results). Happily nobody uses that particular horror – or _almost_ nobody does. It looks like at least the SuSE installer (yast2) does, which causes a nasty unkillable inode as /dev/mouse if you use yast2 on 2.4.11.” So, 2.4.12 was born, changelog here.
New Linux Kernel 2.4.12
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Hehe, good one Mario. 😉
So, how are your music adventures these days? (I recall you being into midi music and such) Which OS are you using for your sound projects?
Eugenia, I am glad you asked, my musical work is thriving! I can send you a link where you can find some of my music. Wait a second….
To answer your second question, I use both Windows and BeOS, I would say equally.
http://www.scaredcity.com>We darned happy with our linus colonel 2.2.something. IT never goes off, or FUDges up anything.<p>
Check out our big <a href=http://www.opensourceworks>URL giveaway. Includes a year’s free hosting, on one of our secure/dependable colonel linus boxen.
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Has anyone seen these http://www.opensourcenews.com>face , of the REAL .commIEs, who despite being convicted of several felony racketeering charges (with even more pending, on at least 3 continents), are STILL, out on bail?
Correction: That’s big <a href=http://www.opensourceworks.com>URL/.com giveaway.
Um Bob, what’s with the URL giveaway spamming in every message?
Sorry l, it’s just our way of letting folks know about how everything’s gnu now. The response so far has been very encouraging. I’d go as far as to say, fud is dead.
<a href=http://www.scaredcity.com>We just put up a ~wonderful~ story about the various flavours/labels commonly associated with spam. Turns out valid information, is only that. Almost everything is copied, in some way, write? How come you put up such a lame Linus ‘story’?
just kidding/tense about the war & all. you didn’t have anything to do with that awful ‘story’. you would probably agree that bad information is our enemy too?
have you seen these http://www.opensourcenews.com>face , of the REAL .commIEs?