On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:05 PM Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> *yawn* This is nonsense!
You don't like generally useful procedures which happen to be useful
for dealing with statistically unlikely events?
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Raul
On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:11:06 -0400
> So: back to the disk-wipe malware (and most other malware). Good
> backups limit the impact that. And, you need a diversity of backup
> mechanisms to defend against the backups getting hit by malware.
*yawn* This is nonsense!
On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> I meant that an OpenBSD user using Windows should not get a virus or
> could handle them if downloading illegal software. I am yet to see a
> truly clever system entry in the press. They always rely on user
> idiocy or poor setup. Whether Vi
On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:09:01 +0100
> If the partition is
> intact then surely it is not difficult to fix and with some boot
> loaders like GAG would likely be unaffected.
I should probably say that GAG won't work with UEFI. UEFI sucks in so
many ways and yet could have been great.
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:00:07 -0400
> >> I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD. There are too
> >> many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions. OpenBSD
> >> or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active.
> >> Don't do it. The AV situation on Windows is ou
On 09/04/18 20:04, Heinz Kampmann wrote:
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*An:* "Kevin Chadwick" , misc@openbsd.org
*Betreff:* Re: Lesser evil
On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
Um, maybe I
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An: "Kevin Chadwick" , misc@openbsd.org
Betreff: Re: Lesser evil
On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote: Um, maybe I'm not writing well.
I'm talking about a dual
On 09/04/18 09:09, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:03:06 -0400
I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD. There are too
many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions. OpenBSD
or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. Don't
do it. The AV
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 09:00:11 -0700
> Amazon
> Prime Video and some other stuff now. But between my Android phone and
> Amazon Fire 5 tablet, I can do that stuff anyway, so not really a big
> loss.
If I can get it done easily on OpenBSD, I do.
WRT Amazon prime I have found that they drop the vid
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:35:05PM +, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> Atleast with Windows you have a good idea before you install what risks
> you are taking even in a bad case of some ancient sha1 signed file from
> a http link. With OpenBSD, I hope that the packaging community is
> security consciou
Kevin Chadwick writes:
> Windows updates do still take way too long though and perhaps they are
> gathering usage information, not that I care much. I hear they are
> working on the speed in insider previews.
Windows 10 has a lot of telemetry and data collection that sends
information back to Mi
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 14:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
> Does it make sense to accept such compromises and run Linux for
> security and privacy OR is the better security and privacy of Linux
> more or less a myth and running Windows would be almost the same in
> that respect?
>
> I understand that any response
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:03:06 -0400
> I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD. There are too
> many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions. OpenBSD
> or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. Don't
> do it. The AV situation on Windows is out of control
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
There is a specific piece of software that turned out to be available
only on Windows and MacOS, Linux was not an option, neither (of course)
was OpenBSD.
Or, for example, only in Windoze, because it is a very specific software
delivered with a
On 09/03/18 20:42, - - wrote:
> I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my
> needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is
> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
>
> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "le
On 09/03/18 14:42, - - wrote:
Hello all,
I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my
needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is
available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil"
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018, Christopher Turkel wrote:
It always depends on your needs. I use LibreOffice for my work so I'm ste.
I am happy that TeX is enough for my needs and do not need strange OS.
And in extreme cases he will have to use Windows / MacOS / Linux.
It is a reality: there is not a
top, which is suitable for 99% of my
> >> needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is
> >> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
> >>
> >> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in
> >> respect
all,
>>
>>
>> I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my
>> needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is
>> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
>>
>> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser
in proprietary software, which is
> available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
>
> I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in
> respect with security and privacy. The software (video and photo editing)
> runs best on Windows, almost as good on OSX
Hello all,
I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my
needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is
available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in
respect with security a
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