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Re: irc over ssl
From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe () cmn sharp-uk co uk>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:41:34 +0100
What do they expect you to do you X Windows work with then?
TBH - they don't, and I don't. on the rare occasions I need to use X, I walk to the server room and use the console. I could also use xVNC, or cygwin/x , but I don't use X often enough for it to matter. There are also a few CDs for the Hummingbird thing around here someplace.
I know there are X windows emulation products for MS Windows, but these
are
horrible, you can't compile things for them and they cost more than a
linux
CD rom.
I can compile for x-under-cygwin no problems - I just don't :)
On top of this the Linux thingy comes with REAL X11, real snmp, real daemons, real wu-ftp... Oh and what about those amazingly expensive
packages
under windows that do... SYSLOG viewing! Wow! Syslog... now that must
be worth
millions! No, Zillions! Some place I worked fork some pretty insane
money for
one syslog viewer that was sold as "a complete security solution"... the
type
that you can replace with a 5 lines perl script. :-)
*nods* there is a nice windoze syslogd here - http://www.kiwisyslog.com/software_downloads.htm - but why would I want one? if I want syslog, I ssh to the nearest real unix (tm), (no, not you sco)
That is why some questions I sometimes dare ask in interviews are: "So what machine will be on the desktop? What OS? And why?" if the
answer is
windows, I just know that it's one of those places that doesn't really
have it's
priorities set right and I dare the quit or double game. It works most
times
though.
I needed the job at the time - and linux sucked back then - today, I might make a different decision. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: irc over ssl, (continued)
- Re: irc over ssl Dave Howe (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Denis Solaro (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Ron DuFresne (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Denis Solaro (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Mortis (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl adam (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Valdis . Kletnieks (May 24)
- RE: irc over ssl Lionel Hendricks (May 24)
- RE: irc over ssl Ron DuFresne (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Dave Howe (May 25)
- Re: irc over ssl Denis Solaro (May 25)
- Re: irc over ssl Dave Howe (May 25)
- Re: irc over ssl Valdis . Kletnieks (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Ron DuFresne (May 25)
- Re: irc over ssl Dave Howe (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Ron DuFresne (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Denis Solaro (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Denis Solaro (May 24)
- Re: irc over ssl Ron DuFresne (May 24)