you know the reason why I changed from GNU/Linux to o'bsd? because nowadays there are more and more blobs in GNU/Linux... even in the deep heart of the system, in Linux itself (in the kernel)
Have a look at this email http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/25/161 It's from Linus himself. He clearly is setting up a difference to the FSF fundamentals. But without Linux, GNU is nothing. The whole point is about GNU/Linux I wanted a FREE system... and I chose o'bsd I am still using this crashbox to learn but you can be sure I will not install and use closed software in the production laptop. I don't use acroread, I use kpdf I don't use powerpoint, I use latex beamer I don't use commercial movie formats, I use theora I don't have any mp3, I have about 25 GB of ogg music etc etc When I don't find any solution/alternative at _all_ either I totally forget about the point or I close my eyes and use something closed. But I hate it. Besides, o'bsd is showing to be a much more mature *nix system than GNU/Linux, which seems to be a teenager... I love the professionality of o'bsd people Well... now... WHAT ABOUT MY QUESTION??? FIREFOX WITH FLASH - HOW?? :) Cheers, Pau 2006/12/8, Daniel T. Staal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, December 8, 2006 12:28 pm, Robert Potts said: > > In response to Vim's recent questions I had a tangential discussion with > > dedicated Mac user who is also a Flash developer. I forwarded him parts > > of Vim's message with some points about how Flash is good in some > > applications, but it's kind of frowned on by this community: > > > > I said: > >> oh and by the way any security holes [people] can't fix because > > you're not allowed to touch the source... > > > > he replied: > > <quote> Isn't that potentially a good thing? Provided the > > source is not trying to pull any underhanded shit the flash file should > > be pretty secure, anyway? (?) I wouldn't give up using flash anyway- it's > > too much fun as a tool. I'll check this GNASH thing out. </quote> > > > > anybody care to take this hot little potato and have fun with it? > > > > I'm posting this for my own and his educational needs. I'm all ears. > > Please, feel free! > > > > -Robert > > I don't particularly mind closed code, necessarily (and I use OS X in > several places), but that's an excuse that doesn't hold water. > > He is assuming it is harder to crack closed source code. Which has a > grain of truth: it is _very_ slightly harder to find a vulnerability in > closed source programs. > > But _very_ slightly. Most exploits even in Open Source programs are > discovered through analysis of the program produced. So programs from > closed and open source have basically the same level of vulnerability, > since that is how you find exploits in closed-source code. > > So, with the closed source, we have to trust the company when they say the > program doesn't deliberately do anything underhanded, and we can't fix any > problems we find ourselves. From a security standpoint, that's the > _entire difference._ Any extra vulnerability from being able to see the > code is so minuscule that it has never mattered. > > So... Tell me why I should trust Adobe? ;) > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Openbsd-newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies > _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
