Re: Video editing in Linux?
From: Andy Fraser (andyfraser31_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:38:08 +0100
In alt.comp.linux, SjT uttered the immortal words:
[snip]
>>I havent yet met a linux coder who showed any interest at all in hacking
>>windows. theres no glory in it (too easy) and more interesting projects
>>under linux (althoguh anyone who did successfully hack a significant
>>number of linux machines would be an instant celebrity...)
>
> You could quite easily get into linux due to the unsecure Open source
> software available surely?!
You can if a security hole remains unfixed. You could easily break into
Windows via a CSS app if there's an unfixed security hole too. IME OSS
security holes are usually fixed within days and CSS security holes can
take months or longer. Of course YMMV.
Or are you just assuming that because software in OSS then it must be
insecure?
[snip]
> That has nothing to do with linux OS though, the same could be true
> with windows, there's plenty of OSS for windows too it's a linux
> exclusive, its just that the commercial software for windows is CSS
> for obvious reasons.. i.e. security being one major reason.
Explain to me exactly how software is more secure by virtue of it being CSS
as opposed to OSS? You seem so sure of this "fact" so you should have no
problem coming up with arguments that can't be disputed.
[snip]
> I have a windows 2000 server here at work that has been happily
> ticking over since we got it which is a few years, no problems.
You have a Windows 2000 server that has been up, ie not rebooted, for a few
years? If that's true it must be very insecure because applying some
security patches would require a reboot.
[snip]
> I'm looking at linux from the perspective of a single user machine for
> Video, Audio and general leisure activities.. You think it is up to
> scratch to provide me that without causing me aggro?
You think you're getting aggro? You're posting total crap as if you were
posting facts. eg from another post:
> That's bollocks, put anyone onto linux after using windows and watch
> their face turn red as they learn how to compile to the linux kernel
> each time they want to update or install an application.
There's no need to ever compile a kernel if you don't want to but you seem
to think that everyone must do so and post that viewpoint as if it was a
fact.
You don't seem to respect other people's opinions either. Linux doesn't do
what you want. No one's going to give you aggro for that. Your attitude
seems to be "Linux doesn't work for me therefore it won't work for anyone
else so it's crap". At least that's the impression I get from your posts.
> If so it would be very much appreciated if you could point a nice
> cheap (free) distro for me to buy or download ;)
Erm, didn't you say:
> Linux is full of theiving gits expecting to get everything for free
> anyway, which is why nothing of great importance will ever come from
> the OS.
-- Andy.
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