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A pair of security researchers from the
Get linux you said. Linux is hurr durr secure you said.
University of Valencia have uncovered a bizarre bug in several distributions of Linux that could allow anyone to bypass any kind of authentication during boot-up just by pressing backspace key 28 times.
http://thehackernews.com/2015/12/hack-linux-grub-password.html?utm_source=THNPS&utm_medium=sidebarPS&utm_campaign=PS
So a bug was found and subsequently patched. Problem solved.
How many threads do we need to have on something that has already been patched and honestly is a non-issue anyway?
>>51937753
>Just hit the backspace key 28 times at the Grub username prompt during power-up. This will open a "Grub rescue shell" under Grub2 versions 1.98 to version 2.02.
>Grub2
>linux
You're a fucking retard, OP.
Which Antivirus for Windows 7 to use? I have been using Avast for years now and it started to be really annoying with all of the pop ups for upgrade and buying premium package. There are also classic spam messages like "24 useless program to deactivated, click here to upgrade"
Does decent free antivirus for windows exist or it's only worth buying a paid license if you want proper protection?
Turn on silent mode retard.
>>51937656
360 Total Security (Essential)
>Free
>Chink heuristic engine (kinda useless) + Bitdefender engine + Avira engine all in one antivirus
>More lightweight than avira or bitdefender alone
>super silent
>never bothers to upgrade or things like that (I don't even think there's a paid version)
copy pasta'd from another thread.
>>51937697
>360 Total Security
I'm surprised how good it is
What the fuck is this? I just installed windows 10. I've been using Linux for 5 years and don't now what fuck is happening.
What is wajam?
I thought the windows hate was just a meme.
>>51937413
That doesn't look like W10 titlebar, and if it is then you got into some deep shit, good luck.
>>51937434
im in full screen.
>>51937413
>ads by wajam
Congratulations, you gigantic fucking retard, you have adware.
Linux will never look this good.
>>51937328
'okay'
You're right, but Microsoft® Windows™ 10 looks even better.
>>51937328
http://www.deepin.org/system.html
Simply beautiful.
So /g/, I know you are not my personal tech support team, but I need to know what is wrong with this Laptop HDD. It won't boot anymore, so I plugged it in to my PC and whenever the signal cable is connected to the motherboard, my computer won't get past POST screen. However, I can hear it spinning up for a few seconds, and it does pick up some speed, but after a few moments it just stops.
I inspected closely and found these marks on the PCB. Is it rust? Burn marks? Can any of you tell me what they are? I guess it makes no difference to know but I;m curious as to what the failure is. By the way, the laptop to which this HDD belongs is in pretty bad shape.
I'll post the rest of the pictures below.
BTW i tried scratching some of it off, you can see the scrape marks in the OP pic
>>51937292
Corrosion maybe from certain types of moisture. I can see it has eaten through the PCB vias so you might need a new board.
Can you remove it and take some photos of the underside where the components are?
MOZILLA IS FORCING YOU TO USE ONLY ONE PROFILE NOW!
FUCK OFF MOZILLA
FUCKING SJWS RUINING EVERYTHING
>>51937262
Nothing's changed on my end...
Pale Moon is the correct option.
>>51937290
SJW cucks or furry degenerates, which to choose...
Should I?
>>51937095
Build your own fucking keyboard. Don't pay for this garbage.
>>51937242
i'm not the OP, but do you have any good resources for building a 108 key keyboard? like links to quality PCB boards, guides, etc
How do computers restart?
If they turn themselves off then what turns them on again?
serious question
>>51937062
The secret is that they don't actually turn off.
>>51937074
/thread
>>51937062
the don't turn completely off, they just return to the BIOS initialization and run the bootloader again.
>peerblock
>block educational Institutions
>at least 15 universities from around the world blocked from connecting
What the fuck is this?
Who cares?
Students aren't even paying for that internet access.
>>51937093
>Who cares?
muh private data
UH OH.
Dear /g/. my nephew has started doing some simple python and I would like to buy him a book on python for Christmas, could you recommend a good one? He is nine
thanks
>>51937046
Get him something on Python and Flask.
It's a web microframework and that is extremely fucking simple. It can be used to make really powerful web apps and it just works.
I use it professionally and make six figures. If your kiddo can do it, he's got a rad future.
>>51937046
Forget a book. Come up with something for him to make and then point him at a search engine and Python's documentation.
>>51937082
he's only nine, I don't want to overface him
looking for a book aimed at kids
>>51937121
something like what?
I could just give him some money I suppose, but I want to give him something tangible, and useful
>2015
>can now have a computer that weighs under 2lbs with a screen that is almost 3K IPS, 4gb ram, cpu that gets ~3200 passmark score, no noise fanless, touch screen with digitizer and cameras for $900 msrp, not even adding discounts
>2015
>4gb ram
>>51937025
i've tried it, it's breddy good. desu touch screens without a stylus are just a gimmick
>>51937025
>Windows
>gets hot enough to cook on
>shitty digitzer
>BSOD
>$900
>shiggy diggy doo anon
Should i install Kali linux ? Does it really works to accsess to wirless network without a password ? worth it?
>>51936898
Install Windows 10.
>>51936898
Live USB or VirtualMachine and no that isn't how it works. Are you just bating?
>>51936919
Why win10 ? it has that kind of features?
Macbook Pro user. Got it for uni (film and tv) and I really like it. Saved up £600 to beef it up. Recommendations?
I dont have an iPhone or iPad so nothing that includes them please.
Willing to take stick for being a mac user for aome genuine advice.
>>51936851
>mac
>not apple
>>51936851
There isn't much that you can do. Get an SSD if you don't have one yet, and upgrade the ram if you think you need it.
>>51936851
Beefing up a mac is a pain in the ass and even professionals often damage the hardware beyond repair when attempting it. You might be able to add some extra ram possibly. Other than that you will likely break it. It's not very upgradeable, it's a mac. If you want a beefier machine then you are supposed to buy a new machine, that's the idea. Anyone working for Apple would probably also say the same thing, even apple "geniuses" won't help you with Beefing up the machine
>get domain name from godaddy
>blasted with marketing shit, buzzwords, shitty web ui, feature limitations like no private dns or dyndns
>somehow #1
>switch to iwantmyname.com
>costs less, has all the features, web ui not programmed by idiots, company doesn't pretend basic shit like dyndns is rocket science
>somehow nobody knows them
>have postpaid cellphone plan with country's typical operator
>expensive, slow, stupid customer service (budget alert at 7 in the morning on saturday to tell you you used 17 cents, helpdesk asks callers for account password so they can look into settings, website gives error messages all over for weeks, lags behind on things like payment status, etc), shit website full of irrelevant shit like pictures of smiling people
>somehow #1
>switch to mobile vikings
>cheaper, better service, better website actually fucking works and is designed well, payment options are not limited to fucking credit cards but include paypal, paycards and fucking bitcoin, process is automated and flawless
>call for free to other vikings
>somehow nobody knows them
>be with 1 of the only 2 ISPs of shit country
>modem/router they provide is complete shit, cannot into proper html forms, cannot into logging, cannot into sane ui design, no documentation, takes 5 minutes to fucking reboot, costs fuckton of money per month
>produced 100% in-house but also officially 100% unsupported in any way
>stupid belgians are so fucking used to taking corporate cock in the ass they will fucking defend the company when you tell them about this bullshit
>try some new chink shit linux distro
>expect utter shit
>bluetooth, sound, wifi, video driver work out of the box
>programs list has "uninstall" context menu entry, literally the only distro to ever have this
>barely any bloat you don't want and have to uninstall first, unlike all other distros
Free market competition doesn't fucking work when normies can't tell good from bad and shit companies can run free unopposed.
>>51936554
everything is shit and if we're going to accept this and be pigs we may as well just kill ourselves
How is the linux example good if all distros save for a few enterprise ones gratis?
People use the most popular ones because large userbase = large community of package maintainers and greater chance you'll get an answer on tech support forums.
>godaddy
kek. A general rule is never buy any service or product advertised on tv. If they have the profit margins to do that, do you think it's because they're giving you a good deal?
Here's the source code you've been asking for so much: https://vivaldi.com/source/ . Feel free to inspect line by line.
And here's where you can get the Beta 2, now with complete features, such as an extension manager (all popular extensions like uBlock Origin and Lastpass are working already): https://vivaldi.com/
finally, vivaldi is a nice browser that just needed features.
Firefox is now BTFO
its so resource heavy browser..
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