Posts by ZenaB

Re: "we're not gauging but we're charging"

Well, Humble and Godot (open source engine!) are straight in there - https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software

Re: Ok...

I imagine those rooms also don't have wireless connections to avoid signal leakage..

Re: This is silly

Sorry, but what? Okay, your volume/data is encrypted - but just who is holding the keys to decrypt it?

But how many Chinese people care about being able to do that?

I'm absolutely not advocating for them, just trying to point out how they're seen from *inside* the box. The vast, vast majority of people there see them as having done no wrong and hold them up as having done the lifting of the country, under the guidance of the last few Premieres they've had.

As they say - the "S" in IoT stands for "security"

Re: Not be happy ... to reinstall my OS from scratch every year or two

Nowadays, probably you are, yep! Back in <Win7 days you'd be in the majority I'd guess.

What's wrong with the behaviour? You can swap between last used and tab order, if thats what you mean..?

Re: Can I now dump Cygwin?

Yep!

Re: "an upgrade will have to happen in the coming months or years"

Oh absolutely I'm not saying it's right, just that IMO that's one of the primary reasons they're doing a Win11.

The TPM stuff should absolutely be a *strongly recommended* thing rather than a requirement, plus MS should have made it clear a long time ago that the next version will need this, rather than springing it on the industry a few months before launch. I feel that they took the opportunity in the break of versions to make this extra demand.

Re: To the surprise of no one

Already been done? https://www.devuan.org/

Re: So What?

It's a gateway drug - it allows Windows admins to start looking after *nixes more. For me, it lets me write scripts that will run on Windows, Mac and Linux with little faff.

Re: Epic is right

In-app payments I'm fine with being forced through the store - it makes it quicker and easier for the users as they don't need to sign up again and add credit card details to ReallySecureHonestStore.com™

What I don't believe is right is taking 30% of those purchases. 30% of the app, well okay, they did handle the store and distribution for you. For an in-app credit purchase of say, £10, how exactly did they provide £3 of value? These should either be a way lower percentage, capped to a certain amount or better a flat amount regardless of purchase (given the effort is the same).

Re: Nope missing an obligatory element

"What's not to like?"

The bandwidth for one, I'd imagine..?

Re: Was going to ask...

They haven't yet, this was the proving flight. They'll have to do another attempt now to actually prove it!

Re: But when is there a Centos version 8

Give it a month or so..

Re: Linux WorkSpaces

Apparently based on CentOS7, so yes it does..

Log Insight should be bundled with vSphere itself IMO. vRNI should likewise come with NSX. They're almost useless without and it's for looking after/diagnosing another product!

As said below, in theory Azure Stack looks to be what VMware should have released last year. Being MS though, it'll be terrible on release but pretty good later. Imagine having a combined vSphere+vSAN+NSX+vRealizeSuite combination for a reasonable price! Aside from the price, I guess this is likely to be what VMw on AWS will be..

Re: Tintri

Expensive, but it works great - we've got two boxes

Re: Something seems odd about this as a security hole.

DCs are found via DNS not by broadcast, so you'd need to poison the switch to get it to send the packets to you instead..

Re: I thought we were IT pros here

> And you expect an interface which will enable users to set rules and a firewall that will reliably obey them?

Why not? You trust your device to firewall IPv4 don't you?

Re: IP6?

"The IP6 wasn't designed for the real world, easy limiting / blocking traffic, privacy or security"

It was designed more so than IPv4 was - try looking up IPv6 security features before complaining. Firewalls still work too, weirdly..

The recent 8.x versions have introduced far simpler upgrades - no more of this step by step CLI stuff, it's now give it the new version and click go, pretty much!

Re: Windows 10

Well we'd like it for VXLAN and microsegmentation..

Re: vCentre

Hold onto your buttz for the rumoured 6.5 later this year then. The surveys and murmurings are hinting at them rewriting it right now exactly like this fling-gone-gold..

Re: I keep saying ...

Because it's the devil you know..

The braver ones are venturing out to Veeam and the likes, but everyone else is clinging on!

Re: Windows 10

Why would a server OS upgrade to a desktop OS?

Re: NetApp needs to do something

What caveats are you aware of? We've got 2x AFF arrays and haven't come across any..

Re: Netapp pricing

That page says no such thing - it gives examples for hyperv and doesn't days the list is exclusive. The only thing MS say for Exchange is that it's not supported on an NFS data store, for unspecified reasons..