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>If only someone had invented a windowing GUI.

At work I have to use a mac, it's a PITA to manage multiple non fullscreen windows on it. There is also a fair amount of screen estate lost per window.

And if it wasn't a government but instead a corporation, the only thing that would change is that you don't even get to vote!

Why Iran? Surely Russia is a bigger suspect, but right now, my biggest suspect would be the NSA/CIA, the timing of the Syrian escalation is just too perfect.

>Tor guarantees anonymity.

No it does not, it is always best to use a seperate browser for tor because your browser & OS fingerprint is significant

https://panopticlick.eff.org/index.php?action=log&js=yes

And that is ignoring the fact that most people will continue to login to the HN and facebook accounts.

Even with Patent trolls and week patents, patents still allow companies to license innovative technology rather than hide it away for fear of copying (ala qualcomm)

Patents are a good idea, it's the current implementation that sucks

Wayland alone might not, but MAC can limit access to file descriptors

1.4.2 is safe, 1.4.1 contained the fix for CVE-2013-2028

Why Oauth2? I've read about it being less secure http://hueniverse.com/2012/07/oauth-2-0-and-the-road-to-hell... but would like to hear the case for it.

Hurd has been in development since 1990, Tanenbaum–Torvalds was 92. The shipping and loading of drivers separately from the kernel was a micro-kernel advantage and Linux being able to do the same is a move towards micro-kernel features in Linux (fuse and cuse being others).

> Linux being as monolithic as ever

Except for loadable kernel modules which is a pretty big move towards microkernel-like features from the original versions.

Wow people trust tools that don't have valid SSL certificates , it's no wonder groups like HTP roam free.

I'm sure there will be a GUI way to switch the default but I tend to use environmental variables when I want to launch a program out of a non-default device

>Is it possible to use/set environment variables to change the default ALSA device?

>you can use ALSA_PCM_CARD or ALSA_CARD to set the default card, either by name or by number. If both are set, ALSA_PCM_CARD takes precedence. The device on the card can be set in the variable ALSA_PCM_DEVICE.

http://alsa.opensrc.org/FAQ026

Don't forget Samsung produce more than just phones, even if Tizen doesn't take off for phones, Samsung do a lot of other embedded Linux stuff.

As for Tizen's success on phones, apart from lower end devices (where you probably don't want many custom apps just a solid base, symbian style), I see the appeal of all you're devices (TV, Fridge, Car, etc) running a consistent UI with plenty of magic and auto-configuration running behind the scenes and I'm not seeing many low end devices with Android yet.