Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Kenny Millar" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Hardcore (not that kind) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:33:31 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1-kirk2-0-cust236.ren.cable.ntl.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 I would imagine that PS2-Linux trojans will be a bigger threat than Viruses. On the side: Sony have made a fantastic marketting move with the PS2-Linux. It will be so much easier to develope for linus than for, say, Direct-X, it will certainly be easier to port the same game to different hardware platfirms when developing under Linux/GCC Now, do you really think MS will ever let an XBOX run linux? No, thought not! "Nigel Critten" wrote in message news:a6j6i5$g442@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > Linux isn't as vulnerable to viruses as Windows is mainly because everything > has a set permission level, so unless you log in under Root you can't mangle > with the naughty bits of the system, I would always suggest login in as a > normal user, the only snag is you have to switch to Root if you want to > install anything. > > I assume that it is possible to connect the PS2 Linux up to a ethernet nub. > > Thinking about it with the XBoxs ability to do the same and it running > Windows (or at least some version of it) I wonder how long it will be before > you start seeing XBox viruses :( > > Nigel > > "Chris Wallace" wrote in message > news:a6j267$g441@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > dunno what made me think this.. but if im on a home network.. will i be > able > > to plug the PS2 into an ethernet hub to get net access with it? > > If so.. what are the chances of viruses? (high no doubt) > > > > > >