Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:08:47 -0700 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <5612928c$0$49041$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <3ZSdnZTmLryQJ4_LnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@supernews.com> <051020151617595944%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151150097105%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net e6v+EWmFe4F5NF+jNwJboARqw8vTrBm2nnxqThqcBRyDna/zaI Cancel-Lock: sha1:b7ayDJKtENdpGT8TQmUXcfWThUQ= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Thread-Index: AdEDycNHLcxNK24MikuvicEjrILGIA== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82991 alt.comp.freeware:245971 comp.os.linux.advocacy:326087 On 10/10/15, 4:48 PM, in article d7tmf9FrlupU1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" wrote: > On 2015-10-10, Snit wrote: >> On 10/10/15, 1:51 PM, in article mvbto2$ouq$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody" >> wrote: >> >>>>> So it isn't included in the installation, but a fully functional version >>>>> is available for download. Makes sense since most Mac users wouldn't >>>>> want or need X11 for any reason. >>>> >>>> Peter Köhlmann: "You can basically forget nearly all GUI software needing >>>> X" >>> >>> You're completely overlooking X11 for Mac is now in the hands of a third >>> party, and has no guarantee of working with current versions of Mac OS >>> X. To say nothing of what will be broken by mercurial Apple with future >>> updates... >> >> >> ----- >> Apple is a contributor to the XQuartz project and has worked to >> ensure that X11 works as expected in OS X with the latest available >> versions of XQuartz. >> ----- > > Oops. ; ) The fact is X11 apps work in OS X, and have for a long, long > time now. Peter is wrong, as usual. Well, in this case it is "Nobody" AKA "Onion Knight"... though there is another Onion Knight who sometimes post who he is just forging. COLA is... interesting. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: