Re: How can I help ?
Lennie,
Can you give me any more details than just that Linux I/O performance is
inferior to *BSD?
Regards,
Alex.
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, L. Besselink wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote:
>
> > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which
> > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all
> > things I dream of are already working.
> > So that I don't know where to join.
> > And Mozilla ist too big.
> > And like Florian I am interested in security.
> >
> > If someone knows where to start, please give
> > us a hint.
> > I know some C, C++, Perl, Shell, Java, XML.
>
> If you ask me personally what things in Linux and/or Debian are most
> needed ? Those are two things:
>
> - I/O performance. Linux just doesn't have as good an I/O performance as
> the BSD family.
> and
> - Pro active security sourcecode reading/fixing, like what the OpenBSD
> people do.
>
> As you can see, only one is security related :/ I know it may sound a bit
> boring and I know Debian is probably the best Linux distribution in that
> field (well, they fix very fast anyway ;), but it is even more important
> then adding new things if you ask me.
>
> This is just my personal opinion.
>
> >
> > One thing I am interested is, which ist AFAIK no
> > implemented yet:
> > Crossplattform userauthentication (win+unix),
> > via LDAP.
> >
>
> But ofcourse I have no problem with anyone adding new and great features.
> ;)
>
> <snip>
>
> Hope this made sence and not just noice,
> Lennie.
>
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>
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