On Feb 26, 2015 1:38 PM, "Ruben" <<=
a href=3D"mailto:mrbrklyn-at-panix.com">mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> wrote:
ype=3D"attribution">

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I have one half finished Levono laptop that I was installing at the hack me=
eting at CCNY.=C2=A0 It is not coming up with X11 on Manjaro with openrc so=
I have some work cut out for myself





Want to see the practice questions of my Allgorithms midterm.





Ruben



On 02/26/2015 12:33 PM, Robert Menes wrote:

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Putting it as simply as possible:



This is why I never, ever run the preinstalled OS on any computer. I

just wipe and install a F/OSS operating system, or if need be, a non-OEM>
edition of the OS.



A lot of the preinstalled components are completely worthless, anyway.



--Robert



On Feb 26, 2015 12:22 PM, "Ruben Safir" <rklyn-at-panix.com" target=3D"_blank">mrbrklyn-at-panix.com

<mailto:mrbrklyn=
-at-panix.com>> wrote:





=C2=A0 =C2=A0 r-superfish-adware/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.cnet.com/news/leno=
vo-hit-by-lawsuit-over-superfish-adware/



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 r-superfish-adware/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.cnet.com/news/leno=
vo-hit-by-lawsuit-over-superfish-adware/

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo may find itself in a courtroom over its Superfish adwa=
re fiasco.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 One lawsuit filed in federal court last week charges both Len=
ovo and

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Superfish with violating wiretap laws and trespassing on pers=
onal

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 property, Ars Technica reported Monday. In another case, a le=
gal firm

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 has launched a class action investigation over potential clai=
ms against

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo's actions.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Chinese PC maker has found itself in hot water following =
last week's

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 revelations that many of its PCs include a software program c=
alled

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Superfish Visual Discovery. Considered either adware or spywa=
re,

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Superfish tracks your Web searches and browsing activity to p=
lace

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 additional ads on the sites you visit. But the software also =
installs

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 its own root certificate that leaves affected PCs more vulner=
able to

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 malware attacks.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo has apologized for the problem and has begun work to r=
esolve it.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We messed up badly," said Peter Hortensius, Lenovo=
's chief technology

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 officer, said last week.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 The world's biggest computer maker, Lenovo has managed to=
earn a hefty

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 profit and significant presence in the sluggish PC market. Th=
e company's

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 laptop lineup has garnered generally good reviews. But the fa=
ct that

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo installed such software on its PCs could do a fair amo=
unt of

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 damage to both its reputation and sales. Legal defense could =
also cost

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 the company.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 The individual suit filed February 19 in U.S. District Court =
in the

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Southern District of California by blogger Jessica Bennett ch=
arges that

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 the Superfish software tracked her Internet use, invaded her =
privacy and

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 damaged her computer. Specifically, Bennett said that she was=
writing a

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 blog post on her PC when she noticed ads involving "scan=
tily clad women"

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 on her client's website. Later, Bennett said, she was wor=
king on a

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 different client site when she saw the same set of ads, makin=
g her

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 realize that it was her own computer that was infected by som=
e type of

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 spyware.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Her lawsuit, which seeks a class action status and jury trial=
, charges

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo with the following:



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Defendants' Spyware and popup adverti=
sements decrease productivity

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 by requiring that hours be spent figuring out how to get them=
off of a

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 computer, closing advertising windows, and waiting for a slow=
er machine

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 to operate. Furthermore, computer users are forced to keep th=
eir

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 computers running longer (due to the slowed performance) whic=
h utilizes

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 more electricity, decreases the useful life of a computer, an=
d causes

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 increased Internet access charges. The cumulative impact of n=
ot only

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 multiple ads, but also the threat of future ads and monitorin=
g, impedes

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 computer usage.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Meanwhile, the class action investigation launched by the New=
York-based

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Rosen Law Firm is looking for consumers who purchased the aff=
ected

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo PCs and want to participate in a class action lawsuit.=
The firm

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 charges that the Superfish adware "exposes the computer =
user to serious

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 security vulnerabilities that could result in the theft of us=
ers' login

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 and passwords, and other sensitive data that a user transmits=
online, as

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 well as a degraded internet experience caused by it downloadi=
ng and

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 injecting third party ads and pop-up windows."



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lenovo PC owners can determine if the Superfish software is i=
nstalled on

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 their machines and then remove it by following the steps in t=
his CNET

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 article. Lenovo has also published its own instructions on fi=
nding and

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 removing the software.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 A Lenovo spokesperson told CNET on Tuesday that the company d=
oes not

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 comment on litigation.



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