Questions tagged [proprietary]
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Are there non-GPL alternatives to Busybox?
Busybox seems to be sort stumbling block for vendors that want little embedded linux. There are even lawsuits regarding Busybox.
Are there more liberally licensed (BSD, MIT or at least LGPL) analogue of Busybox for developers of closed systems?
Vi.
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Are there hard drives that require additional software in order to function as a storage device?
Hard drives (both internal and external) are commonly advertised with catchphrases such as:
No additional software or drivers required
NTFS-formatted for Windows
Can be used on both Windows and OS X [Linux not mentioned]
Does this mean that…
user198350
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Remote Desktop software: Why is Teamviewer so much faster than the open source competitors?
TeamViewer is faster compared to FLOSS alternatives concerning 2 aspects:
The whole configuration process before the actual session: Determine IP, traverse through NAT & firewall, etc whereas in TeamViewer simply entering an ID/PW, which goes…
porg
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Alternatives to Proprietary USB wireless LAN Adapters
Hope
So I've picked up a Sony BDP-S270 Blu-ray player advertised as being "wireless LAN ready". I figure this is no problem for a guy that hooked up his second PC to the wireless LAN in the house. I have an extra USB wireless LAN adapter ready to…
Bernard Dy
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Obtaining a SATA Disk Password from an RDX drive bay
I have a bunch of RDX backup cartridges and, given that they contain standard 2.5" SATA drives, I recently wanted to open them in order to be able to use the drives outside of the proprietary drive bay.
However, after connecting the drives directly…
Brian
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Proprietary vs open-source encryption/security software
I just had an argument with colleagues about the usefulness of Microsoft BitLocker drive encryption for keeping representatives of the state (FBI etc.) out of data. They were convinced that vendors of proprietary software have backdoors in their…
Felix Dombek
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How did HP made their power on bottom work with no VSB (standby) on their pro 290 and to make a 24pin ATX psu work with it?
The factory psu is a psu with RuRach board and has two ATX 4pin and 3 of 7 inline mini:
From HP site, the full 7pin inline mini of the p2:
Apparently,
green is for PS_ON;
grey, for PWR_OK;
black, for GRND;
purple, for +VSB (12v, probably?);
white,…
Modr
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How can I convert a .msdvd file to ... well, *any* video file that isn't .msdvd (Haven
I've used Windows Media Center to create several .msdvd files. I just want to convert them to something else, preferably .avi but any common format will do. I don't want to burn it straight to DVD and then rip from a DVD disk, which seems to be the…
abben
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multi-page scan to PDF using HP all-in-one on a Linux machine
Switched Mom and Dad's computer to Linux some time back. All has gone well save a couple little things. One of these is the HP all-in-one printer (Officejet 6700). On Windows, Dad used to be able to quickly scan a multi-page document to PDF using…
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Instead of VTP , what protocol can be used for non Cisco switches?
I got to know that VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco proprietary protocol.
So VTP can be used only on CISCO switches. So if there is a non-Cisco switch in a network, what kind of protocol can be used for Vlan Trunking ?
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What actually is "Cedar Trail drm driver in DKMS format"?
I know that it is somehow related to the video driver and hardware acceleration, but what exactly this driver is? It seems it is not the video driver itself. So, what actually it is and how exactly is related to the video driver?
Before installation…
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Standalone testing of proprietary device drivers: seeking advice on h/w setup
I am part of a large scale project which uses proprietary cards. The project had acquired these cards back in 2015 and at the time of acquisition, the drivers supplied (including source code which we have access to) were built to work on RHEL6.…
Vinod
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unable to manually change hdmi resolution when using a tv as a monitor
Recently i hooked up an old tv for use in my home studio. It is a 32" JVC LCD screen...pretty old: http://www.cnet.com/products/jvc-lt-32g80su-32-lcd-tv/specs/
What I want to do is to connect this TV with hdmi, from my desktop using ATI radeon HD…
Nicco
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Can a freely available add-in to a proprietary softare be considered open source?
In a paper that I read recently, the authors promote their software as open source because it was released on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0. However, the software is an add-in to a proprietary (closed source) and non-free software.…
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