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[Michael Hopkins]

I don't know about other people, but a website like https://sites.google...te/shamurxboot/ doesn't inspire to me any kind of trust.

 

Anyone can create a Google Site, yet I'm supposed to entrust installing my OS to software without a clear author ("Shamu"? Is that the author's name, or is it the whale, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamu, or a joke?). After all, a tool that burns ISOs has the potential to be the ultimate trojan, as it could inject malicious code that executes before the kernel itself.

 

I'm not saying I don't trust XBOOT, but the current branding doesn't help. Here are some suggestions:

 

1. Publish the source code on a reputable repository like GitHub.

2. Get a domain name for XBOOT.

2. Get a decent website, with a modern trustworthy look. Twitter Bootstrap is great for open-source projects.  http://www.coreboot.org/ is a website for a Linux/booting project that looks trustworthy and is done using Mediawiki (Wikipedia's engine).

 

Here's a web application that has access to very sensitive data - my Gmail. http://www.streak.com/

 

Yet it looks very trustworthy, so I trust it, and have been using it for over a year now.

Edited by Michael Hopkins, 28 December 2012 - 04:59 AM.

[Wonko the Sane]

I don't know about other people, but a website like https://sites.google...te/shamurxboot/ doesn't inspire to me any kind of trust.

 

Anyone can create a Google Site, yet I'm supposed to entrust installing my OS to software without a clear author ("Shamu"? Is that the author's name, or is it the whale, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamu, or a joke?). After all, a tool that burns ISOs has the potential to be the ultimate trojan, as it could inject malicious code that executes before the kernel itself.

 

I'm not saying I don't trust XBOOT, but the current branding doesn't help. Here are some suggestions:

 

And the point is?

 

If you don't trust it, don't use it.

 

Or are you just spamming the board with the  "a web application that has access to very sensitive data" ?

 

If not, besides the fact that XBOOT is currently an abandoned project, see:

http://reboot.pro/to...an/#entry160911

 

there is no point whatsoever in making fun of a member's name (actually no fun in doing so).

Member shamurshamur's actual name is Shamur.

It is a "normal" name, common in India, as much as Michael is, and I presume you are also often called Mike, are you then a man, a headless chicken or a joke?

http://www.mikethehe...n.org/story.php

 

You see, it's not fun at all .

 

To have a term of comparison this is fun :

Spoiler

 

Wonko

[Brito]

Hi Michael,

 

Sorry to say this, but I don't think any of your suggestions will get implemented unless you take that step by yourself to make them possible. Especially on the case of free software.

 

The author himself hasn't been present around our community for some time now (I just hope all is well with him).

 

You might be interested in taking a look on Sardu. The developer is active, has its own domain and community supporting the tool so it might be a noteworthy alternative to employ. For the case of Xboot, it is really a pity the current status.

 

All the best,

Nuno