On Tue, 2016-03-29 at 19:40 +0200, mario chiari wrote: > On Fri, 2016-03-25 at 00:09 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2016-03-25 at 00:02 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd put it more strongly: if using a GUI (rather than a text > > console) > Ok, it is OT for this list and shame on me for my ignorance, but what > is the difference console vs. GUI with respect to security?
A GUI is a much more complex piece of software that in turn controls other complex pieces of software, many of which are doing things behind your back. It's not that a console session can never go wrong, but you are usually much more in control of it. Even when you need to run a graphical program with root permissions, it's preferable to do it manually from a console so the rest of the environment has only normal user rights. And of course NEVER run a web browser as root. I would hope that goes without saying. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
