On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:40:58AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > > I've been leery of Lindows since reading that they run everything > as root. If that's true, it's no more secure than the average > Windows box. >
Yes, but, you can easily add a regular user, just like with any linux distro. Using root as the usual user is just laziness or ignorance (I plead laziness!). The only reason that root is more convenient is to use the warehouse without additional passwords required. I haven't tried installing software from the warehouse as a regular user. That might be a problem, and, since adding software is a not an uncommon activity (since lindows comes without much installed, you use the warehouse a lot in the first few weeks of using lindows), using root as your usual user is an easy habit to get into. Well, I DON'T read my email as root. Joel _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
