-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Lindows (was [users] 1.1 is crap (NOT)) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:12:30 -0400 From: Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: gmane.comp.openoffice.questions References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In defense of Lindows with regard to this issue, just as ANY other Linux release, Lindows allows you to log in as either "Administrator" (root) or ANY OTHER user you choose to create. Lindows itself is NOT the problem, the person setting it up without the appropriate user entities is the problem... ;^)
The problem is that the *default* behaviour is to run as root. In its documentation it even ENCOURAGES people to just use root. It is also setup to automatically login (ie. without having a login propt) as root. If you know nothing about root, you are automatically in danger.
On the other hand, other distributions encourage people to use a regular user account. When you install other distributions they automatically ask you to create a regular user account and often they are setup to automatically login as a regular user (ie. no prompt). So if you know nothing about root, you are atuomatically safe.
In other words:
In other distros, you have to know what you're doing to use root. You are safe by default. If you use root, you probably understand what that means, in which case you're still safe.
In Lindows, you have to know what you're doing to NOT use root. You are UNsafe by default.
The people most affected by Lindows' defaults (new users) are precisely those who need safety most.
This is why I have a bone to pick with Lindows.
Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | OpenPGP KeyID: 9AF77A88 PhD grad student. | Mathematics Dept. | "To understand recursion, you must first UMD, College Park | understand recursion".
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