Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-10 Thread Michael Viron
Leaving the system like that, is okay if you are the only person in the room, or the only one with access. It is more of a security concern when you are running the system as a workstation in an office building where more than 1 person has physical access to the machine. Anyways, if you are goin

Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-10 Thread shane
my system runs 24/7 right where i leave it. if i am writing a webpage or composing email, that is where i leave it. i usually have 3-5 konqi's running, kmail, and a couple of kword or abiword, often also opera is running, and setiathome is always on. by the way, setiathome is great way to do

Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-09 Thread Michael
Greg wrote: > > Hi everyone I was wondering how a system should be left running if it is connected >to the internet and what is best for the operating system > I have a home built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen for KDE >is that a good way to leave the system when not

Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-09 Thread Pena Family
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Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-09 Thread mandrake linux
> Hi everyone I was wondering how a system should be left running if it is connected to the internet and what is best for the operating system > I have a home built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen for KDE is that a good way to leave the system when not being used Thanks

Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-09 Thread Paul
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:23:14 -0500 Greg wrote: > Hi everyone I was wondering how a system should be left running if it is > connected to the internet and what is best for the operating system I have > a home built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen for > KDE is that a good w

[newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-09 Thread Greg
Hi everyone I was wondering how a system should be left running if it is connected to the internet and what is best for the operating system I have a home built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen for KDE is that a good way to leave the system when not being used Thanks