Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 12, 2002 12:27 AM
Actually, I fail to see much of your point. On a single-user machine, it doesn't really matter who you are running as. Simply don't start any extra services (ssh, apache, etc) and have some firewall rules in place and you will be fine. The problem with stupidly configured distributions (e.g. redhat) is that they enable every fricking possible service when installed. If you aren't running services, they can't get exploited. Simple. Now, there is the possibility that a virus could get introduced through an executable, but then Lindows does everything through click and run, so that won't be an issue.
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Re:Lindows = Root-ONLY = Bad Thing
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2002 12:27 AMNow, there is the possibility that a virus could get introduced through an executable, but then Lindows does everything through click and run, so that won't be an issue.
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