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Re(1): Many of the general guidelines taken to run other operating systems don't apply.

Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 63.139.213.249] on April 29, 2008 10:06 PM
One of the problems in Windows is that it is difficult to run as a non-privileged user. Numerous applications require administrator privileges to run (or figuring out what hoops to jump through).

In Linux, applications assume that users don't have administrative privileges, unless it is absolutely necessary.

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