Re: XP is garbage

>Lindows ain't too bad...Just like with any linux,
>you have to create a new user once its installed,
>or you are root, and as you say, insecure as can be.
> JB (learning @ learning.com)
>
I read about it on Slashdot and about choked on my beverage
when it said that it didn't put the new user (owner) in a sandbox
where he had to create a user account with reduced permissions
before it would let him at the system.

OS X pops up sudo dialogs for priviledged tasks.
It seems that Apple is getting it right.


>its no better, no worse than most other distros.
>It is a bit nicer, having some names make sense
>
Yeah. I thought that was interesting--rename all the apps
so when you go to a real *n?x box, nothing works the same.

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