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To: Bigh4u2

Then you get the security you asked for!

You CAN set up Linux to boot without a password. But you wouldn’t be clever if you did so!


36 posted on 07/06/2010 9:31:22 AM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: fremont_steve

Never ran any Windows OS (3.1, 95, 98, 98se, XP, Vista) with a password, and never had any problems (except one virus i found and deleted myself) in 10 years of extensive Internet use, for which i thank God. I am the only user and want to use the PC for the Lord’s work, and avoid porno places, where i think much malware comes from.

I wish many Linux distros had less security, so that i could easily get full R+W privileges in NTFS Windows drives or even other Linux drives without trying different suggested scripts.


37 posted on 07/06/2010 10:13:33 AM PDT by daniel1212 ("Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out " (Acts 3:19))
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To: fremont_steve

Don’t seem to have a problem with security running Windows.

And I don’t need to enter a password every time I want to check my hard drives for files.

So what ‘security’ do I have to worry about?

I’m not running a ‘network’ here or ‘server’ either.

I’m not saying Linux is ‘trash’. It’s just not that ‘user friendly’.

If you’re going to set up a system for public use, then it needs to be ‘idiot proof’ and usable by the average ‘joe’.


49 posted on 07/06/2010 11:09:11 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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