Alex Harford 19:54 2004-07-14:
>Lindows system PC that is quite inexpensive.
>
>They make it an easy to use system at the expense of security.
>Everything runs as root (Administrator)

Only if you choose to!  (Like other distros)

I filled in admin and user details att install.
(Well a non-security-minded person would maybe skip that step, but the goal of the installer is to istall, not to educate... although IMHO it could well stress the issues and explain a little...)

So now i log in as user, and if i want to fiddle with the system or use that convenient Click-n-Run (one-click download-and-install-i-backround-while-updating-any-dependencies-and-let-me-do-other-things one of 1800+ programs) it asks me for root password.

Do the preinstalled Lindows PC:s boot you as root?
Then that might be to make it easier for first time users that are used to MSWindows lack of security thinking.  I hope there is a tip in the documentation for the preconfigured PC to set up users.  Lindows does not in any way demand you to run as root, unless - naturally - when you want to fiddle with the system.

(
For thoose that do not know: runnig as a normal user: even if you suceed in finding a Linux virus and forcefully try to run it, it can not harm your system as you - thus the programs you start - do not have permission to thoose files.  If you log in as root you and the program you start may do anything.  You should only run as root when you really need to, and know what you do (or test on a non mission critical system).
 )

I am an occasonal Lindows user since version 2 something.

/Morgan
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Morgan Olsson, Kivik, Sweden

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