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Cleanliness next to Rootliness
Daniel Hanson, 2005-04-27

Linspire's arguments to only run a desktop system as root has everything to do with privilege seperation, privilege escalation, and some design choices made along the way.

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Amen! 2005-04-27
Anonymous
Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
Anonymous
Thanks for finally bringing that up. I wasn't sure if Linspire/Lindows was still continuing with this practice. I think it's sad that a lot of windows users still use their computer as an admin account. If Linspire is trying to get people to switch (which I could care less about, honestly), why would they make the same mistake as the users they're gaining?

I guess it's Linspire's fault for letting a CEO talk about stuff they're either not familiar with or not educated in, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, thanks, very nice article.

NeoSadist

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Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
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Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
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Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-05-05
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