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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
Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
Todd Knarr (2 replies)
Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
dph - author
Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-05-05
Anonymous
Exactly, the point here is other user's accounts. If someone else does something stupid, then their data is at stake. If someone else does something stupid as root, everyone's data is at stake.

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