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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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Cleanliness next to Rootliness 2005-04-28
Todd Knarr
I think Robertson's own example (of having your user data files wiped) is the best argument against running everything as root. Sure, you've lost all your data. If your account isn't root, though, the system itself is protected, including other accounts and things like your backup and restore softwa...

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