On Saturday 31 Jan 2004 7:20 am, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
But from this article, I guess Lindows would be a bad choice.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html
The fact it's pretty insecure, like windows, does not give a good feel factor.
I read the article, but do not find any reference to Lindows at all. How did you arrive at this conclusion ???
Not sure why you were not able to see this part of the article. Try doing a text search on the word 'Lindows' .... I've copied and pasted the text for your ref. However, it may be feel out of context...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some caveats
There is one Linux distribution that is ignoring many years of common sense, good design, and an awareness of secure operating environments in favor of a Microsoft-like deprecation of security before the nebulous term "ease of use": Lindows. By default, Lindows runs the user of the system as root (and it even encourages the user to forgo setting up a root password during installation by labeling it as "optional"!), an unbelievably shortsighted decision that results in a Linux box with the same security as a Windows 9.x machine.
http://www.phatvibez.net/reviews.php?ID=lindows4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regards
Rishi