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Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux



On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:58:56AM +0200, galevsky@gmail.com wrote:
> Moreover, most of  Windows users are running their home OS with the
> administration rights all day long, they used  to download and install
> lots of non-opened freeware from the web.

True (I did it as well)

> Well, they just do lots of important/dangerous/admin tasks that should
> be done normally with a lot of care. Linux learns you these notions
> that lots of basic MS users lack. Just tell linux users to ride their
> boxes as root, installing lots of binaries not managed by their
> distros without extra care, updating  as much often as new versions
> come out without thinking about stability, and you would see a huge
> smile on their faces, with a "good joke !" comment. This is the
> cultural gap.

From my experience, Linux makes it much easier to run as user and still
have root control whenever (really) needed.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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