Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux



On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:58:56AM +0200, galevsky@xxxxxxxxx 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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