Re: Linux for Kids

From: Julian Bradfield (jcb_at_inf.ed.ac.uk)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:58:39 +0000

Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> writes:

> Michael Hyman writes:
>> - Something like a chroot jail, so they can't stray. For when they're a
>> bit older.
> There is no way to protect a system to which the user has physical
> access, irrespective of the operating system used.

But by the time the children are old enough to saw the padlock off the
back, open the machine, reset the bios password or replace the hard-drive,
you probably aren't too concerned about what they can get up to once
they've done it.

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