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The words "only thing" minimise what is a very important thing.  This is the problem.  
Nobody disagrees that there is some *compromise* between security and convenience; but 
to run as root is no compromise at all (except, if you'll excuse the pun, the compromise 
of your Lindows user's system).

> We are not trying to identify how to do things (most of us know these
> things alread), just trying to identify/contradict the risks.

Running as root, the risks you can't identify (because computers, operating systems, and 
applications are complicated things) have the potential of screwing your system over and 
of having your box be used in ways over which you have no true control.  Running as a 
user with appropriate permissions, that risk is seriously mitigated.

Honestly, this is so elementary that I'm really starting to think that you people are
simply stupid. ;D

--George
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George Carless ... kafka at antichri.st
Words are just dust in deserts of sound


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