[Gllug] Fedora 11 gets it wrong

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On 10 Jun 2009, Peter Corlett told this:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:15:03AM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> [...]
>> 1. It's not a desktop OS, or at least, it shouldn't be. That's not how
>> where it was initially aimed. In reality, it increasingly is.
>
> Basically, GUIs as typically implemented on Linux are a security risk and a
> performance drag on the system, even if they're not actually being used.

OK, I'm curious here. How? setuid root X apps? (They can't be setuid
root Gtk apps unless someone has actually hacked Gtk itself to remove
the check that stops you doing that.)
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