[Sussex] web security glitch!!

[Dominic Humphries]

If you'll forgive a link to one of my own articles:

http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

Parts of it, at least, are probably worth a read if you really believe 
that Windows is easier to use than Linux.

Dominic

Steve Redshaw wrote:
> It is fascinating being part of the SLUG discussions (just to remind 
> folk that I am a very green Linux user, trying to wrench myself away 
> from Windows) and I am slowly learning more, but there are constantly 
> obstacles which I find frustrating and off-putting, mostly in the form 
> of Linux jargon and assumed knowledge of computer technology.
> 
> The advantage of Windows, as mentioned in another recent posting, is its 
> adaptability to many different computers and hardware attachments, you 
> just install it and it works with just about everything. I am not trying 
> to demean Linux, but in my limited experience, it is a lot harder 
> creating a computer system with Linux than it is with Windows.
> 
> An example of something I don't understand at all!!
> 
> "Surely any distribution with network based package management and a 
> cron daemon running?
> 
> Though whether that is a sensible strategy or not I will leave as an 
> exercise for the reader..."
> Geoffrey could you elaborate please?
> 
> Steve Redshaw
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/7/9 Geoffrey Teale <tealeg at member.fsf.org 
> <mailto:tealeg at member.fsf.org>>:
> 
> 
>     On Jul 9, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Colin King wrote:
> 
> 
>         And which distro(s) are these?
> 
>         Just curious
> 
> 
>     Surely any distribution with network based package management and a
>     cron daemon running?
> 
>     Though whether that is a sensible strategy or not I will leave as an
>     exercise for the reader...
> 
>     -- 
>     Geoffrey Teale
>     Software and Technology Consultant, München
>     tealeg at member.fsf.org <mailto:tealeg at member.fsf.org>
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