Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1728 mails)

[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/12/09 08:10, Philipp Thomas wrote:

> In a Linux system, the common punter *has* to acquire some admin
> knowledge otherwise it's hopeless. Linux makes it harder to shoot your
> foot but not impossible.
>   

So, the most common concept/impression about Linux that it is "for
geeks" is correct, according to your understanding. Correct?

Unless you first acquire some "admin knoweldge" you should not install a
Linux distro - least of all openSUSE - but stick with whatever flavour
of Microsoft Windows you are currently using. Is this correct, according
to your words?

Alright then....let's go on....

"Linux makes it harder to shoot your foot but not impossible."

I've been asking - if you really bothered to understand what I have been
writing - is, "What is being done to stop this possibility of shooting
oneself in the foot" when all the normal blurb, bruhaha, BS, about Linux
being so secure that one should move from MS to Linux if you want security?

OK, fine, Linux is more secure than MS or Apple s/ware - but it is NOT
as watertight as a fish's bum, right? So why not simply acknowdledge
that Linux is not as tight as a fish's bum - and then go about trying to
ensure that it IS watertight.

I asked if AppArmor was the fledging beginning of such an aim. Are you
in agreement or are you not?

BC

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