2012/1/23 Gerald Pfeifer <gp@suse.com>:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Claudio Freire wrote:
And again, breaking people's systems that have been running fine for years? That's a big risk that I don't think you want to take... In this case, it's worth the try.
Cui bono? The average openSUSE user will be very annoyed, up the point of considering a different distribution of something she cares about breaks. Really, often it's just one thing not working, or even not working well. And even if there is a workaround, and she does not switch, such an experience certainly does not add bonus points.
The normal user is happy with openSUSE because: - openSUSE doesn't lock up as much as Mint; - openSUSE doesn't fail as much with updates as Fedora; - openSUSE doesn't play with his Desktop Computing experience as Ubuntu; - openSUSE isn't a religion (like a few others); - openSUSE actually works out of the box with his hardware and it's stable (including systemd, at least for his needs)... What users blame us is for lack of customization :)
I am generally very much in favor of security. This, however, is not straightforward at all. Let's keep in mind that anyone on this list is _not_ an average openSUSE user!
Why not make this a setting in the YaST Security and Hardening Center?
Perhaps as part of adding a big "Paranoid / Default / Everything Goes" master switch?
openSUSE isn't a religion mate (despite some think it is, but I'm sure Wooden will straighten that up)...
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