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From: FromTheRafters on 25 Mar 2010 22:47 "Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:4fc12d50-d6c3-44be-8adc-6ea20ccbb044(a)f8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... The installer is prompted for a root password, most also check the password to make sure it's not too obvious. *** Just an observation...my Mandrake 7.0 allowed a four character root password in the installation environment, yet when in the OS environment a subsequent change invoked a password length restriction message . Not a flaw really, but it was kinda funny having the user's passwords enforced more securely than root's. ***
From: ToolPackinMama on 26 Mar 2010 00:35 FromTheRafters wrote: > "Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:4fc12d50-d6c3-44be-8adc-6ea20ccbb044(a)f8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > > The installer is prompted for a root password, most also check the > password to make sure it's not too obvious. > > *** > Just an observation...my Mandrake 7.0 allowed a four character root > password in the installation environment, yet when in the OS environment > a subsequent change invoked a password length restriction message . Not > a flaw really, but it was kinda funny having the user's passwords > enforced more securely than root's. > *** > > As long as we are on the subject of installers, I might as well crow that I just installed Ubuntu on my second partition in 20 minutes flat without a single hiccup. I am impressed! I went to the Ubuntu site, found a download link for a Windows installer, and poked it. It downloaded a tiny program that when executed started the install process. I already had a second partition prepared, so i just installed it to that. Ran the initial install from within Windows, then rebooted to the newly created Ubuntu partition to finish the install. Everything worked beautifully straight out of the box. I got online right away simply by poking the Mozilla icon. I used the built in updater to quickly download and install available updates, and the latest version of Thunderbird, which I am using right now to compose this, less than 30 minutes after I started my adventure. Linux has come a long, long way. At this point it's easier to install and get started with than Windows is. I never thought I would say that. I take back what I said earlier: Linux is for idiots now. I should know, I am one. [I can't believe I just poked that and installed it... sheesh!]
From: ToolPackinMama on 26 Mar 2010 00:48 On 3/26/2010 12:35 AM, ToolPackinMama wrote: > I take back what I said earlier: Linux is for idiots now. I should know, > I am one. Oh, I am back in my Windows partition now, and everything is fine. Better than fine: Ubuntu didn't even overwrite the files I had on my second partition: it created a folder for itself there, and left my other files intact. It also very modestly left Windows as my default boot partition. I didn't tell it to do that, it did it automatically. I'm really, REALLY impressed! So... I take it that I don't need to install antivirus on my NAKED Linux? Is that true? If it's not true, tell me ~now~.
From: ToolPackinMama on 26 Mar 2010 02:27 RonB wrote: > I don't install anti-virus in Linux (haven't done so for over 2 years) and > have had no virus problems. I think where it becomes necessary is where > Linux is being used as a server for Windows -- especially a mail server. OK! > > Did you install using Wubi? > Yes, worked beautifully. I didn't have to install anything to get online. I did DL the available updates, soon after. Right now I am considering using Wine to run Star Trek Online. Some people on the STO forums have puzzled out how to do it, but I am pretty confused by their explanations.
From: ToolPackinMama on 26 Mar 2010 04:06
On 3/26/2010 3:37 AM, RonB wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:27:42 -0400, ToolPackinMama wrote: > >> Yes, worked beautifully. I didn't have to install anything to get >> online. I did DL the available updates, soon after. > > Wubi is a great way to try and learn Linux. I don't know if it's the best > way to use Linux long-term or not as, I think, there's a bit of a drop-off > in performance. You may want to make some free space on your hard drive > and just do a normal Ubuntu install somewhere down the line. Oh sure, and I probably will, now! I was just marveling about how easy it is to actually get started, if somebody is brand new to it. |