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Originally posted by z00tUmm, don't worry so much about it, it isn't THAT important!
That's a myth. Can you show me a post on the mailing list/forum supporting your wild accusations? Given that millions (present company included) run Feodra, there's bound to be evidence of your claims.
I was just telling you that Fedora isn't "unbreakable".
Unfortunately, there isn't a post on a support forum for the issue I mention as I was the Senior Unix Administrator that had to fix the problem. I didn't feel I needed to post it on a website.
I'm glad it works for you but that doesn't make it the most reliable, highest performing, most secure or most cost effective distribution. I have no objections to anyone running Fedora on a home machine , I just wouldn't do it myself.
From a commercial perspective I would argue (and it is only my point of view) that Red Hat choose some really bad defaults for production systems, almost to the point of being irresponsible.
Originally posted by stockendebian, apparently: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix (see the mailing list entry).
Oh, I see what you mean now. Sorry. 😕
Of course, it's possible to put just about any linuxdistro on a live-CD, so gentoo (although it's benefit lies in being a source distro) and Fedora could be installed and run from a CD, like any other linux-distro.
Knoppix if my memory doesn't fail me, is in fact Debian (with hardware detection taken from RH). Right?
Originally posted by WheelyWell, I haven't had one for years, I think my ISP or my router has one though. Tell me, why would I need a firewall? I keep my computer really clean, and keep my files on external discs. The worse case scenario would be that I would have to reset my computer to factory conditions. Right? and I don't have to hassle around messing with firewalls when running programs, and keep my computer running at optimum speed. I had a friend of mine try to put a key logger on my computer, but my router stopped it. I'm not to sure how sufficient routers are though.
You WILL regret it if you don't have a firewall.
Take my word for it. It doesn't matter what your OS is, you NEED a firewall if you connect to the internet.
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Originally posted by flyUnityWell, if your router stopped his key logger then you DO have a firewall. Your ISP certainly doesn't have one for you.
Well, I haven't had one for years, I think my ISP or my router has one though. Tell me, why would I need a firewall? I keep my computer really clean, and keep my files on external discs. The worse case scenario would be that I would have to reset my computer to factory conditions. Right? and I don't have to hassle around messing with firewalls when running ...[text shortened]... on my computer, but my router stopped it. I'm not to sure how sufficient routers are though.
One thing that bugs me is when people think they are safe and yet, unknown to them, their machine is being used as stop off point to attack other people. Just because you don't see anything doesn't mean you aren't compromised.
About five years ago I used to see a couple attacks a day appearing in my logs. Many were from Windows machines whose user had just not patched their OS and they had some virus which was trying to spread. I used to e-mail them to let them know. Nowadays there are so many attempts it's impossible to track them. I would say at least twenty an hour and my guess is that most are from machines whose user has no idea it's happening.
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Originally posted by z00tWell done. You're fast understanding the true value of subscriber recommendations.
Given that this post is on topic/relevant to many whose a*** are being kicked by windows viruses, I was surprised I didn't get any recommendations.
Have a Non-Subscriber Recommendation instead.
Originally posted by z00tRather ironically for one who so fervently supports Linux, you seem you be using the system in the same way as a Windows user would approach it. You seem to have accepted a distribution, found some rpm packages you like, installed them and think that makes using Linux better than using Windows.
Given that this post is on topic/relevant to many whose a*** are being kicked by windows viruses, I was surprised I didn't get any recommendations.
z00t z00t!
This is fine on a home machine but it isn't where the REAL power of Linux is in an enterprise environment.
Originally posted by WheelyOuch. Sucker punch. Go Wheely! 🙂
Rather ironically for one who so fervently supports Linux, you seem you be using the system in the same way as a Windows user would approach it. You seem to have accepted a distribution, found some rpm packages you like, installed them and think that makes using Linux better than using Windows.
This is fine on a home machine but it isn't where the REAL power of Linux is in an enterprise environment.