Linked by Adam S on Wed 25th Sep 2002 02:21 UTC
The Linux community has been buzzing about LindowsOS since its original announcement over a year ago. With Michael Robertson, founder of mp3.com, at the helm, it was heralded as a Linux that could seamlessly run all of your Windows applications. As details became available, the skepticism of the community grew and with the LindowsOS general release only months away, no one is quite sure what to make of Lindows.com and their product, LindowsOS. We tested Lindows 2.0 and we today present the most in-depth review ever written for this much-talked OS, accompanied by a number of shots.
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I wish people who don't have a clue wouldn't use security in their arguments.
First of all there is a probability of risk. A user running as root is more likley to trash their own file system than get hacked.
Linux email clients do not execute attachments. If I run as root you don't have some greater advantage sending email viruses to me. It doesn't matter. Email is not a Linux virus vector.
You can compromise a non root account and setup a DDOS server anyway. If you run the DDOS program it doesn't really matter what user you are.
Most linux attacks occur as a hole in a service such as ssh, apache, dns etc. These are not rooted because the main user is running as root.
Running as root does not imply the user will be hacked or even is more susceptible to hacks. Running as root changes the amount of damage a user can do to the entire system when running a stray app.