Linked by Adam S on Wed 25th Sep 2002 02:21 UTC
Linspire 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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by doug on Wed 25th Sep 2002 13:33 UTC

if joe user installs a linux distro cos he's heard it's 'kewl', he's going to protect his root account with a good password right ?? or he might just think uh! wots this, think i'll leave the password blank or set it to 'mydogsname'...tick...tick....
then he thinks, kewl i'll install this apache web server thing i've heard of too...

an os's security is only as good as the moron that installs it