Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am an old unix hacker, and when i run anything, be it linux or osx or xp, i always run as an unprivileged user, unless i am specifically installing software or making system changes. therefore, if something bad somehow does get executed as regular user, it could delete my home directory and all my files, but not mess up /usr and /etc. restoring a user directory, or even an entire user volume is much less horrible than an entire system and boot volume. is that still good policy after 25 years? -rei On Aug24 20:27, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/24/2007 4:52:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > ran, paid for and kept current Norton anti virus for years it never did > nothin except screw up my computer making it hard to install stuff. > And washed my hands before I touched my keyboard. > > > Mark William Rabiner > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Apple only represents 5% of the computer market. Therefore, few > troublemakers find the Mac worth the effort to subvert. Besides, Apple is > always updating > System X with anti-virus files. As does MS from W2K Pro to Vista. > > I always have a Mac on deck, but seldom use it, except for backup when my > PC > needs some offline work -- which is now very rare with W2K Pro. > > System X will make a real mess of any Mac model if you fool with their > hard > drive installation and mix it up with a reinstall of the OS > simultaneouslyB. > MS always has workarounds most problems. Jobs was so confident of his > modification of UNIX that he neglected the worse case scenarios. If you > use a Mac, > leave it alone. That's my personal rule. > > In any case, if I can find a G4 Mac Mini used at a low enough price, I'd > get > it. The new Mac Mini will be running Intel's Penryn 45nm chipset, related > to > the PC type, so the Mini will be able to run Windows as well as System X > very > , very fast. Sometimes I think Jobs is a genius. Jobs knows he's a genius. > > Bob > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey