> As Linux becomes more popular, there will be more and more > 'inexperienced > sysadmins' -- that is, people who heard that Linux was better > than Windows > and just want it to go on their system. Unless we start teaching good > sysadmin practices in grade school (which I'm all for, > honestly), this issue > is going to become more and more of a problem. Education is > part of the > solution, and technical measures like SELinux and better > end-user-targeted > config tools definitely are too. But saying that this is just > PBCAK and > dismissing it as not a real threat is just burying our heads > in the sand. > > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx As Linux becomes more popular, education alone will not cut it. I have two test families running Linux on their home computers to learn more about the issues that come up when non IT types try to use Linux. We already know what happens when they use Windows. The machines become horribly polluted with trojans and viruses. I swear, I just reworked a Windows machine that had more trojans than a whore house dumpster. Back to the point. These people have no clue about how the machines work and have no interest in learning. If Linux becomes more and more popular with the residential user, we will not get them to learn to be sys-admins. In the case of my test families, I alone have the root password and I monitor the machines on a regular basis, so I am doing the sysadmin work. Maybe there is a new market evolving. Sysadmins for home Linux users. Use ssh to get to the machine, /etc/hosts.allow limits that exposure, keep the machine running like a fine watch. Cron jobs to filter and email logs to the admin. Say $10 per month, If you get 200 sign ups, you could get by. I agree that if nothing is done, we will be giving ammunition to Bill Gates to use against Linux. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
