On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 07:41 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 06:05 -0800, David Boles wrote: > > > > > > Would know if Freespire has the same security flaw that Linspire has? > > Everything by design in Linspire is run as 'root'. The GUI desktop. The > > applications. The whole thing. Just like Windows does. > ---- > Like Ric & Gene > > Craig You just had to go there, huh? <chuckles> Gene, Les, Tim and I must have been separated at birth, so our coinciding use of the root user is just a sign of that. That plus older vehicles with no computers nor smog controls on them, just belching excess gas and carbon into the ozone the way God intended an American Make to do; though side-pipes to scorch the pavement, a proper gear-ratio to spin the tires and to scare the neighborhood into a hasty retreats while shooing the children to safety. All of that while stone-cold sober. OOH-RAH! <Hi-fives Gene + Les> + <smirks> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================