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Aussie Uni Dumps Dual-Boot In Favor of Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the greater-good dept.

kNIGits writes "News.com.au is reporting that the University of Wollongong have dumped their previously dual-boot installations in favour of booting Linux only. Among other reasons, staff enjoy the ease with which they can 'lock down' first year students, stopping them messing with the systems prior to learning anything about them."

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  1. Um, windows isn't any harder to lock down... by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What, were these guys dual-booting into windows98? Or were they just idiots who didn't know Windows NT (and 2000/XP) has a multi-user system that will allow 'locking down' just as much as anything in Linux. Of course, under Linux more things will be secure by default, but any competent sys-admin should be able to make a windows machine 'bored-student-proof'

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  2. Support by jaavaaguru · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Surely the schools have bought support contracts, so that when something screws up or they need help, it's just a phone call away. And surely if they have a support contract, they get the latest version of the OS, and I thought WIndows 2000/XP had pretty good security (relative to older versions of Windows)? I mean, you can change all the permissons just like you'd do on a real OS ;-)

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