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New Linux Distros Insecure by Default?

Posted by timothy on from the no-good-down-that-road dept.

An anonymous reader submits Two articles on Codefez and NewsForge review releases of Linspire 5.0 and Linare. Both these distributions let the user run as Root by default after installation, and don't prompt to set up a user ID. Is this a start of a new trend of 'dumbed down' Linux distributions that will damage the Linux reputation for security?"

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  1. Linux by Deliveranc3 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This never made sense to me, trust your users or don't!
    You can delete a file with no backup or prompt but you need to su to install a program!

    Linux should make user data files (maybe limited to 1 meg) inviolate and everything else more flexible.