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Michael Robertson Says Root is Safe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he-calls dept.

Kez writes "HEXUS.net caught up with Michael Robertson, CEO of Linspire, at the UK launch of Linspire 5. Their interview with Mr. Robertson covers everything from hardware support to software patents, but a comment from Mr. Robertson on using root is perhaps the most interesting: "I defy anybody to tell me why is it more secure to not run as root. Nobody really has a good answer. They say 'oh, yeah, it is!', but it really isn't." I would imagine a few Slashdotters would dispute that."

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  1. MOD DOWN by XanC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Random anti-Linux gibberish; nothing to do with this (or any, really) topic.