Wouldn't it be slightly more appropriate comparing it to the early days of flight? In the first 40 years it went from gliders flying about 20 yards to aircraft which had a reasonable chance of moving you a fair distance without killing you, although this was probably due to the 2 world wars they had during this time.
You can always right click on one of the toolbars, go to customise (or customize), and drag off the other google box. It is kind of unnecessary, since firefox already has the search box and pop-up blocking installed, which were the two main features it added to IE. (I know there's more, but those were the main ones for me).
I personally feel that it's not a particularly bad idea for users to have a vague idea of what their computers are doing. The main security hole in most PCs isn't Windows, it's the user. You can patch the system all you want, but if the user goes round clicking 'ok' on every window that comes up, it's not going to help much.
Having to type 'apt-get install' (Or just using synaptic, which I find quite a bit easier than having a pile of CDs to go through), or even just typing './configure, make, make install' would mean that the user knew what was going on their system.
Saying that, it doesn't really help to increase the usage of Linux, since most average users won't want to put any more effort in to keep their computers secure.
It isn't everyone's God-given right to own modded hardware, given that it's illegal. It's kind of like saying 'why shouldn't people be able to buy marijuana if they don't have the resources to grow it at home?'
It isn't that hard to learn how to solder, anyway. Even I can do it.
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Even requests to join msn groups aren't safe from hotmail's spam filter in my account, although most of the other spam seems to make it through...
Wouldn't it be slightly more appropriate comparing it to the early days of flight? In the first 40 years it went from gliders flying about 20 yards to aircraft which had a reasonable chance of moving you a fair distance without killing you, although this was probably due to the 2 world wars they had during this time.
I was thinking more of Webmin, which I often use on ubuntu for configuring servers. I'm pretty sure that's available for debian, since everything is.
You can always right click on one of the toolbars, go to customise (or customize), and drag off the other google box. It is kind of unnecessary, since firefox already has the search box and pop-up blocking installed, which were the two main features it added to IE. (I know there's more, but those were the main ones for me).
BBC news have also run a similar story recently.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4659145.stm
Also says that 90% of Americans have changed their surfing habits, so it can't be all bad...
I personally feel that it's not a particularly bad idea for users to have a vague idea of what their computers are doing. The main security hole in most PCs isn't Windows, it's the user. You can patch the system all you want, but if the user goes round clicking 'ok' on every window that comes up, it's not going to help much.
Having to type 'apt-get install' (Or just using synaptic, which I find quite a bit easier than having a pile of CDs to go through), or even just typing './configure, make, make install' would mean that the user knew what was going on their system.
Saying that, it doesn't really help to increase the usage of Linux, since most average users won't want to put any more effort in to keep their computers secure.
It isn't everyone's God-given right to own modded hardware, given that it's illegal. It's kind of like saying 'why shouldn't people be able to buy marijuana if they don't have the resources to grow it at home?'
It isn't that hard to learn how to solder, anyway. Even I can do it.