[NTLUG:Discuss] video problems

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 08:46, Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> Uhm about RedHat 6.x I'm not so sure I would recomend that.  I set it up on
> a box because I was forced to against my own protests.  2 days later it has
> been rooted and t0rn was installed on it and the hacker was using it to
> pirate warez from Massachusetts.  Just an FYI I'm not sure about the other
> two but I remember the problem with 6.2.
> 

Thats because you didn't patch the box.  The same thing will happen with
any distribution or OS that is more that 6months old.  ANYTIME you
install a box, it should be patched as soon as it can be and it should
not be on an unprotected network for any period of time without being
brought up to date.  This is not a RedHat issue, it is a reality issue.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of mike
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:35 AM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] video problems
> 
> 
> On Sunday 27 October 2002 01:44 pm, you wrote:
> > This is basically a new install, and all I plan on running on it is
> > Hylafax. I suppose I could live without a GUI or other interface.
> 
> IF you don't want to put this box on the internet, try a distribution thats
> designed for your needs:
> 
> o Red Hat 6.x
> o Peanut Linux
> o SuSE 6.3
> 
> Any of these were designed on ~200mhz machines with at most 64meg of memory.
> While some of the eye-candy will be missing, you will get much snappier
> screens. I believe Hylafax was in red hat and suse in those revs.
> 
> If you plan to put this box online, the first two recommendations above are
> still maintained for low end boxes. (That is, you can find info about what
> patches you need before logging on. )
> 
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