[NTLUG:Discuss] Fry's and Linux

[fredjame]

km5cw wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:47, terry wrote:
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>>Lance Simmons wrote:
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>>"I can't get over the fact that Linspire boots into a desktop running as 
>>root!"  WOW, I can't either! If that's so, they're doing more harm than 
>>good (for the linux community), [by exposing new users a box that boots 
>>to root].  If they get on the internet with it, well, Kady bar the 
>>door!!!  (People will see just how vulnerable Linux can be.)
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>A lot of new owners may not make it to the internet if they are in root
>and don't know what they are doing, they will most likely crash and burn
>in short order. So your right the retailers aren't doing the linux
>community any favors.
>Joe
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Face it - at $99 they aren't likely to be doing anybody any favors.

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