SomeBloke <stuff@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Hadron wrote:
>
>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> Bringing a Windows mindset to a GNU/Linux world
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| just ran across a level of stupid so off the charts I had to
>>>>| immediately comment on it here lest my inaction unwittingly foster an
>>>>| environment tolerant of such stupidity.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/12/always-sudo/
>>>
>>> That article does bring up a real problem:
>>>
>>> You probably dont need sudo but I have got into the habit of adding
>>> it before pretty much everything.
>>>
>>> A new Linux user will (generally) need quite a bit of guidance from
>>> fellow Linux users to avoid silly behaviors. And a commentor makes a
>>> good point that is true even on Windows:
>>>
>>> It's the dabbling "power-users" who are most prone to
>>> blowing things up as they mess around with tools they don't
>>> fully understand.
>>>
>>> Anyone up for a random Registry edit? <grin>
>>
>> Windows nOObs don't edit the registry you blithering idiot.
>>
>
> I did have one customer who wiped his out. He decided that because he didn't
> understand why it was there it obviously didn't serve a good purpose!
> There's a lot to be said for creating a limited account for some people,
> especially when they are 'click happy', irrespective of operating system.
>
> Another (bad) trick is to backup your system by copying the entire OS folder
> to an external USB drive. Unfortunately, one of my customers used the Move
> option instead and couldn't understand why his computer wouldn't boot up
> into Windows anymore.
>
> Moral? Never underestimate the stupidity of humans. They'll stun you every
> time.
I read an argument a few years ago arguing that all system files should
normally be read-only, or even partitions should be set up so that most
of the /boot /[s]bin /usr/[s]bin and so on were on a partition normally
mounted re-only.
It seemed like quite a good idea, and with the flexibility of modern
Linux distros around using apt, that an apt subsystem could be created
which could remount partitions when changes really had to be made, but
for the rest of the time, they could remain ro.
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