On Monday 18 March 2013 12:25:29 Louigi Verona did opine: > "Louigi, your presence on this list is normally both educational, and to > the point, and I'm sure is appreciated by all here, I know I do. That > is why I am rather surprised to see you espousing near zero security." > > My message had nothing to do with security. It had to do with the fact > that many > things on Linux are not GUI-based and thus difficult to figure out. > > Someone pointed out an option in Settings. However, it is not an > autologin option, > it is an option to not ask for a password. It will still require you to > click "Login". > > I said it above, I'll repeat - in all seriousness, there can't be one > reason why > Linux is not mainstream. There can be a multitude of reasons. My point, > I think, > is clear - many things on Linux are often hard to do and you bump into > them more often than on Windows. And it is certainly one of the > reasons. > > L.V. I would agree with the difficulty thing, Louigi, particularly for someone used to the windows koolaid. And I wouldn't disagree with the basic idea of being able to do it with a gui. But, if that is how its moving, to be restricted to only what the gui can do, then obviously I've lived too long already. I have yet to find a gui that can do as many things, or as much damage, as I can do here with a copy of vim or gedit. OTOH, if something like that was setup so /ONLY/ the gui could modify it, and that gui can't be exported with the likes of an ssh -Y session, or to a VNC of some sort, then the ability of the black hats to own the machine would have a much higher fence to climb. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> BOFH excuse #5: static from plastic slide rules I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user