On Sunday 22 July 2007 08:23:28 Alan Mackenzie wrote: > It's also impressive. It configured my network easily, the > kernel was set up to access a USB-stick at /dev/sda1. It set up > my monitor at 1024 x 768 (acceptable, though I prefer 1280 x > 1024), but still at a horrible 60 Hz. :-( That resolution and > scan rate were the maximum available.
This can be adjusted after install > I didn't really like the KDE setup - it was too cluttered and > finicky for my taste. I preferred the Ubuntu Gnome (or, better, > the cleanly functional Gnome setup on Debian Sarge). Gnome is available after install > But there was a notable security issue here: the file browser > felt entitled to mount arbitray partitions, even though I was > logged in as an ordinary user. (The same thing also happened on > Ubuntu.). I don't think this should happen. You should relax a little, having a partition auto-mounted is not necessarily a security issue. You will find that most if not all live CDs will auto-mount partitions. Most of the main-stream (especially the ones catering to the Windows users) automate a lot of the configuration and that includes the auto-mount of partitions. But if that is not acceptable for you then you will be stuck with old versions or you will have to build your own OS like from here http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ I am looking into doing this. Another option for you might be http://www.knoppix.com/ (home based in Germany) it is a live CD spinoff of Debian. > Another thing I like was that at shutdown it asked me to "remove > the medium from the CD drive" (not "media"). :-) > > I started the installation, but stopped when it spuriously asked > me for confirmation for reformatting partitions, even though I > hadn't selected any. At least, I don't think I had, and I wasn't > going to risk anything. You are able to tell it to use the partitions you want it to use. > Maybe I should have tried to see if they (Ubuntu and PcLinux) > would manage to configure my printer. It configured my printer with no problem. -- http://webpages.charter.net/jlgates Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user friendly Linux experience! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
