On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, Brandon Dorman wrote:
> (not really replying to this particular discussion, just this thread in general) If
>those who
> complain about all the stuff RH does, why are you taking the time to tell us about
>it repeatedly?
> This list has been the BEST THING ABOUT LINUX to me, a home, casual user. Sorry but
>I'm not
> interested in ipchains and such server things - now that my GNOME desktop works
>great (wordprocessor
> -WP8, spreadsheet -gnumeric, HTML editor -Quanta!) I don't have many questions to
>ask the list.
> I've noticed that several users tell us about a problem ("RH 6.1 installation needs
>to be fixed";
> this thread; "Breaking up MS" which I started. :-( )) C'mon! Red Hat is a great
>company that
> obviously works hard to satisfy as many people as they can. If they satisfied
>Everyone, they would
> have to offer different distributions of Linux within their own product lines!
>(SERVER LINUX,
> DESKTOP LINUX, STRIPPED-SERVER LINUX, HIGH-BANDWITH FTP LINUX, etc.) Lets just give
>it a rest and
> let our suggestions for improvement be nicely stated and get on with life.
>
Brandon:
Just a note... IPCHAINS are **NOT** just a "server thing!"
It's a great way to prevent your desktop machine from
getting hacked, especially if you're on a dedicated line
such as a cablemodem or DSL! Just because you only use it
for spread sheets and word processing, etc doesn't mean you
aren't a target for hackers. You don't HAVE to be running a
server to get hacked!
Just keep that in mind 2-3 months down the road when you
come crying to us asking for help in cleaning up after
someone has hacked your RedHat box because you didn't
bother to secure it after installing!
John
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