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[hr]Originally posted by: LikeWEEEEEEEEEE
Linux should stay prompt only for the reason that it is NOT supposed to be simple to use. If you want to cater to people who dont want to take the time to learn computers then feed them windows. let them not be able to control everything they want to with the computer, since they didnt take the time to learn computers why make it easier for them to screw it up? at least win xp is almost retard proof. another reason is that these graphical environments compromise security. i remember busting into my highschools linux server by simply overloading xconfig. those idiots let me fool around with superuser privilages for a while (didnt check their logs i guess cause i was young and left plenty of tracks...) so i got pissed off and downed that network.[hr]
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Of course it should be easy to use. In the real world, people want to use their applications, not learn computers. Hell, 99% of people don't even care enough about computers to play with them and screw them up.
It is infinitely easier to lock down a linux system just based on the fact that 99% of linux apps do not require superuser privliges to run. Try running Office 2k without admin privs. As far as controling everything, chmod/chown are your friends. Setting file permissions are a pain in NT. While I agree that graphical environments compromise security, security updates for many common linux apps are available within hours of a breach being found, and if you can program you can even correct them yourself. With NT, hopefully MS will provide you an update before you are hit.
The example you gave is also faulty. How exactly did you bust into your high school's server? You had su privs. No matter how technically secure a system is...it is vulnerable if bad admins are running it. In your case, the system's faults lie with the idiots running it...and hopefully they lost their jobs after your stunt.
