Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   People who don't know how to use linux shouldn't use it, IMO.
> 
> Well, *that* would lead to widespread adoption, wouldn't it?

Yes, if that statement were taken literally there'd be nobody using 
Linux anywhere within about 40 years. I've recently installed a linux 
flavour on one of my computers because I'd quite like to learn more 
about it. Are you recommending that I give up? ;-)

>>   Just a couple of days ago someone in irc commented that he needed
>> to reinstall linux because he had forgotten the root password. Well,
>> someone who knew better saved him some hours of useless work.
> 
> People who don't know the security holes in Linux shouldn't forget their 
> root password?  >8)

I quite agree. Somebody absent-minded enough to forget their root 
password would probably have even more difficulty with the solution. I 
myself wouldn't know what to do, but I can't imagine how I'd forget my 
password. Unless a piano fell on me or something.

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