Re: How safe is a "Limited" XP account?

From: Twisted One (twisted0n3_at_gmail.invalid)
Date: 02/25/05

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    André Gulliksen wrote:
    > What is your criteria for "usable"? What do you use it for? I have used
    > OpenBSD for firewalls and web servers, among other things, and it worked
    > fine for me.

    Usable, as in there's actually a user interface and documentation.
    Trying to accomplish typical desktop tasks on it doesn't feel like
    trying to fix a generator holding a flashlight in your teeth, groping
    about in the dark for your tools while you watch an ominously increasing
    amount of smoke pour out of the darn thing.

    > On a side note: There is no such thing as an OpenBSD "distro". The same goes
    > for any other BSD. Instead, you have branches and forks. For instance,
    > OpenBSD itself is a fork off NetBSD.

    I meant "packaged distributions", however the heck you get it to install
    it. :P

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      One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."
    

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