[techtalk] Mouse Problems

[Lothan]

> From: techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org
> [mailto:techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of jenn at simegen.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 8:55 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] Mouse Problems
>
>
> root wrote:
> >
> >  A lot has changed from
> > my 1995 version of Linux (command line only) so now I get to dip my toes
> > into the new waters... Anybody have a life preserver I can borrow? :-)
>
> This whole list is a life preserver. :)

And so it is, indeed.

> Tip: don't do your work as root. Create a login, even if it's just you
> on the machine, and do stuff as it.
>
> (You're sending mail to the list as 'root'. Thus, you're probably at
> LEAST doing your basic mail as root. Too many permissions. Using a
> non-root account is the most basic of the life preservers. )

Ahem... can I plead a momentary lapse of good judgement? That's what I get
for trying to save 30 seconds while downloading and installing the latest
patches.

> Jenn V.
> --
>        "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
> 		you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
>
> jenn at simegen.com        Jenn Vesperman
> http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/
>
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