[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #450 - 14 msgs

[Linda MacPhee-Cobb]

> > Which manual?  There is no "Linux manual" per se.  It depends on how
> > well the individual distro documents things and writes their manual.

Rute, the manual that came with caldera, insiders guide to linux, the linux 
superbible, and two o'reilly guides to linux amoung others.


>of the reasons why Linux mailing lists and user groups are so popular.
>There's a big difference between reading the books and actually
>maintaining a system.  Ideally, you get some of both.


I thought that was what I was doing reading manuals and subscribing to this 
list when I wasn't working on other projects.

   Okay, small pet rant here.  Linux can be made to be incredibly
>secure.  Many distributions ship that way (TurboLinux, Debian).  Others
>ship more with ease of use in mind (Red Hat) than security by default.

When I installed this version of mandrake it gave several options from  open 
to crackers to paraniod.  One would assume high security actually meant high 
security



>it takes a knowledgable sysadmin to turn on necessary services and get
>it to work.)


Who has the time.  I want to spend time developing not fixing the operating 
system.

> > Yes, having admitted to said eviilll knowledge Jenn, I'm afraid you must 
>now
> > brain-dump all your knowledge of:


Yes, Jenn, several people offered useful solutions.  The only commentary 
from you was that you already knew it all.  If that was the case why were 
none of the solutions from you?




  Message: 3
  To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
  Subject: Re: [techtalk] security problem
  Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 10:23:46 -0500
  From: Jeff Dike <jdike at karaya.com>

  I think we're being trolled here, and reasonably well, too.

  To support this, we have have our troll making inflammatory claims, 
completely
  ignoring any kind of logic, and tossing in extras like comparisons to 
Windows.

  Also, cute female physicists tend not to go advertising that fact on the 
net.
  So, I think that "prettyphysicslady at hotmail.com" is probably three counts 
of
  false advertising.

  If we can't believe that, we can't necessarily believe anything else 
coming
  from that address.

                                  Jeff

????????????
I am sorry Jeff but why are you making a personal attack on me?  The reason 
we have a linux chix list so as to not be judged on our looks or is that all 
you value women for?  Yes I have a Master's Degree in Science in Physics.

You are a jack ass....

And not one of the women on this list finds these comments from Jeff out of 
line?

Perhaps instead of advertising my physics background you would prefer my 
cooking skills




"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I 
only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that 
differentiate me from a doormat."
Rebecca West, 1913



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