Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control

date posted 30th June 2002 19:17

The EULA (for the WM update) actually says they will download security
patches to the OS and WM, it says nothing about running as system or local
administrator. But then you didn't get it from Windows update ;-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control


> > Of course, you could just not download the update, but then that leaves
a
> > root-exploitable hole in your machine.
> >
> Scandal! I've already downloaded it and didn't even glance at the EULA so
> I'm stuffed. What flavours of Linux do people recommend and is a dual boot
> system sensible, so I can run those Windows apps when needed? I see that
> SuSE 8 automatically handles partition setup on install - any experience
of
> that anyone?
>
> TIA, Paul.