Comments on: Upgrade woes and frustrations http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/08/06/upgrade-woes-and-frustrations/ A weblog about software engineering, Architecture, Technology an other things we like. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ben http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/08/06/upgrade-woes-and-frustrations/comment-page-1/#comment-25373 Ben Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:50:34 +0000 http://www.gridshore.nl/?p=839#comment-25373 Chuck, True, Ubuntu would. But under Ubuntu, or any other *nix flavor, I would not be logged in as a user with sysadmin rights. Under Windows I am and being asked for extra permission is irritating in that case. If for no other reason than that it reinforces the sense of being treated as a toddler. Mind you, I agree with your general statements about Windows security and user rights -- in the end, it all boils down to *nix being a series of operating systems in which multi-user use is natural and Windows being a series of OS'es in which multi-user is an unnatural feature that is bolted on top of a single-user core. Like I said, I would also love to dump Windows. But it's a corporate laptop; not my choice. :-( Chuck,

True, Ubuntu would. But under Ubuntu, or any other *nix flavor, I would not be logged in as a user with sysadmin rights. Under Windows I am and being asked for extra permission is irritating in that case. If for no other reason than that it reinforces the sense of being treated as a toddler.

Mind you, I agree with your general statements about Windows security and user rights — in the end, it all boils down to *nix being a series of operating systems in which multi-user use is natural and Windows being a series of OS’es in which multi-user is an unnatural feature that is bolted on top of a single-user core.

Like I said, I would also love to dump Windows. But it’s a corporate laptop; not my choice. :-(

]]> By: Chuck http://www.gridshore.nl/2009/08/06/upgrade-woes-and-frustrations/comment-page-1/#comment-25305 Chuck Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:48:21 +0000 http://www.gridshore.nl/?p=839#comment-25305 Frankly, if you were using Ubuntu, it would prompt you for permission (sudo) to access adminstrative features as well. That is a GOOD thing. The reason that Windows has been so gawd awfully insecure is the default admin configuration. Your user applications should NOT run as root. As for all the other stuff, I ditched windows 2 years ago and wiped Vista from my harddrive when I got a new laptop recently (coincidently a Lenovo T400, which I love). Frankly, if you were using Ubuntu, it would prompt you for permission (sudo) to access adminstrative features as well. That is a GOOD thing. The reason that Windows has been so gawd awfully insecure is the default admin configuration. Your user applications should NOT run as root.

As for all the other stuff, I ditched windows 2 years ago and wiped Vista from my harddrive when I got a new laptop recently (coincidently a Lenovo T400, which I love).

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