[LBo] A (shortish) introduction

[Brice Hunt]

Isolde Ryan wrote:
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> Ps I'd be interested in hearing how K/Ubuntu limits your command-line capabilities .. there seems to be workarounds for most things (eg such as reactivating the root account!) :-)
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What I noticed is that for changes made to certain configuration files
to actually take effect, I had to run some obscure script that made the
basic changes for me. Yes, re-enabling the root account does help a
lot.  It's this very setup with K/Ubuntu that makes it so attractive for
me to install on my mother's computer. The only real configuration that
I need to make to her computer after install is setting up the firewall
to block out everything except for a very few client protocols that she
will use (e.g. http, ftp).   I don't know, but maybe this firewall
configuration might currently be the default on Ubuntu.

Brice Hunt