Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:49:02 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <charon@labs.gr> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <02b101c1790e$e802df90$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15365.11290.211107.464324@guru.mired.org> <006101c17854$c6aa2570$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <01112817112006.13219@prime.vsservices.com> <016301c17888$c1be3cc0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011129115922.GA75539@hades.hell.gr>
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Giorgos writes: > Why? Because a single-user system does not have the overhead of a multiuser system, and it is more ergonomic as well. > "More applications" for what definition of "more" > and "applications" ? More = larger number, applications = anything that runs under the OS but is not part of it. > For what definition of "secure"? Not crashing the system. > It needs to do stuff to the system console, that > the kernel of the OS does not know (or does not > care about). It should not be bypassing the OS. > This seems to be modular, but insecure? Yes. Windows NT doesn't allow this, or at least it didn't (many corners have been cut in more recent versions, sacrificing security for performance). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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