From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 27 20:15:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3131137B41A for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBS4FZR67476; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:15:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <013101c18f56$4ca2c660$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Kevin Golding" Cc: References: <1009413895.49812ff2Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> <005901c18e9e$9edcc510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011227083931.6c291f2c.roddierod@yahoo.com> <010001c18f0f$875d61d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:15:35 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kevin writes: > But an OS with things like file permissions > actually does make life easier. In that case, there is Windows NT/2000, with ACLs far more flexible than any that UNIX offers. But it's very hard to think of a good reason for using file permissions on a single-user system. > The biggest problem my mum has with learning > about Windows is that she's scared silly she'll > delete something important or get infected by > a virus. Current versions of Windows hide anything that you shouldn't delete by default. Antivirus software can avoid viruses, although they can be avoided much more easily by simply not opening mail attachments. > Certainly once I'd set the thing up she'd be > a lot more comfortable playing with something > like FreeBSD ... More correctly, _you_ would be more comfortable to see her playing with FreeBSD; it's not going to matter to her, as long as it works. The only problem is that FreeBSD is much harder to set up and requires far more of your intervention than a Mac or Windows would. > ... the only reason she's still using Windows 98 > is because my dad knows enough about Windows > to be scared by *BSD. It couldn't just be a preference for the mainstream OS, could it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message