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Story: So why not put Linux on your business desktops?
Posted by: Murray Cumming (Tuesday 29 November 2005, 10:34 AM)
"Ubuntu's installer effectively throws the superuser away, giving it a random password and forgetting it, then giving the first user the ability do admin tasks"
This is not true. The super user is simply deactivated. The first user does have the ability to do admin tasks, but he must be asked again for his password before doing this. So, unlike under Windows, spyware/adware/malware/worms are not free to wreck your system.
Ubuntu are gradually making this clearer.
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