Stupid, stupid MacOS security flaw grants admin access to anyone

Started by Joe, November 29, 2017, 08:57:57 AM

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Joe

You can still run Redhat for free. Just load Cent OS. It is the open source version of Redhat.
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ninjaPB_43

Quote from: Ear on December 05, 2017, 11:41:55 AMI too used redhat, back in the day. The newer GUI feels a lot like the Mac, which makes base operation real nice. I loaded the latest Ubuntu 16.x version, instead of the brand new v17, for stability and support.

Being open source, is Ubuntu safe for me to load onto an old desktop and let the 5 year old go to town with games and educational crap? Can I lock it down so he can't access pron or add his own games/apps?

It's been probably 8-9 years since I messed with Ubuntu at all.
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ninjaPB_43

Quote from: Joe on December 05, 2017, 12:22:50 PMI suppose an '09 iMac has enough power to run Ubuntu acceptably. About a year ago I put it on an old Dell that had been running XP and it majorly sucked performance wise. All I can say is on the PC it takes some horsepower to run Ubuntu.

How much horsepower?
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Joe

Like I said...an old Dell running XP was horrible. It had a Pentium 4. Ubuntu says:

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ninjaPB_43

Quote from: Joe on December 05, 2017, 12:59:03 PMLike I said...an old Dell running XP was horrible. It had a Pentium 4. Ubuntu says:

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Sorry, I thought maybe you meant it needed something more than what they list there..  my bad.
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Ear

Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on December 05, 2017, 12:46:57 PM
Quote from: Ear on December 05, 2017, 11:41:55 AMI too used redhat, back in the day. The newer GUI feels a lot like the Mac, which makes base operation real nice. I loaded the latest Ubuntu 16.x version, instead of the brand new v17, for stability and support.

Being open source, is Ubuntu safe for me to load onto an old desktop and let the 5 year old go to town with games and educational crap? Can I lock it down so he can't access pron or add his own games/apps?

It's been probably 8-9 years since I messed with Ubuntu at all.

Yes. I think it would be perfect. Open source just means you need to not be a doosh about what you load onto it. There are still signed, certified apps. I think it's like most things, you will usually only get in trouble if you go looking for it. 
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Joe

Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on December 05, 2017, 01:04:08 PM
Quote from: Joe on December 05, 2017, 12:59:03 PMLike I said...an old Dell running XP was horrible. It had a Pentium 4. Ubuntu says:

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Sorry, I thought maybe you meant it needed something more than what they list there..  my bad.

I always consider their recommended requirements as not enough.
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Ear

Quote from: Joe on December 05, 2017, 12:59:03 PMLike I said...an old Dell running XP was horrible. It had a Pentium 4. Ubuntu says:

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I would imagine. Ubuntu has a good GUI, which means it's a resource hog.

You can probably load something like redhat or Debian... might be a rougher interface with better performance.
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Joe

Mint has a decent interface and not as resource hungry as Ubuntu. But not as many bells and whistles either. I still hate any desktop Linux. I still can't find anything in their file system. They need an Applications folder so if you someone how lose your alias to an app you can find the app and double click it to run with having to search through 40 layers of folders to find the secret place they store it.
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Ear

Linus will show you his secret application folder location if you give him belly scratches, like a kitty. 
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DigiCorn

They could learn a lesson from Microsoft Office for Mac OS; it's won't allow access to any file.
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