Hello All,
This month's LFY magazine has a Ubuntu 5.10 live CD that can be used as a live sample of the Ubuntu 5.10 OS. It installed and setup smoothly. The system was P4 2.4 GHz, Intel 845 GEBV2 MB, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB IDE HDD.
The display drivers were much better than 5.04 and gave good screen resolution unlike 5.04's basic 640x480 resolution. Sound could not be tested as multimedia was not complete due to legal issues :-P . Due to the dhcp now working in linux too, the triband ADSL modem got the system on the net as soon as it was up. The firewall inside the modem took care of open ports in the live system. The wvdial.conf file from my other distros was simply copied and run. It ran smoothly for both, the dialup modem as well as the Reliance LSP350R. Only thing to remember is that all root based commands must be preceeded by the word 'sudo'. And after the first run of the triband internet, switch off the adsl modem and after any of the wvdial connections are up, run the 'sudo route add default ppp0' command for net access. The transcend 512 mb pen drive was detected flawlessly and a cute little icon was automatically created on the desktop.
On the whole it was a very good experience and this distro came out in flying colours. It is definately worth a try. :)
My only query is that if root access is not allowed for security, still anyone can simply sudo and gain access. How is the system protected from outside. If anyone can hack into the user account, can he then sudo and play ball? How secure is this sudo?
Regards,
Rony.
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