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Re: [LUG] maplin laptop

 

On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 13:08 +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> > The source code link is an IP address, which is a bad sign. There's also
> > apparently no way to upgrade or reinstall the OS, so you're stuck with
> > whatever brain-damaged excuse for a distribution they choose to give you
> > (with, presumably, little hope for security updates).
> Since it has USB ports then surely you can use an external drive to 
> install whatever you want, or a network install.  I certainly wouldn't 
> say you're stuck with anything.  The limiting factor will be finding 
> drivers/modules that will run the installed hardware.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Julian
> 

why would one be worried about security on a very minimal linux OS. No
Russian hacker is going to be able to run a botnet via this thing...


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