(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Haha, I will Run Puppy as the Woo Root Master.

oups speeling error. The Foo Root Master.

One day in my dreams I am sure of that I will code
the Woo Linux for Dummies. The OS that magically
know what you want it to do before you're slow brain
get aware of it even.

Hi All,

I would thank Philb for his, the greatest post ever.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 376#517376

If all these idea's came to fruition, puppy having passwords, puppy saying permission denied, having to sudo to change the wallpaper and mount your drives, or install an officially vetted .pet....Would it still be the same puppy that we all love? and the same forum that we all enjoy?

Really true.

Puppy booted live with a cd and pfix=ram is more secure than any installed operating system.

This is also true. To know how to play safe, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 292#662292.

Even booting a frugal that is on the harddrive or on a usb, all it takes is to check the md5 of the puppy.sfs to be as certain of a pristine OS as with the live CD.

This is what I am missing and may be everybody missing. I mean, we need to have this automatically done.

If you're not doing you're internet banking from a live cd, then you really aren't taking security that seriously, what ever operating system you have.

Really. It is equivalent to, not using toilets and shouting, for private parts seen by others.

And however many times you sudo. The same goes to storing credit card numbers on your computer, and important passwords (paypal) in your browser. You shouldn't be doing that on any operating system!!!

Yes, whether we are running as root or non-root privilege, cannot save us.

As to this forum, this is a really friendly and helpful place, an absolute mine of information, solutions and development, where else do you have the devs helping beginners, without dictating to them. It's a genuine open society, and that's a special thing. That people can share .pets for the benefit for everyone is marvelous! Lots of the things that are now part of puppy, started by being posted in the 'applications' section, and were improved by people trying them and giving feedback.

First forum I came across in my 12 yrs computing career, which is so good.

I will link this post in security thread and will suggest some idea which security concerned people(me? ) may find good.

Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak

snayak wrote:Hi All,

I would thank Philb for his, the greatest post ever.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 376#517376

If all these idea's came to fruition, puppy having passwords, puppy saying permission denied, having to sudo to change the wallpaper* and mount your drives, or install an officially vetted .pet....Would it still be the same puppy that we all love? and the same forum that we all enjoy?

Really true.

...really NOT true. Running spot doesn't mean you can't access all the menu items as before. You don't need to "sudo" to change wallpaper or mount drives...you just click on the icon as before. What you can't do are things like writing to or deleting files outside your area via the terminal that are read only. Running in root overrides "read only" files.

I use a password when my system first boots up; always have and always will. I also encrypt all my password files; nothing "unpuppy" about it.