On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanlit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another point is that server installers are highly educated with respect to > desktop installers and their numbers are small with respect to desktop > users . > > For them , it is very easy to "harden" FreeBSD after installation if ever > it is needed , because during installation , it is a simple question to ask > : > > Will this be used as a Server ?
Judging from the amount of effort it takes to "harden" a system that already starts a thousand services (typical "desktop Linux" scenario these days), and the number of times I've seen this sort of customization cause even more headaches, I'd say this is a slightly exaggerated statement. You are right that a "plain user" does not care about why their CD-ROM is not accessible after installation, but there are two different ways to approach this: - Install and enable everything by default, hoping that nothing bad happens when an unused service is exploitable. - Install a minimal system and build from there. Most Linux distributions pick the first option. _Some_ Linux distributions pick the second option (e.g. Gentoo). The default FreeBSD installation uses the second option. PC-BSD leans towards the first option, and does a really good job at making a BSD desktop 'accessible' to what is usually called "the average user". So it all depends on what you want to do, and there _are_ options that cover both cases for either Linux or BSD. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
