> > > Not to mention selling a machine with a default user name and password > > > already set up. That blows any idea that Ubuntu is secure right out of > > > the water! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tony. > > > > Why on earth wouldn't the silly sods have run the install mode for OEMs > > option? > > > > I know the OEM option works well in recent releases, but given they > installed Dapper, is it as reliable under that version. I don't know, I've > never used it. > > Perhaps they have a sensible reason for doing it this way. Perhaps... they > don't actually give a monkeys what is installed, they just chose a Linux > distro so they could omit windows and thus get an attractive price point. > > > To be honest the whole affair sounds shocking. Is this a fluke/one off > > or are all of these esys PCs this badly configured? > > > > Is it really that bad? > > Sounds like a typical out of the box install really. > > Cheers, > Al. >
I dunno Al, I'd be pretty miffed if I was a newcomer to Linux and all I got was an out-of-range message when I tried to boot up my new PC! Perhaps later releases will be better OOTB. I wonder if a lot of the purchases will be by folk who intend to put a dodgy copy of Windows on them though. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
