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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... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html