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Originally Posted by hellosailor  "The script kiddies don't need much to plant a trojan on you, regardless of OS. |
Unless a Linux system is grossly misconfigured, this is extremely hard to do without you cooperating, even unintentionally, with the script kiddies. Like clicking OK to execute a script with root privileges - and having to provide either your password (if your user account is setup properly in the sudoers file), or the root password. All in all, pretty hard to get infected if you're the least bit careful...
But you guys failed to point out the great qualities that make the XO a great boat laptop: it's pretty much water-proof, and is designed to put up with the inevitable abuse a 7-to-10 year old would give it. For browsing the web or reading e-mail while at an Internet cafe while cruising it would be just great. No sensitive hard drive, so if you accidentally drop it, it will probably survive.
I could kick myself for not taking advantage of the G1G1 (give one, get one) program before it expired. I'll have to wait and see how I can get one now...
Somehow I missed NavGator having a Linux version. My media PC for the boat will be Linux-based (MythTV), so having a third chartplotting option is always welcome. I'll have to try it out - and see if they can offer a pre-built RPM or DEB. And put together an online repository so yum or apt-get can download updates for it automatically. That's the great thing about Linux - you can set things up to automatically update ALL your applications. Unlike Microsoft where you have to hunt and peck around the Internet for updates to all your non-MS applications...