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Guess what's the (current) biggest complaint I hear about Linux? You got it: most distributions don't automatically give the user plug-and-play access to USB storage.

The Linux hotplug model defaults to assuming that plug-in storage is just that: storage, meaning disk systems, meaning system stuff, meaning that users can't be trusted with it. You can override it by setting desktop priveledges for storage devices but the default is to prevent user access. Needless to say, people find this terribly inconvenient.

Meanwhile, MS (the convenience model that people are used to) is finding that it it needs to lock down plug-in storage devices such as USB. In other words, it has to become as inconvenient as Linux!
Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 09/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Let's just...  BitTwiddler | 09/28/04
You'd have to shut down Internet access also ...  worknman | 09/28/04
Exactly  alterego_z | 09/28/04
Windows is more of a security threat  ITGuy04 | 09/28/04
Idiot post  quietLee | 09/28/04
PKB  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
???  SC-man | 09/29/04
Windows is fine... just don't view any JPGs with it...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
USB Issues  Domb2 | 09/28/04
Isn't this an artificial issue?  ghetyei | 09/28/04
A very artificial issue and  brand police | 09/28/04
Not quite  rapson | 09/28/04
Agreed  Pinkerton | 09/29/04
Step 1- Disable USB in BIOS. Step 2-Password protect BIOS  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
What about USB mice/keyboards?  rdwhitti | 09/28/04
I agree...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/28/04
and ....  V Sanders | 09/28/04
Poetic Justice  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
Sure its true but their are third party products to prevent this  spam@... | 09/28/04
Corkscrew  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/28/04
More FUD  keyboard_express | 09/28/04
if only their was a easy set of config files, registry is such a mess  V Sanders | 09/28/04
Undeserved bad rap for USB ...  George Mitchell | 09/28/04
And then there are thin clients ...  George Mitchell | 09/29/04
To compromise date, you only need two things  Sir_Chancealot | 09/30/04
If you're that concerned about it.  John L. Ries | 10/01/04
My six step guide to solve the USB madness problem  kule | 10/13/04
USB Drive Access Control Solution !!!  Anasmaq@... | 11/23/09

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