A bondi blue has a 4 gig HD unless that has been upgraded, OS X can get
a little crowded in there. I think I remember reading that 10.3 worked
better on the G3s than the 10.2
John
On 2008-01-09 17:42:28 -0500, N3TQV <krausek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> Yep, can't argue with your reasoning. As I get more comfortable
> with getting to where I need to to get things done, I'll migrate
> to a user login. Thanx again for the direction.
> Say, while I'm here, what is your experience with OSX 10.2.5? I
> have tried to run it on my iMac BondiBlue with 192 Meg of memory
> and it seems sluggish. How much memory will allow it to run
> efficiently? And please don't tell me the more the better because
> I have a limited budget. I am using YellowDog 3.2 and it's runnig
> just fine. Also, I have installed Debian and it too runs OK.
> Keith
>
>
> William Smith wrote:
>
>> N3TQV wrote:
>>> Mr.Smith (If indeed, that is your REAL name ;*) )
>>
>> It's especially fun checking into hotels. I walk in, look guilty and
say
>> "Smith".
>>
>>> Thanx for the reply. I'll try that. As to your comment that the root
>>> account is rarely required, I still spend a lot of time in the root
>>> account on Linux. I hate the feeling of being shut out of my own
system!
>>> Comes from my old DOS days, I guess. Thanx again.
>>
>> You're never shut out if you're logged in as an admin. Sure, you may
>> need to issue the "sudo" command but that's all part of the security of
>> not running as root. Security isn't just password protecting something
>> but also making sure that someone else's processes don't run as root as
>> well as preventing accidents.
>>
>> Actually, on Mac OS X, you should run as a Standard user and you will
be
>> prompted for your admin name and password to make system changes
>> (installing applications, etc.). You still rarely need to ever log in
as
>> root or even as an admin. I work in a group administering nearly 400
>> Macs in a cor****ate environment and have never had to log in with the
>> root account on a user's machine.
>>
>> In the Windows world the same best practices apply and are even more
>> im****tant. Running as a non-admin means that a virus or piece of
malware
>> can not execute beyond the user's own privileges.
--
John Gentile MS, M(ASCP)
Laboratory Information Mgr.
VA Medical Center
Providence, RI
yjgent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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