[geeks] are *BSD (and Linux) people "unhelpful"?

[Amy]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:13:00PM -0600, Amy wrote:
> >
> > > IRIX (for values of 6.5 and later) can be hammered into being quite
> > > secure, provided that you turn off the metric buttload of crap that's
> > > auto-installed and set to run.  It's just that...well, fixsolaris.txt is,
> > > what, about 50k?  fixirix.txt would be about 120k. :)
> >
> > bill said something the other day that applies well. you cant make a silk
> > purse out of a sow's ear. sometimes it's cheaper to buy a new pig.
>
> all OSes need work done to make then safe for internet use.  some just need a
> little more work than others.  and what new pig would you recommend?

a peppermint pig of course.

saratogasweets.com, i believe.

--a