Re: Computer viruses slow African expansion

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

It's something we discussed here a while back. The idea is, it's "Unix for 
Grannies" (hence the name), and it's *very* malware resistant. It's a 
Live-CD unix, and you use the HD only for storing data. The HD is mounted 
non-execute. So, you can never add software.

The idea is that 99% of people only want to use a browser, a WP and a
picture/video viewer. And that 99.9% of people get all they need from a
linux distro. And most of the other 0.1% of people, who won't use grannix,
are savvy enough to be able to avoid getting infected or trojaned.

I had hoped that this list, or something like it, would create such a 
distro, but it hasn't happened yet.

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Gregory Hicks wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:46:10 +0100 (BST)
> > From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
> > To: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
> > Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: Re: [funsec] Computer viruses slow African expansion
> >
> > Grannix
> Dr Solly:
>
> What the heck is "grannix"?  I assume some sort of anti-virus SW, but my 
> google foo seems to have deserted me.  All I can see is some sort of dog 
> training aid...
>
> Care to enlighten please?
>
> Regards,
> Gregory Hicks
>
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