OT: "Best" Linux Distro?

Understanding. (While I didn't write any of the above, I share enough of the views expressed to feel moderately confident I share the mindset behind it.) Rule of thumb: if you don't understand what your machine is running, it isn't secure. The converse is, unfortunately, not as true as I'd wish, but at least you know where your security holes are. In many circumstances, knowing what your exposure is is almost as good as closing it. In the case of my home machines, for example, I've made a conscious decision to ignore threats posed by people with physical access to my machines' consoles. I am hopelessly insecure against such threats - but I know it, I find the benefits outweigh the costs, and I keep it in mind when, for example, leaving other people in my place in my absence. Amen. Not open source, connection-bombs recipient mailhosts by default, nonstandard bounces that don't even have message-IDs(!)...and now this which I hadn't heard of before. Yet quite a number of otherwise apparently sane people do, and appear totally impervious to clue provision. I really don't get it. (To be fair, there are also a number that *are* at least somewhat clue-pervious, though there's one - a really nice guy in most respects, both online and in person - with whom I've had several go-rounds over the connection-bombing misbehaviour, who just can't seem to grasp the concept of politeness as applied to other people's resources.) /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B