Bossy distros

[lewmur]

I was going to give the Fedora 22 alpha distro a try to see how the new Gnome 3.6 works. However, when I got to the point of setting the root password, the install insisted that I couldn't use the one I want because it was "week". I don't give hoot if it is "week". It is easy to use and it is the one I've been using for over 15 years without any problems. To me, Linux is all about "choice" and if I choose to use a week password, on my personal computer, to which no one else has physical access, then that should be MY choice.

 

I don't mind at all when I'm warned the password is week, but it I choose to use it anyway, that should be accepted.

[securitybreach]

Hehe, right!!

 

BTW Arch has Gnome 3.16

[ebrke]

I don't mind at all when I'm warned the password is week, but it I choose to use it anyway, that should be accepted.

I agree. SuSE's been warning me for years that the pwd for my user is weak but then does let me use it up to this point. My root pwd apparently passes muster.

[Cluttermagnet]

I use week passwords often- all week long, in fact. I'm lazy and I have

a rather poor memory- and I just don't want to get started with one of

those password managers. Fortunately Mint excuses my weaknesses and

lets me finish my installs anyway, which are considerable BTW. I must have

about 16 working Linux boxes I'm personally responsible for right now.

And all but four of them see fairly regular use these days. It's getting out

of control. Fun!