owl-users - Re: Owl-based desktop environment

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Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 03:22:50 +0400
From: Grigoriy Strokin <grg@...nwall.com>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Owl-based desktop environment

Krzysztof,

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 11:41:12PM +0200, Krzysztof ?niadoch wrote:
> You really set up OWL as your desktop?  I wouldn't like to scare you, but if 
> you're not aware of Openwall's hardening policy you can easly run into 
> troubles. 
Well, the reason why I am setting Owl as my desktop is that some day I
would like to get involved in Owl development, so the more I am familiar
with all aspects of using Owl, the better :-) 

Could you explain what kind of troubles may arise from Openwall's
hardening policy, if used on the desktop?


-- 
Grigoriy.