$n][pErMan said:
You see .. I use both Windows and Linux for different purposes. I also need to say I dont think Linux is any better than windows. As a matter of fact, both are better than each other in thier own respect. Linux is great for hosting and uses memory very well, windows has great game and multimedia support and is very easy to use compaired to linux. Some will aurgue linux is more secure and has less viruses, this is only true because the majority of people are not using linux. You watch, as more people are using it, there will be a ton more viruses for it. Hell, its open source, technically its less secure than windows, its just people don't take the time to learn it and create viruses for it because not alot of people are using it yet. I don't hate windows, I don't hate linux. I like them both for different uses... linux = hosting .. windows = gaming!
Not exactly true....What makes windose so easy to use is also it's weakness, .exe....
There is no compairable extention for Linux that I'm aware of. Anyone can install anything on any windows system nomatter what permissions they have.
What makes Linux safe is what's holding it back. If you want to install something, you need to know how to install it. Sure, you can unzip all kinds of stuff, but that doesn't install anything on Linux. After unzipping, you have to know what to do with the files.
Even if you did install a virus on Linux, it's only going to install to the /home/"user"/ not the whole system. Unless you're dumb enough to install it as "su" or /root/. In that case, you get what you asked for
Having said that, Linux can carry/spread a virus without actualy being infected via forwarding infected email atatchments and such. Spyware dosen't affect Linux either for the same reasons.
But as I said, "it's what's holding Linux back". Most people can't/won't learn something new. It's easier to stick with the same ole'-same ole' problems, keep spending money on the same thing over and over, buy the same flawed OS every other year, spend more on antivirus software, spyware tools, firewalls, security patches, no source codes, etc, etc...
I'll take my free, secure, open source, virus safe, spyware free Linux over MS any day. The gamming community is adding more and more game for Linux every day. Heck, most newer games are Linux compatable anyhow. Gamming is the only place Linux falls short to MS, and that's closeing fast. Outside of that, I'll bet there's not one thing you can do on MS that I can't do on Linux.
whew....having said that....I do still have win2000 pro installed, but use it less and less. been about 1-2 weeks sence I booted into MS.
I wonder why MS doesn't restart their Linux system....Beleive it or not, they were working on one when Linux first came out, but droped it for unknown reasons.