Re: [orca-list] Fwd: Re: [Support] autoinstall of talking arch

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hello Josh,

Not necessarily. Linux isn't prone to the same sorts of security
attacks as Windows. Microsoft has been rather lax about security for
years and many of the things that Windows viruses do wouldn't be
possible to do on Linux. That's not to say Linux isn't open to
viruses, worms, and security issues, but that it is several magnitudes
more secure  than Windows by design. So even if everybody suddenly
switched to Linux tomorrow, something I'd find doubtful, virus makers
would have to locate security vulnerabilities in the OS that wouldn't
be the same as those frequently found on Windows.

On 2/16/15, Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com> wrote:
> but if everybody ran linux all of a sudden wouldn't the virus makers
> then target linux just like they target windows now? and if they put an
> all out viral assault on linux wouldn't linux cave like windows does often?
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
>
> On 2/16/2015 1:32 PM, Kyle wrote:
> > With things like viruses, compromises of personal data and other things
> > we hear about in the news every day, I could never recommend running
> > Windows in an office setting either. Fact is that Windows was initially
> > designed for gamers and children, whereas Linux and other Unix-like
> > operating systems have been designed with business in mind, and have
> > only recently, say within the last 10 to 12 years or so, gotten to the
> > point where more casual home users can feel comfortable using it. No
> > marketing hype in the world will change my perception of Windows as a
> > toy and nothing more, especially when I can't watch the news without
> > seeing yet another infected ATM, credit card machine or other bank or
> > store related terminal that never should have been running Windows in
> > the first place, but has been compromised because it does, and an old
> > version at that. So yeah, I'm for Linux or BSD all the way, and Linux is
> > the most polished OS I've been able to find that talks to me, unless
> > anyone has any pointers on how to get a *real* BSD (NOT MacOS) talking,
> > in which case, I'm all ears. Man do I want me some BSD! But then again,
> > BSD just doesn't seem to have the hardware support or even the ease of
> > use that Linux now enjoys, so it will still require some shell knowledge
> > at this point, and I can't really recommend it to novice users the way I
> > have been able to get them turned on to the easier non-geek-oriented
> > Linux distros.
> > Sent from my coffee maker
>
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