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10 Reasons to Switch to Linux
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:01 pm |
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Bod and speaking technically and formal...
That must be the end of the world!! 
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:03 pm |
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Quoting bod:
1. The easiest way for a virus to spread in through infection of home computers. There are very very few Linux computers in home environments so very few targets for the virus to infect. If you are going to go to the trouble of writing a virus then it is best to write it so it can actually infect some computers!!! |
You are absolutely right! I think anyone, including Linux geniuses, would claim the same; since what you said are so logical. However, let the facts speak:
The Apache web server, which is open source software, has the biggest market share (over %70 if I am not wrong); but it is still suffers from much fewer attacks than the Microsoft one. Why?
Quoting bod:
2. Linux is almost entirely used by people with above average computer knowledge. Such people will have taken security steps to prevent a virus in the first place and will be able to effectively contain/remove any virus that does make it onto their computer. |
What does this do with disadvantages of using Linux or advantages of using Windows? This (way) or that (way), isn't it still Linux itself, the success of Linux, that make its users take security steps by raising naturally them above the average computer knowledge?
Quoting bod:
3. A large majority of people capable of writing a virus are Linux supporters. If they write a Linux virus then they are undermining this condinued arguement that Linux is virus free!!! |
It should be noted that a Linux user and a Linux supporter is not necessarily the same thing all the time. There may be people writing viruses for Windows platform by making use of Linux machines; but I am sure they choose Linux for that purpose, for they are very well aware of the fact that Windows is too bad to use even for such a evil purpose! 
Quoting bod: This is due to a number of reasons including the greater exposure of the kernel APIs to any code and better documentation of the kernel APIs. |
Thank you for giving us a good clue of how any security flaw in Linux is overcome by Linux community within less than several hours as well as of why you should wait for months in similar case of Windows, which mostly ends with a fiasco!
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:08 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting AllTooHuman: Quoting aenigma x:
Hmmm which is more important.
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This question itself is unimportant! |
I think Aenigma's question is infinitely more important than your evangelism for Linux.....those who wish to Linux now (thankfully) have enough sources of information about how to obtain it, install it and operate it. For the vast majority of people, Windows is the obvious and correct choice for their home computer!
I do not understand why you feel the need to open (at least) two threads plugging Linux - especially when you have only copied a very biased (and partially inaccurate) article from a Linux source...... |
Hey-why are you angry with me and do you blame me? 
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:25 pm |
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Quoting AllTooHuman: The Apache web server, which is open source software, has the biggest market share (over %70 if I am not wrong); but it is still suffers from much fewer attacks than the Microsoft one. Why? |
I don't have any figures for Apache use but I would guess it is higher than 70% of the world's webservers. However, Apache has some very elaborate mechanisms for keeping any third party code well away from the underlying operating system. The largest scale of these is by "sandboxing" all operations in a protecive "wrapper" - within that wrapper are lots of other means of isolating the code from both the operating system and the relavent compiler or interpreter. Additionally Apache allows third party code very limited access to disk and other I/O systems and redirects ALL language streams!
I write code that runs in an Apache sandbox all the time so understand the restrictions and security measures that are in place! Incidentally, the same security is true for Apache running on Windows, Linux, HP-UNIX, AIX and Solaris operating systems.
Now I must get on with writing some code that I have to write that will be running on a Debian Linux installation and makes use of some very low level kernel APIs 
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:30 pm |
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You are so hung up on Mircosoft that you must have nightmares about them,
'Bill Gates creeps into your room at night, he opens your computer, shock horror, you don't subscribe to Microsoft, but you have some other (sorry I have never heard of it)software. EEEEEEKKKK what shall I do :-S , (check that AllTooHuman is sleeping ). Sleeping like a baby, HeHe, I will remove the Linux software and replace with Microsoft'
Oh no AllTooHuman has woken from his dream, just in time it seems, a cold seat running from his brow.......... phew!  I still have my trusty Linux software, I better sleep with my computer, just in case 
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:32 pm |
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Quoting AllTooHuman: Hey-why are you angry with me and do you blame me? |
I am not angry with you......
I just don't understand why we needed two posts that did nothing to add to the existing articles such as this one which you quoted!!!
I also thought I came here to learn Turkish - I already know enough about Windows, Linux, UNIX and Solaris to know which I want to use for what purpose.....I make those decisions for a living and doubt that anyone could possibly come up with a single commercial reason to use Linux in a desktop environment 
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:36 pm |
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And as for unethical Companies:
Nike
Reebok
Coca Cola
McDonalds
Disney
Apple
Walmart
Gap
and these are the ones I can think off the top of my head.
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 03:45 pm |
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Quoting libralady: And as for unethical Companies:
Nike
Reebok
Coca Cola
McDonalds
Disney
Apple
Walmart
Gap
and these are the ones I can think off the top of my head. |
Apple???
How so???
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 07:12 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting libralady: And as for unethical Companies:
Nike
Reebok
Coca Cola
McDonalds
Disney
Apple
Walmart
Gap
and these are the ones I can think off the top of my head. |
Apple???
How so??? |
There was a huge article in the Mail and also from a contact I have in Hong Kong who investgate social and ethical activities in Chinese factories, it was discovered that they were not paying the minimum wage, the dormitories blocks were locked at night (a dangerous practice) they were not paid overtime at the right rate and the were fined for breaking disciplinary rules, to below the miminum wage which is illegal.
This is the Ipod factory (Foxcom)where they employ something like 200,000 workers.
But if you really investigated, many large organisations have unethical practices and I mentioned once before that if we boycotted every unethical supplier we would never buy anything.
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27 Feb 2007 Tue 07:13 pm |
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AllTooHuman I think YOU of all people will love this joke....
http://www.gameweb.cz/loadVid.php?id=83
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