And another Ubuntu convert!

[Karl F. Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>> John Hubbard wrote:
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>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>>     I have been using Linux, Red Hat and Ubuntu every day since 1996 and 
>>>> I have yet to see a virus. I think a fear of a virus on Ubuntu is unfounded.
>>>>
>>>> Karl
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staog
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>>     I do not believe that thing in the wikipedia either.
>>
>> Karl
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> Oh?  Well fantastic, I have some lovely beachfront property in Kansas
> I'd like to sell you.
>
> Are you serious?  I remember that virus.  It was not unexpected, but
> certainly spurred the development of antivirus software for linux.
>
>
>   
    Read the paper. A new kernel fixed whatever the problem was in 1996. 
13 years later there has not been a second virus.

Karl


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