[ubuntu-za] Karma vs Windows 7

[Corrie Strydom]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Raoul Snyman <
raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:23:20 +0200, Gavin <netmatters at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My point was to just highlight that it would be ignorant to promote a
> > false sense of security by saying that Ubuntu users are immune to all
> > viruses/spyware because then they will think that nothing can go wrong
> > and they are 'totally' safe with their trusty and impenetrable OS.
>
> False sense of security? I have been using Linux for 5 years now, with zero
> protection, and I haven't had one instance of virii, trojans, spyware, or
> any of the other stuff you've mentioned. Sure there isn't any OS that is
> 100% safe, but for the most part, Linux is pretty darn secure. If you're
> that worried about security why do you even run Linux? Why not run a
> hardened OpenBSD?
>
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I think its also more a case of safe-browsing, Linux users are more internet
savvy than most, I take the "ladies" here at work, they want to click and
run each and every email attachment they get, or browse to verrry dubius
sites.

Corrie
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