<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Raoul Snyman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za">raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:23:20 +0200, Gavin <<a href="mailto:netmatters@gmail.com">netmatters@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> My point was to just highlight that it would be ignorant to promote a<br>
> false sense of security by saying that Ubuntu users are immune to all<br>
> viruses/spyware because then they will think that nothing can go wrong<br>
> and they are 'totally' safe with their trusty and impenetrable OS.<br>
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</div>False sense of security? I have been using Linux for 5 years now, with zero<br>
protection, and I haven't had one instance of virii, trojans, spyware, or<br>
any of the other stuff you've mentioned. Sure there isn't any OS that is<br>
100% safe, but for the most part, Linux is pretty darn secure. If you're<br>
that worried about security why do you even run Linux? Why not run a<br>
hardened OpenBSD?<br>
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Saturn Laboratories<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>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.<br>
<br>Corrie<br>