Linked by David Adams on Wed 6th Aug 2008 15:32 UTC
After 10 years of supporting Linux, IBM continues to challenge Microsoft on multiple fronts and aims to push Linux even further into the enterprise. While IBM has competed and partnered with Microsoft over the last two decades, the Microsoft-free PC effort is perhaps its most direct assault yet. "The idea of Microsoft-free personal computing has been in the air for a while," Inna Kuznetsova, director of Linux at IBM, told InternetNews.com. "We're just partnering with Linux distribution vendors and hardware vendors to make it happen."
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I'm not "pissing on Microsoft". I'm saying that I have moved non-experts onto Linux without any problems, and I know that other people have had similar successes.
Malware is a legitimate worry when setting up a novice with a Windows equipped PC. It's almost no problem (for the moment) with a Linux desktop.
I'm admit that the initial setup for a Linux desktop may need some expert intervention, but I have found, and others have found, that once it's setup, it needs very little extra attention. When you're setting things up for a loved one, this means piece of mind. The user of a Windows installation would need to be trained on how to do sweeps for viruses and adware.
Do you recommend that people run Windows without adware and virus scanners?
(Writing this on XP).