Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2006 17:10 UTC
One of the biggest reasons for many people to switch to a UNIX desktop, away from Windows, is security. It is fairly common knowledge that UNIX-like systems are more secure than Windows. Whether this is true or not will not be up for debate in this short editorial; I will simply assume UNIX-like systems are more secure, for the sake of argument. However, how much is that increased security really worth for an average home user, when you break it down? According to me, fairly little. Here's why.
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2005-10-06
A significant part of that security, Thom, is from the simple fact that at this time there are no virus' for linux. Or practically none, I do not know any. There's little or no malware targetted at linux OR osx.
But I am curious, how do you suggest fixing this security hole. Demand a password for every file in your own home you access? Prevent programs from accessing your home?
I am not sure...