Linked by Anthony Hicks on Tue 8th Apr 2003 16:17 UTC
This (quite long) article has been written by me for two primary reasons: One, to hopefully save someone else the time and hassle associated with trying out various Linux distributions, and two, to promote some discussion and feedback regarding what a modern Linux distribution should be, and of course to contrast this with what is currently available. I am exploring the offerings of MS Windows, BeOS and MacOSX, and then taking on a number of well-known Linux distributions.
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Ok, maybe the car is a bad analogy, but ...
Oh, and it's easy to lock your car, it's not exactly easy and very well-advertised that you have to use Windows Update
I don't know about this. Though I have never seen anyone get hacked, I have seen some people get viruses - and most don't install anti-virus software until after the fact, even though they knew better.
Even so, that's not the point. The point is that when an anti-MS zealot tells someone new to computers that 'Windows is prone to viruses and full of seuciryt holes', I doubt very much that they'd add in 'However, if you use Windows Update regularly and install anti-virus software, you will probably deminish your chance of getting hacked or getting a virus by at least 90%.' That is what I mean about people mis-representing the security issue. A little proactivity goes a long way.