Star Walt Mossberg Reviews Dell Ubuntu
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 13th Sep 2007 08:14 UTC, submitted by Anonymous Reader
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu "My verdict: Even in the relatively slick Ubuntu variation, Linux is still too rough around the edges for the vast majority of computer users", says Mossberg. Among others, he complains about one of the things I did too when I was writing my stream of Ubuntu reviews back in Spring.
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RE[3]: Good review
by lemur2 on Fri 14th Sep 2007 06:50 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Good review"
lemur2
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2007-02-17

Most of the Botnets are from compromised Linux boxes. Lets be objective k?


Au contraire, the "bots" are Windows machines.

Here is a description of the world's largest botnet, the Storm botnet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_botnet
The botnet, or zombie network, comprises computers running Microsoft Windows as their operating system, the only operating system which can be breached by the Storm worm. Once infected, a computer becomes known as a bot. This bot then performs automated tasks -- anything from gathering data on the user, to attacking web sites, to forwarding infected email -- without it's owner's knowledge or permission.

Estimates indicate that 5,000 to 6,000 computers are dedicated to propagating the spread of the worm through the use of emails with infected attachments; 1.2 billion virus messages have been sent by the botnet including a record 57 million on 22 August 2007 alone.


The Storm botnet is estimated to comprise up to 50 million infected Windows machines.

Edited 2007-09-14 06:53

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