Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC
Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security. Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's platform products and services division, told reseller magazine CRN that safety and security, improved user experience, and mobility features will be key additions in Vista. But there will be no anti-virus software, the Windows development supremo said during a questions and answers session with CRN. For unspecified business (not technical) reasons, Microsoft will sell anti-virus protection to consumers through its OneCare online backup and security service.
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2005-11-11
>>When I was on fedora, these problems stopped when I started installing packages for my version of fedora or, if packages weren't available, make my own RPM's with checkinstall.<<
If people just stick to the package manager, then all of the Linux GPL applications install easily with a common GUI installer and absolutely no need to worry about dependencies or symlinks or anything like it.
As a bonus, you are guaranteed to remain free of any malware at all if you stick to just installing via the package manager.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/QuickStartSynaptic
http://www.pclinuxos.com/nospyware.html
http://www.pclinuxos.com/noadware.html
http://www.pclinuxos.com/novirus.html