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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RE[3]: Ok... but please explain this...
by archiesteel on Mon 6th Feb 2006 21:32
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How about this one:
1. A really cool desktop looky thingy that looks and behaves just like Windows XP!!! Oh, boy!
2. Double click the shell script.
3. Oops!