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Re: off topic : WinLinux

• Posted by Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM> Nov 24, 1999
• 926 views

Brian Broker wrote:

[snip]

> I was also trying to point out that Windows was much more user friendly
> than most distros of Linux (and many of you agree).  So it's not the most
> secure and bug free OS available but it's the OS of the masses (which is
> why you see so many security flaws exploited).  If Linux was the most
> popular OS, I'm sure more security flaws and bugs would be coming out of
> the woodwork.

The advantage to Linux: If there ever is a security flaw, all you've got to do
is make a change or two, recompile your kernel, and you're safe.  It's not like
Windows, where you need to wait for MS to come out with a "hotfix" or a
"security patch", which may or may not entirely effective.

[snip]

>
> -- Brian

Regards,
Greg