Security of Linux vs. Windoze

> Windoze with a version of Linux, would virus activity go down
substantially

ALL activity would go down substantially. We did that here
in a test lab to evaluate the possibility of switching over.
Not one computer in the lab survived beyond about 2 months
before Linux corrupted its file system and would not boot or
rebuild. The installs were a nightmare, as drivers for hardware
were poor at best. I actually found it to be a nice hobby ..
searching for better Linux drivers ... changing out decent video
cards for 2 meggers ... trying to get Linux to quit dismounting
floppy drives ... trying to get it to see zip drives. Forget CDR,
DVD ... on and on this stupid crap went. Nothing intuitive.
Sure it was techie. I even got the thrill of the faggy talk with
the ( youknowwho ) majors, who can't give a straight answer
to a simple question because Linux is all about STUDENT
POWER rumble, rumble, rumble ... reminded me of when I
was in the 6th grade and the girls would look at me and start
whispering and giggling. I got over that.

johns ( registered XP user )

johns

On 2003-11-21, johns <> said:
>
>> Windoze with a version of Linux, would virus activity go down
> substantially
>
> ALL activity would go down substantially. We did that here
> in a test lab to evaluate the possibility of switching over.
> Not one computer in the lab survived beyond about 2 months
> before Linux corrupted its file system and would not boot or
> rebuild. The installs were a nightmare, as drivers for hardware
> were poor at best. I actually found it to be a nice hobby ..
> searching for better Linux drivers ... changing out decent video
> cards for 2 meggers ... trying to get Linux to quit dismounting
> floppy drives ... trying to get it to see zip drives. Forget CDR,
> DVD ... on and on this stupid crap went. Nothing intuitive.
> Sure it was techie. I even got the thrill of the faggy talk with
> the ( youknowwho ) majors, who can't give a straight answer
> to a simple question because Linux is all about STUDENT
> POWER rumble, rumble, rumble ... reminded me of when I
> was in the 6th grade and the girls would look at me and start
> whispering and giggling. I got over that.

Which distro John ? What hardware were you trying to install this
mystery distro on ? Forget CDR and DVD ? Burning a CD using the
command line here was actually quicker than using Nero on Windows.

Zip drive here is working well, no computer science degree involved in
getting that to work. Linux, student power ? Pfft.

Installs are straightforward and intuitive. Some distros are so easy
you just can't go wrong, unless your hardware is set up wrong maybe ?

Oh dear John. Bit FUDdy don't you think ?

I hate to say it John, but I think that whispering and giggling is
starting all over again.

Regards,

Pete.

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