On Friday 20 June 2008 23:01:18 John Andersen wrote:

2008/6/20 Ken Schneider :

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In general you are safer with linux.

In general you are VASTLY safer with Linux.

There. fixed it for you.

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I think that one of the main reasons that linux is safer is simpley that so far it has not received as much attention as windoze. One other aspect is that microshaft release details of inadequacies before they are fixed. Unfortunately all os's can have exploits that are available to the very knowledgeable. Much depends on how the system is set up. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

John wrote:

On Friday 20 June 2008 23:01:18 John Andersen wrote:

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2008/6/20 Ken Schneider :

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In general you are safer with linux.

In general you are VASTLY safer with Linux.

There. fixed it for you.

-- ----------JSA---------

I think that one of the main reasons that linux is safer is simpley that so far it has not received as much attention as windoze. One other aspect is that microshaft release details of inadequacies before they are fixed.

It is more secure due to design and typical usage. Linux was built from bottom up with multi-users in mind, whereas Windows came from a single user, no network world. Also, Microsoft has done some incredibly stupid things, such as closely binding IE to the operating system, so that a bug in IE can kill the entire system. Also, in Linux, users are discouraged from running as root, unlike Windows, where users often have to run as admin, which means that malware gets full run of the system and many other technical reasons why it's so much harder to attack Linux. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org