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Originally posted by hawkmoon
As Deadkenny says - I see more security updates for my Linux Distro's than I do for Windows.
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Yes but all or most of the Windows flaws are problems with Microsoft software, the bugs in Linux we hear of are usually with third party software such as Apache, not the actual Linux "system".
So, if we take the amount of bugs in Windows and all third party software and compare that to the amount for Linux and third party software, Linux will have quite a few less.
You can certainly feel safer using Linux (I'm using Mandrake 9.1 right now with Mozilla) because most script kiddies will only know how to compromise a Windows system and it takes a bit more knowledge to break into a Linux OS.
Plus, you are more safe from virus and trojans.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, Linux comes pretty secure out of the box anyway, I'm not running any servers on this machine - the most important thing is making sure the system if up to date and the root password is strong.