On 4/20/05, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:50:27AM -0700, Rachel Garrett wrote:
> My concern about Lindows (or whatever the kids are calling it now) is > that it hangs the fruit way low and doesn't attempt to even educate the > new buyers that there could be problems. Actually, it's worse than that. They talk about Linux's better security as a reason to get Linspire. >From the Linspire home page (linspire.com), there's a link called "What Is Linux?" It redirects to http://tryoutlinux.com, which pretends to "recommend" Linspire even though the site is obviously run *by* Linspire. Among the reasons listed for "Why Linux?" is... "7. Virus Protection and Security. The basic underlying architecture of Linux was designed with security in mind. The problems MS Windows has had with viruses, worms and security breaches are well known. Some versions of Linux even come with Anti-virus integrated right into the operating system for even additional protection." I apologize for posting this right around the time many of us are eating lunch. --Rachel -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
