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Another reason to use linux
hoojchoons:
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Originally posted by Windows XP user 0987866278378:
Yes, because no one would waste their time writing a virus for such an unpopular OS
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You must be ignorant as well as stupid. Otherwise you wouldn't have been coming back for more. A question for you: Who would even bother write a virus in C or C++? On the contrary, writing a virus in Visual Basic is childs game. Hell, you can even learn how to do it :D . On top of that you seem to ignore GNU/Linux's whole architecture as an Operating System.Even if there were a virus in Linux, it wouldn't compromise the security of your system if one hadn't logged in as root! Please, before coming here talking nonsense, try to read as much as you can about Linux.
Oh, I forgot something. There are virus scanners for Linux. Yeah, like Amavis for example which searches for Windoze virii (in case Linux is beeing used as a server or router :D )
One last thing. I wouldn't call Linux unpopular since it holds already more than 30% of the server market. If you still think Linux is unpopular have a look at what M$ thinks of such an unpopular OS. Now, fuck off :D
slave:
Why don't you squeeze the doughnuts out of your ears and get some sense into that dormant organ you keep hidden inside that thick skull of yours? Did it ever occur to you that it is easier to write a virus in visual basic rather than C++ because basic is a much easier programming language? Do you realize that you don't need to be root to have all the files in your home directory, where all the documents and local program configurations are, infected or wiped out? I've already posted an article on this forum describing how deluded the notion held by Mac and Linux users is that their operating systems are more somehow more secure than Windows. There are and have been huge gaping security holes in BSD and Linux, but people don't hear about it like they do when one of Microsoft's operating systems has a problem. And, actually, since no one has any official quality control over Linux like Microsoft does, and due to the fact that very few people are actively trying to discover Linux security flaws compared to the legions attempting to hack Windows every day, it is very likely that Linux has far more security holes in it than Windows does, as Windows has undergone much more rigorous scrutiny. Also, I keep my system up to date, run a virus program and a decent firewall, and I've never had a problem.
PS Speaking of easy to write, I could e-mail you a shell script with the single command rm -Rf ~ and you'd be done for.
Calum:
well done, you get the prize. EVERYTHING in that post was actually wrong! i am utterly stunned! i have never seen such concentrated moronity here so far! and i've been here since it all started in november! You could almost exactly write a post saying the exact opposite of everything you just said, and you would be right on the money! There is no point me responding to anything you post from now on. In fact the only responses you will ever get from me from now on will be completely devoid of substance. You have ceased to be a rational being in my opinion. Good luck in the world. Let me know when you can successfully distinguish between your elbow and your arse!
slave:
quote: In fact the only responses you will ever get from me from now on will be completely devoid of substance.
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You mean they had substance before?
Calum:
oh ha. pass me a needle i think my sides have burst. what hilarity.
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