Comments on: Why would Linux be the best “antivirus”? A Follow-up post

By: pandora

pandora — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:47:06 +0000

Unfortunately Linux does not have the sequencer/synth apps I need to make a living. So … no Linux for me, unfortunately :/

By: Fidoman

Fidoman — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:06:05 +0000

de gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est- we all have different tastes and indeed there is a Linux for everyone..

By: Abby Bradford

Abby Bradford — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:47 +0000

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By: Commission Blueprint

Commission Blueprint — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:11:23 +0000

Awesome post, interesting read.

By: FatLoss4Idiots

FatLoss4Idiots — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:26 +0000

Linux is becoming more and more popular…

By: Forex Killer

Forex Killer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:08:37 +0000

Very interesting, well done.

By: Truth About Abs

Truth About Abs — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:07:52 +0000

Thank you for the great post.

By: Mike Golvach

Mike Golvach — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:26:31 +0000

One thing lots of folks tend to overlook when they discuss the “popularity” of Windows vs. Linux with regards to the amount of virii is the kernel protection.

Windows comes with at least 3 ways to easily destroy your system with very little privilege (vsb, active-x, wsh, etc) and does very little to protect the registry from being corrupted or destroyed. Linux imposes heavier restrictions in this arena by default, so it’s harder to figure out a way to break it.

My 2 cents: If Linux were more popular and people had to learn how to write operating system, or machine, code in order to execute a limited exploit, I think they’d still hammer Windows because it’s so much more accessible and a blackhat hacker gains just as much enjoyment from ruining one persons day as he does a thousand

BTW – Where do I get that version of Ubuntu, and can the version with that box be sent in a plain brown wrapper so my wife doesn’t kill me?

, Mike

By: Cobalt

Cobalt — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:19:14 +0000

Thanks for referencing VirtualBox, Mike. I’ve never heard of it before, which is weird because I’m pretty knowledgeable in that field (emulators and VMs.)

The knowledge… It feeds me. It is meat.

By: Mike Horton

Mike Horton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:43:41 +0000

“quote”
Marcus Says:

The only thing keeping me from switching to Linux is Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, â€¦

The only thing keeping me from switching to Linux is Adobe.

Try Ubuntu + VirtualBox

VirtualBox is very easy to set up and will allow you to run windows as a virtual machine where you can run your adobe software. With an up to date system and a healthy dose of system ram your virtual machine will practically run like a standalone pc, if not faster…