Ubuntu blues

[Martin Alderson]

I totally agree. But sadly every single one of those problems is going
to occur on Linux.

1) We will get viruses still. Viruses can very easily live in
userspace. Therefore, Linux offers no extra protection. Infact, it
probably offers less due to the huge array of programming languages
(python, perl, php, bash etc etc) that it offers straight away. This
means lots and lots of filetypes to exploit.

2) Spyware, again, is a userspace thing and therefore can very easily
happen. I could write you a Firefox extension that you could nistall
and it would popup with a random advertiser every 5 seconds.

Martin

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:51:54 -0500, demon666_nl <dlist at ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Alderson Wrote:
> > For gods sake, it's not a damn religion. It's an operating system - a
> > means to an end.
> >
> > Morales should not be 'opensource software for desktop'. It should be
> > things like violence, racism, equality etc etc etc.
> >
> > Children will 'grow up' and learn about this stuff in their own time.
> > Just teach them what they need to know and the stuff they need for
> > later life, not give them a crash course on why the GPL is far suprior
> > to MIT licensing.
> >
> >
> 
> hehe allright I admit I'm a religious fanatic :mrgreen:
> I was imitating religious flames. I little humor won't hurt anyone
> right.
> 
> But seriously what I did mean what I say (by including those links) :
> 
> The only way to gain marketshare on windows is if we nerds encourage
> everyone to try an open-source desktop like Ubuntu. Let's make linux
> easier to use.
> 
> Why would we nerds want a bigger marketshare for linux ?
> 
> Because that way linux will become better :
> 
> - we will save ourselves time doing uninteresting windows-manintance
> - we will get less virusses in our email-boxes
> - linux hardware support will be better
> - we will get native cutting edge games (not only some but the majority
> will also run in linux)
> 
> For avarage-desktop-users this should mean :
> - no spyware
> - no viruses
> - as easy as windows
> 
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