8.04 still a fine version

[Johnneylee Rollins]

<snip>
> I am not a security expert either but what makes Linux 99.9999% more
> secure than the "other" [ugh!] is that to do any damage to the system
> one has to execute a program as ROOT - this is what the OP really meant
> by the reference to 'password and name'. If some malware does get thru
> and somehow gets activated then the only damage it may be able to do is
> only to whatever is the user's HOME directory; want to do anything
> outside your own HOME directory you need become root (using sudo for
> example) and then also provide a password.
>
> BC
>

Personally, I think that personal data is a lot more important than
system files. system files can be replaced easily.

~SpaceGhost