Editing Talk:272: Linux User at Best Buy

Not that Macs or Linux are invulnerable to malware.  (Anyone else remember the {{w|Morris worm|Internet Worm}}, which would surely have ripped through Linux machines if not encountered on Unix, already, in pre-Linux days.  Other exploits ''have'' been discovered, and had to be fixed.)  Having said that, both types of machine ''tend'' to be safer from an OS security model point of view, from being a minority target that is largely overlooked ''and'' from the end-users being generally more savvy against liveware component attacks.  However with the targetted growing flood of new users, that may well be changing.  The latter two points, at least, although I'm sure ''some'' of the distros "boot as root" as well.

The speed of Linux also tends to be more from being more finely-honed by the last generation or two of geeks.  Less clutter (at least with the distros ''I'' like, YMMV with some of the more "user friendly" ones) and the somewhat intimate knowledge of the system that the user tends to get and is able to act upon if anything displeases them (although, again, that may be changing).  These days (and those days, I'm pretty sure) you ''can'' get mainstream AV programs for Linux (and Mac) and while I'm not going to say they're ''necessary'' for Linux, they're available and primed to help you out of various messes you ''could'' encounter. [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 08:07, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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 The speed of Linux also tends to be more from being more finely-honed by the last generation or two of geeks.  Less clutter (at least with the distros ''I'' like, YMMV with some of the more "user friendly" ones) and the somewhat intimate knowledge of the system that the user tends to get and is able to act upon if anything displeases them (although, again, that may be changing).  These days (and those days, I'm pretty sure) you ''can'' get mainstream AV programs for Linux (and Mac) and while I'm not going to say they're ''necessary'' for Linux, they're available and primed to help you out of various messes you ''could'' encounter. [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 08:07, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
-:Approximately 15  ago I did deactivate the firewall at my main (Linux) internet gateway for some tests only for a few minutes. I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! I only remember the root access was done by a user name r00t and my log files at "/var/log" had been deleted. When I did figure out that attack I immediately disconnected it from the internet, but I also had to do a complete new install to that system. Linux is only secure when you know how to secure it.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
-Most linux virus scanners are to scan e-mails for windoze viruses. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 04:09, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
-Is the motorbike backflip and speedaway a reference to something? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.133|141.101.98.133]] 14:03, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
-What Linux distros do you guys use (if you do use one)? #ubuntuforlife #makingalinuxOSmyself  :D --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 16:36, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
-:Arch Linux. Although I'm new to Linux, I already love it!--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.39|162.158.69.39]] 19:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
-::You use colons to indent replies. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.160|162.158.78.160]] 05:08, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
-::Arch Linux here as well. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.222.123|162.158.222.123]] 11:41, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
-I’d like to point out the oft overlooked fact that the majority of malware targets Windows based PCs not exclusively because *NIX systems are so Uber secure, but rather simply because historically Windows is the dominant OS for consumer grade computers. Malware and Adware have a financial motive and so it makes the most sense to write for an OS that holds more than 85% market share. This isn’t an excuse for Windows systems historically being underwhelming secure to put it mildly, but it is something of note.
-Whooooo! good job, Randall![[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.108|108.162.246.108]] 21:12, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
-Haha i use linux... on a VM---- {{unsigned ip|108.162.237.64}}
-:I have a Raspberry Pi that filled up its SD card, as well as WSL. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.160|162.158.78.160]] 05:08, 27 July 2020 (UTC)