text_combined: aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom james knott wrote tero pesonen wrote friday 08 february 2008 sloan wrote tero pesonen wrote friday 08 february 2008 randall r schulz wrote linux safe used intelligently intelligent use includes using secure passwords applying security upgrades theyre made available intelligent use excludes running binaries scripts supplied unknown individuals thats complicated someone shouldnt using computer windows xp vista safe used intelligently imho using microsoft operating system intelligently oxymoron involves number additional restrictions caveats well extra costs compared using linux intelligently otoh fairly straightforward joe dont think running windows xp desktop securely rocket science parents pulled feat theyve never security issues people know least computer literate brother os x security issues wanted better computer better os xppowered wintel box run admin user applications force run admin maybe securing desktop linux system easier however long difficult side security selling point ive talked security linux windows users say need better security since security nonissue begin hand openoffice ms office became magically easier use run linux might become interested lot fundamental flaws windows create security risks one way ie tied kernel user app runs kernel space sole reason microsoft could force ie bundling ie part os goes completely good software engineering principles means problems browser become problems os thats ive gathered security windows comes patching sieve specifically replacing one section permeable wire mesh new section permeable wire mesh design many backdoors windows accidental sat 02 aug 2008 234603 0500 opensuse opensuse 11