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[News] Returning Sanity to the Internet by Moving to GNU/Linux

  • Subject: [News] Returning Sanity to the Internet by Moving to GNU/Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:55:14 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Botnets: Storm, Rbot, and Bobax - How to Beat Them

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| Install Linux on your computer today and all that will disappear. Linux 
| doesn’t have botnets. Linux doesn’t have viruses (only a few known and you  
| have to actually type a command to start the virus running). Linux has no 
| spyware. If you’re just getting your start, I recommend PCLinuxOS, 
| SimplyMEPIS, and Ubuntu   
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/234-Botnets-Storm,-Rbot,-and-Bobax-How-to-Beat-Them.html

If people need Windows programs, there's Wine. New version is out now.

Wine 0.9.49 Released

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| This is release 0.9.49 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
| 
| What's new in this release:
|   - Many copy protection fixes.
|   - GLSL is now the default for Direct3D.
|   - Lots of memory errors fixed thanks to Valgrind.
|   - Support for TOPMOST windows.
|   - Beginnings of an inetcomm dll implementation.
|   - Lots of bug fixes.
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http://winehq.org/?announce=0.9.49

Of course, with the exception of specialised programs, the Linux programs are
better anyway, so Wine is just a nice complement.


Related:

The end of Windows, or a security expert gives up

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| And then go and warn others to do the same. Windows is defeated - its days 
| are over. It carries the worm inside. So whatever will happen next: RIP, 
| Windows.  
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=456

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