Usage of GNU/Linux does not mean free from Virus/malware. Security is not an end product, its a process. We published a list of around 20 viruses written for GNU/Linux only!
GNU/Linux is not good because Windows is bad. Microsoft is a non-free software company and does not make PCs useless without their software. They are a voted monopoly for a number of good or bad reasons. WHY SHOULD I SWITCH TO GNU/LINUX THEN?? Because non-free software is closed and mostly non standard. If a student wants to use C,C++ or wants to explore OS internals using standard scientific software tools, UNIX philosophy has to be adopted and today's free UNIX is GNU. Microsoft is not the first or last Proprietary Software company. Apple mostly escapes bashing in software freedom events and the whole brickbats are directed to Microsoft only. Leave this issue and come to scientific details and correlating text with practical. Do you know that windows PING command uses non-standard ICMP? There are a number of such cases! Free software applications exist for windows also and i found OO running faster in windows ! The downside is that Windows Kernel and X code are multiplexed in such a non standard way that system reliability comes down. Windows crashes more than GNU/Linux. So many reboots after software installation .. Windows has become a McDonalds Burger which contains even Aloo Chaat. MS Mohit Singh GNU/Linux User Group - Meerut -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
