[Ham-Computers] Microsoft Vista in the news

[jeff]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> The only reason Linux appears to be secure is that no hacker would waste his, 
> her or it's time to try to break into the 25 or 30 computers running that 
> particular version.

careful making these kinds of statements.  There's a lot they share and 
there are linux hacks.  It's just not that great a target right now.

It will be a bigger target as time goes on and more people get sick of 
the Redmond Menace.

 >After I got up to 40 versions to decide between, I said F-it
and went back to NT.

How many did you *try*?

I'm not certain this is a valid complaint and here's my reasoning:
The look and feel is generally provided by the graphical interface 
(GUI), unless you're a command line guy.

The two biggest GUIs are KDE and Gnome.  To the best of my knowledge, 
they will run on any linux-y distribution.  You can switch back and 
forth, as well as to any of the lesser known ones.

Therefore, most of the distributions will look alike, at very least. 
Some share package mgmt systems too, further narrowing down the field.

If you'd like to give it an honest shot, dl the cd image of Ubuntu or 
Knoppix.  You can boot to it, get the feel of it, then shut it down when 
you're done - never messing with your Windows installation on the hard 
drive.  If you don't like it, you can use the cd as a coaster (like AOL 
disks).


It's not perfect, but it's stable.  It's also free.
The browsers are not full of holes.
The email clients are not virus catchers.
There's plenty of eye candy, for those who indulge.
It runs very well on older hardware.