[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by arsenal@Nov 26 2004, 08:01 PM
Mozilla products are good. I use both Firefox (web browsing) and Thunderbird (email).

The main problem with Windows, is that people run in administrator mode all the time. Hell, I even run in Admin mode, becuase I can't be bothered to switch back and forth. Plus, I know what I am doing. I don't just install anything that looks cool, and I don't run any attachments that I get in my email. Where in Linux a simple su - and you can install anything you want. Windows, you have to log out, then log back in. It isn't very easy. Linux gets hacked all the time, so even that isn't 100% secure. There are numerous articles on removing and detecting rootkits for Linux. The difference is, Linux allows for easy switching between running as user and running as root (admininstator). The command line in Linux is much nicer as well. If Windows had a nice command line interface, that allowed switching between user and root easy, I would definately run in User mode. I am just too lazy to switch back and forth.

I beleive Mac OS X is based on the BSD kernel, which AFAIK the most secure Linux/Unix kernel out there. Are Macs immune from all the spyware as well? I know virus's and worms don't run on Macs.

In 8 plus years of mac ownership I have never gotten a virus, had spyware, had my system hijacked or even a major crash of any sort. Its kinda nice actually.