[leglug-users] BSD vs Linux, 1st machine and general knwoledge question

[Nabil Kabalan]

hey all, 1st i want 2 express how "proud" i am with all the buzz thats going on ;)
my 1st encounter with computers was a Pentium 1, 66Mhz MS-DOS (with windows 3.1) -was that safe 2 say :p-
i just want 2 add something about why linux isn't wide spreading as much as it "should", well there are a lot of reasons that Hisham mentioned and are all true on the enterprise level, on the personal level well its bad publicity like this:
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10095/1090/
and the fact that most people really want a simple system 2 deal with and whether we like it or not they look for something "flashy"/eye candy and suites their needs and interests (take the gamers community for example) most games are NOT supported by linux... 
my main machine is a Mac simply because it looks nice and i need it to run applications that i work on, but i have a FreeBSD -i favor UNIX over linux- on my machine home.
i totally agree with whom said that the only true security is physical security which means that i need to hold on tight to my laptop which makes me look more paranoid than secured :s however i've had this question since my early days with linux and most of whom i asked b4 didn't give me an answer that satisfied me: If a system is open source meaning everyone can get to the source know/understand how it works wouldn't it be easier to "design" a way to crash it? i know that there are crash safe scenarios and safe plans but aren't these also open source? 
i admit that i want a linux system that is eye candy and a "looker" as much as its functional and flexible, i enjoy playing games on my pc too
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