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

[Maxim]

most of oss software is mainstream, is audited and viewed by loads of people
and problems that are found tend to be fixed... but if am an evil doer, yeah
I can find a problem and exploit it :)

On 3/4/07, Nabil Kabalan <nabillu at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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