[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H/T to HardOCP .

[wally_bert]

I am running Ubuntu on a used dell 810 I got for $30 (nothing wrong with it really) and really like it a lot.

[re_nortex]

For those of us who compile our own kernels (2.6.35 just came out a few days ago), we can turn off a lot of code that for devices and facilities we don’t need. This limits the attack horizon and reduces system overhead.

[Deagle]

Hmmm... not so sure here...but what the hey... I suspect that unix/Linux is more secure because it is less used than Windows and not exploited as much. May be untrue, just my feelings. Now I do love Ubuntu so am not totally prejudiced...just that I think you might be a bit unfair.

Windows has become more secure (Windows 7) and really should not be denigrated so much. I do think that Ubuntu is a really nice alternative though.

Security will eventually depend upon which operating system is in the majority. I do like the faster response to fixing problems in Ubunto though - that is a plus.

Otherwise, this is not much of a revelation - the dominating OS will always be a target and have the most problems.

To all those that look for reasons to NOT use Windows, well good luck... It is a good operating system and will probably remain the dominate system for the next decade.

[Carling]

Probably for the same reason that Firefox has less security risks than IE.

Hardly anybody uses it...

[Gene Eric]

>> Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows

Because Windows users are more insecure.

[politicianslie]

for later

[ShadowAce]

[martin_fierro]

Current project is trying to get Ubuntu (but it's looking more like it'll be Lucid Puppy) to run on this old thing that I inherited this week.

It looks like a laptop, but has no battery nor PCMCIA slot.

Its RAM is a 256MB, PC133 stick (not SODIMM), upgradeable to a whopping 512MB.

Celeron CPU, and a whole 10 gigs on the hard drive.