Right on Knitebane. Don't forget to mention that Linux is virtully virus immune and when there is a flaw Novel, or whoevers version it is, fixes it quickly. As far as browsers go, I use netscape and save a lot of problems for myself when it comes to spyware and viruses. Just my 2cents...
Linux, due to the way it is designed is very difficult to infect with a virus when it is operated normally. If you do a dumb thing like log in as root all the time, then virus infection is quite possible.
But note the difference. Under Linux you have to go out of your way to become vulnerable to viruses. Under Windows, you just have to use it normally.
Bug fixes don't come from a company like Novell. They come from the hundreds and thousands of people who use Linux. They can do this because they have the source code.
Netscape is a decent choice for a browser. (actually, once you get away from the buggy and unsecure Internet Explorer using a browser is generally reduced to a matter of taste.)
I've tried Opera and it's ok. I've tried Galeon and Netscape and even though both of them are based on Mozilla, I keep coming back to Firefox, although I also have Konqueror handy to replicate the kinds of functions that IE handles on Windows (file management, multimedia, etc.)