[TechJunkYard]

.. I probably get 2-4 RedHat Linux security fix notices a month, vs. the 2-3 that I've received from WinXP in the last .. 6 months?

Not surprising. RedHat has a squad of people testing and patching the Open Source code which goes into the distribution. If you look at a particular package, like "foobar.1.0.5-12.i386.rpm", the "-12" in the version number is the RedHat Patch Level, and RedHat applies patches to everything.

As you've observed, people are not perfect, and all OS code has bugs. It is actually a good thing that RedHat is sending you all of those notices -- it means that someone is looking through that code, even if you cannot, and fixing problems -- that's what you're paying for when you buy a major distro.

[Bush2000]

As you've observed, people are not perfect, and all OS code has bugs.

I'll try to remember that the next time you're bashing Windows security.

It is actually a good thing that RedHat is sending you all of those notices -- it means that someone is looking through that code, even if you cannot, and fixing problems -- that's what you're paying for when you buy a major distro.

Sounds an awful lot like Microsoft.