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Why is Linux security so much better than Windows?

Posted by Bob_Robertson on · 4 comments
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Have you ever wondered why Linux systems seem to get hacked so much less than Windows? Here is an excellent example: Imagine for a moment someone at a Windows conference going on for an hour, with source code and subsystem examples, all the ways he could imagine hacking into Windows via the USB system.

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Comments (4)

kenholmz ·
@Bob, thanks for posting this one. It didn't take many words to make the point.
Bob_Robertson Story submitter ·
Brevity is the soul of wit.
helios ·
and wit is directly proportional to intelligence...

So three Linux users walk into a cyber cafe...
Bob_Robertson Story submitter ·
I was in a really fun medieval morality play back in 1991 called "Wit and Science", in which I got to play the big bad guy, Tediousness.

After all, Wit must overcome the evil characters of Ignorance, Sloth and then Tediousness, in order to win the hand to Lady Science. Lots of fun, got to growl and stomp and hit a guy over the head with a foam log.

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