... lots of missinformation here. I love linux don't get me wrong... but it is not the cure all. To say you don't have to worry about viruses is bogus. In fact writing viruses is much easier for linux. I have written several for research/educational reasons, however I can't write windows viruses. The reason windows has a bigger issue, is because more people are running windows and it is a "nicer" target for the virus writer. Also, almost all windows systems are setup in a similar way. By its nature linux has no "standard" configuration. To say it is bug free is bogus... I'm not even going to get into it, but just read linux bug fixes.

Again, not trying to put linux down. I love it to death. I just hate to see people blindly plugging it without really knowing whats going on. It's just like people thinking there is no downside to weed.

... knowledge is your friend, and NOTHING is perfect.