Comments on: 5 Reasons why Linux is Secure against Viruses than Windows

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By: Kyle Barnhart

Kyle Barnhart — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:51:09 +0000

But those “million .conf files” can be more stable than a registry. A simple google check will tell you location of file, which could be modified.

Linux has been my friend because of low memory use, more customizable than Windows, virus-free environment, and I can run my necessary Windows-only apps too. Linux actually has a more stable structure due to it’s GPL license, as the others said. If Windows went open-source, I think they could benefit from it.

By: Myshkin

Myshkin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:21:28 +0000

“No registry”

No, but you end up with a million .conf files scattered all throughout the filesystem.

By: Richard Chapman

Richard Chapman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:53:00 +0000

@ Mark Sanborn

Yes, that’s exactly the point I was trying to make. Linux is more secure because more eyes see the code. There are other reasons too like permissions. Some people, who suffer from paycheck induced ignorance, pretend that Windows is apparently less secure than Linux because it’s more popular and therefor a bigger target. The faulty logic goes on to posit that Linux is apparently more secure because of its obscurity. This nonsense is scattered through the Internet like buckshot.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:33:38 +0000

@JKirkwood
Thanks for pointing about grammar actually English is not my first language but anyways will try to improve.

By: Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:25:49 +0000

Good article, my only fear is that people are used to throwing the sudo command around and being a root user won’t mean much if viruses start to come out for Linux.

@Richard,

Yes, Linux is open source which means that hackers and others can attempt to reverse engineer to find vulnerabilities. This actually leads to more fixes and MORE secure code.

Promoting security through obscurity is not the answer.

By: JKirkwood

JKirkwood — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:51:01 +0000

You really should take a look at your grammar and punctuation.

By: Richard Chapman

Richard Chapman — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:03:12 +0000

You named only one reason why Linux is more secure than Windows. The other 4 can be reduced to Linux is not Windows, which it is not but it says nothing about why Linux is more secure. Linux, like all Open Source, is transparent. Everybody sees the code. There are far more eyes with good intentions looking at the code than those with bad intentions.