Posted 12/30/2008 at 10:18:57am

Just a dig here guys.....

 I don't run any antivirus nor any antispywere....YET.....on my Linux box!  Two years strong, no infections to report. 

BUT on my Windows boxes I DO have protection and it pops up a warning now and then.  AVG free on one box, Avast free on another box.  Comodo firewall on both.  I dumped ZoneAlarm ISS when my subscription ran out.  Too many problems with runaway scans sucking 100% CPU time..

 Funny story:   I was surfing the inter-tubes one day and hit on a reputable site that had obviously been hijacked.  A warning suddenly popped up on my screen saying a virus had been detected and AntiVirus 2008 was doing a scan for me.  I knew this to be a known trojan but I let it play out.  After 15-20 seconds another box popped up saying my "Microsoft was infected" and for $$$ I could download the program to fix it.  Interesting event.  At the time I was on my Linux box running PCLinuxOS2007 and my WindowsXP box was OFF.  That's some strong scanner, it works on machines across the network that are not even running.  Wow........ Closed the window, moved on to other things.  No problems, no worries.  Love my linux box!!!!  I still use Windows....just not for mission-critical work.

Posted 06/06/2007 at 10:26:54am

I AM a noob but I tried somewhere around 15 flavors of linux distribution before settling on one that does the job for ME. It's a beautiful thing....find a distribution that works for YOU. As a lifelong Windoze user, I found my needs most closely met by PCLinuxOS 2007. I also run Ubuntu dual boot so I can see what all the hype is about. I'm not a Gnome desktop person and the KDE version of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, doesn't float my boat. It's all a matter of choice! How refreshing! I'm looking forward to more tests and discussion in your blog!! PCLinuxOS 2007 - Linux Noob