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anewhope wrote: »

I wouldn't recommend that anyone attempts to install Windows 7 unless they have a very good reason too. There's going to be instability, incompatibility, performance issues, dataloss, not to mention that unless you're going to be actively contributing to report or confirm bugs that you're just going to be denying someone who will be the ability to do so all so you can get it free to say "look I have new windows".

I was half tempered to install it on a VM, but can't really be bothered. Certainly wouldn't put it on a machine to be used for anything serious.

ChristopheB

bat999 wrote: »

!!!!!! is open system software anyway?

What the poster meant is Open Source Software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Very basically it means the source code for the software is made available to the public.

ChristopheB

e-victims wrote: »

Just a word of caution. People considering using open system software should investigate the security features. Unfortunately, OS systems are not as secure or robust.

A very sweeping statement and totally incorrect. Just because the software is open does not indicate either way whether the software is secure or not.

A simple example would be openbsd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD

Mrembo

You don't need a firewall or antivirus when using ubuntu.There are no open port by defaults to me these ubuntu very secure

Unstoppable_2

thompsonguy wrote: »

as good as vista

ROFLMAO. It's nowhere near.

Unstoppable_2

Mrembo wrote: »

ubuntu very secure

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Securtyfocus.com has 31 pages of vulnerabilities for Ubuntu.

From todays list of exploits for Ubuntu...

Samba Registry Share Name Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33118

OpenSSL 'EVP_VerifyFinal' Function Signature Verification Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33150

Mozilla Firefox CSSValue Array Data Structure Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29802

Mozilla Firefox URI Splitting Security Bypass Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30242

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038

Mozilla Thunderbird External-Body MIME Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28012

Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey JavaScript Garbage Collector Memory Corruption Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28818

Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey UTF-8 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31397

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882

Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281

Mozilla SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Newsgroup Cancel Message Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamokey Arbitrary Image Cross Domain Security Bypass Vulnerability
2009-01-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32351

sweetstudent

I used OS X Leopard and its the best operating system I have ever used!!!!!!

Much better than Windows and in IMHO much better than open source software as you have the updates from good old Apple!!!!

S0litaire

sweetstudent wrote: »

I used OS X Leopard and its the best operating system I have ever used!!!!!!

Much better than Windows and in IMHO much better than open source software as you have the updates from good old Apple!!!!

are these this updates that cripple the OS

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/apple_offers_mail_fix/

dreamypuma

sweetstudent wrote: »

I used OS X Leopard and its the best operating system I have ever used!!!!!!

That'll be because you wear cords and a black polo neck, while listening to Jack Johnson in a room gently scented with incense sticks. :rotfl:

Marty_J

S0litaire wrote: »

are these this updates that cripple the OS

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/apple_offers_mail_fix/

Third party plugins causing problems with the Mail app is hardly the same thing as crippling the OS. Nice try though!

dreamypuma wrote: »

That'll be because you wear cords and a black polo neck, while listening to Jack Johnson in a room gently scented with incense sticks. :rotfl:

And?