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Linux Virus (Not) Causing Problems (peterdonis.com)
1 point by vog on Aug 14, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Uh, this is not really a tech article, its more of a fanboy article, or something. When he says "all other operating systems" I'm not sure what he's talking about, because most of the statement is basically untrue...


this is not really a tech article, its more of a fanboy article

Blog author here. I wasn't trying to go into technical detail; I was just commenting on how much of a non-event Linux viruses are compared to Windows ones (and, to a lesser extent, OS X ones).

When he says "all other operating systems"

I didn't say "all other operating systems"; the only ones I mentioned other than Linux were Windows and OS X. In terms of desktop users, that basically is "all other operating systems", but I realize that's not true in other areas of computing, and I certainly wasn't trying to imply that, for example, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc. have more virus problems than Linux does. I was only talking about the systems I specifically mentioned.

most of the statement is basically untrue...

Not sure what this is referring to; perhaps the above will help clarify what I meant.




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