Adrian C wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
It is true however, that for a layman, Linux is less often targeted,
and thus you might get away with it for longer. I also think that the
average Linux user could rebuild his system if it got compromised, but
the average Windows user can't.

The "average" linux user, if they built the system themselves, would be
experienced enough to reinstall it. However, it is a great memory feat
to remember all the kludges and text file fixes to get some bits of
hardware configured correctly again. The words 'pulseaudio' and 'WPA
supplicant' are not in my good books at the moment.

Which is why the magic phrase apt-get remove pulseaudio..is there..total
crap. Use alsa..

If a user has had their machine built by someone else, then they just
have to upgrade their own human existance to sysadmin - or find
something or someone in PC World :-(

It's crazy running heavy weight do-everything operating systems in the
wilds of consumer land. Users shouldn't need to deal with file objects
ever. We should be running with 'internet appliances' - thin clients and
remote support, applications & maintenance. Business machines should
have stayed in the business world IMO. And that includes Linux...

Something nicely solidstate, plugged into a monitor / flat panel TV,
with just a web browser and broadband connection - wouldn't have been so
hard. The games console sucessors to the 80's 'home computer' are almost
there...