Windows v Linux

[MidnightCowboy]

One of the more sensible comparative reviews published.

https://www.itpro.co.uk/operating-sy...erating-system

[Jojo Yee]

What is the difference between a Windows user and a GNU/Linux user?”

The answer: “A GNU/Linux user reads the available documentation, then bumps his head into the monitor in despair, then, at last, uses the system. A Windows user uses the system, then reads the available documentation and, at last, bumps his head into the monitor, in despair.” :-)

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-a...of-using-Linux

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Jojo Yee

What is the difference between a Windows user and a GNU/Linux user?”

Good quote.

I swear that over too many years doing this stuff I have NEVER encountered a Windows user who has read their antivirus documentation (until after they got infected)

[Burn-IT]

I swear that in all the 30 or more years that I have been using PCs, the only time I have got a Virus is when I installed Linux from a CD supplied by a supposedly reputable Linux distributor.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Burn-IT

I swear that in all the 30 or more years that I have been using PCs, the only time I have got a Virus is when I installed Linux from a CD supplied by a supposedly reputable Linux distributor.

That's interesting. What was the virus and Linux distro affected?

[Burn-IT]

I cannot remember the details as it was many years ago and a lot has happened since then.
It would have been an early Red Hat.
Remember I have been using PCs since they first became available in this country - and I don't mean generally available. I was working at IBM in Cosham when they first brought the PC into the UK.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Burn-IT

I cannot remember the details as it was many years ago and a lot has happened since then.

Thanks. I'd guessed it was nothing recent.

Malware infested CD's were common in Brazil when I first came here 15 years ago but they were contained within Windows software selections.