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My secret to virus immunity: Linux

Nov 24, 2005 7:18PM PST

No viruses, adaware, spyware, worms, etc. All without performing weekly and sometimes daily scans. And for those of you who decree that Linux is still too esoteric for the public at large, there are many distros out there that are very intuitive, GUI oriented, and STABLE. For a first time user, you can't go wrong with Red Hat/Fedora Core or Ubuntu. All 3 distros provide the stability of Linux, the look and feel of Windows, office productivity software, and at a price that, well...you know where I'm going with that one Wink

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