Again, isn't that the same thing a Windows user would say? Yet many viruses find ways to run as an admin. I know that this isn't an issue with linux yet, but to assume it will never be an issue is a very insecure position to take.
I told them they could click on any email virus they wanted
Maybe its just me here, but I think that might be a very dangerous way to think about viruses. Sure there aren't that many viruses know to affect Linux boxes, but one nasty one, possibly written by a Windows geek who's fed up with your kind of thinking, could do a lot of damage. Combined with the simplistic idea that "I have linux, no virus can touch me" and the growing popularity of Linux, I see a growing potential for harm.
Without those who live in the country where do you think your clothes, food, and other staples of both consumer and commercial life would come from. Those outlying regions are crucial for maintaining your life in the city. Should they suffer from lack of access to the fine things you have simply so that you can save an extra couple of bucks?
Seems like a narrow minded viewpoint to me.
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Again, isn't that the same thing a Windows user would say? Yet many viruses find ways to run as an admin. I know that this isn't an issue with linux yet, but to assume it will never be an issue is a very insecure position to take.
Maybe its just me here, but I think that might be a very dangerous way to think about viruses. Sure there aren't that many viruses know to affect Linux boxes, but one nasty one, possibly written by a Windows geek who's fed up with your kind of thinking, could do a lot of damage. Combined with the simplistic idea that "I have linux, no virus can touch me" and the growing popularity of Linux, I see a growing potential for harm.
Without those who live in the country where do you think your clothes, food, and other staples of both consumer and commercial life would come from. Those outlying regions are crucial for maintaining your life in the city. Should they suffer from lack of access to the fine things you have simply so that you can save an extra couple of bucks? Seems like a narrow minded viewpoint to me.