Those that wish to switch from Windows to Linux simply to avoid security problems with Internet Explorer may just find it easier to use an alternative browser and practice common sense when dealing with suspect links.
It would take a lot more work switching to Linux due to not only learning how the new operating system works, but also how to learn time saving shortcuts that come with the OS and the new productive applications needed to acquire.
This article uses the widespread threat of hackers "holding the whip hand over Windows" when in fact it's not that much different than before. There'll always be hackers and there may always be holes in IE, but if you can practice enough common sense to not click on suspect links or download attachments in e-mail, then for the most part you'll be fine working in Windows.
If I were to switch to Linux I know that I would lose at least 3-5 days of productivity just installing the damn thing.
Not at all. Feel free to distribute the links... so far I've only seen about 110 PDF downloads, 35 DOC downloads, and 22 for the preface. Total bandwidth was under a gig. We've got a few terabytes a month we can eat through. We'll survive =D
I'd also like someone to mod up the links so they get more exposure, but it's just wishful thinking.
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Those that wish to switch from Windows to Linux simply to avoid security problems with Internet Explorer may just find it easier to use an alternative browser and practice common sense when dealing with suspect links.
It would take a lot more work switching to Linux due to not only learning how the new operating system works, but also how to learn time saving shortcuts that come with the OS and the new productive applications needed to acquire.
This article uses the widespread threat of hackers "holding the whip hand over Windows" when in fact it's not that much different than before. There'll always be hackers and there may always be holes in IE, but if you can practice enough common sense to not click on suspect links or download attachments in e-mail, then for the most part you'll be fine working in Windows.
If I were to switch to Linux I know that I would lose at least 3-5 days of productivity just installing the damn thing.
Not at all. Feel free to distribute the links... so far I've only seen about 110 PDF downloads, 35 DOC downloads, and 22 for the preface. Total bandwidth was under a gig. We've got a few terabytes a month we can eat through. We'll survive =D
I'd also like someone to mod up the links so they get more exposure, but it's just wishful thinking.
This time, logged in and ready to provide clickable links to both PDF and DOC versions of the book:
Preface
DOC version
PDF version