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reya276morning everyone15:41
reya276http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/flaming-retort-cooling-the-linux-users/15:41
maxolasersquadreya276: I think the attitude that you can run Linux and be lazy with your security is very harmful.16:38
maxolasersquadAt dslreports.com there have been a couple threads with people who have Linux boxes having security issues.  They seem to revolve around the idea the user had that they could just od whatever and not worry about it.16:39
reya276I agree, but I'm not 100% sure I agree with the article16:39
reya276specially what he is claiming when it comes to OS architecture16:39
reya276I have all my system with ClamAV and ChrootKit and I run them every month16:40
reya276just to be sure16:40
maxolasersquadI do disagree with him that Linux users should run A/V to keep other Windows users from being infected.16:41
maxolasersquadI'm not running crap on my computer.16:41
reya276I mean I'm no expert but just from what I have seen on the surface the two OS are extremely different in every way16:41
reya276and that is just in the surface I can just imagine the inner workings of it16:42
maxolasersquadUbuntu is more secure out of the box, and the security it imposes on the users are a lot more sane than Windows as well.16:43
reya276well like I said the only thing I run is what Ubuntu recommends which is Clamav(if you want AV protection) and Chrootkit just for piece of mind, I don't do it with the intentions of keeping Windows users safe16:43
reya276be yes, I think the guy is a pro-windows advocate whom is "Claiming" let's all working together crap and starting a flame war just for the sake of starting one16:45
reya276I just wanted to hear what everyone here thought about that because it just seems weird to me that someone would say that the two OS are a lot alike16:46
reya276if that were the case then I would have never ever switched from Windows to Ubutu16:46
maxolasersquadreya276: Perhaps he meant that the user has a graphical environment where one can click icons to open programs and files, a trashcan, a home directory, etc.18:36
zbrowndantalizing: wooo you going to IO?19:33
RoAkSoAxitnet7: ping19:39
itnet7RoAkSoAx: pong19:56
RoAkSoAxitnet7: pm20:00
tiemonsterMy classmate keeps having trouble with AVG declaring git to be a virus. He asked me how to fix it, and I said, "wipe Windows off of your computer"20:22
tiemonster:-P20:22
maxolasersquadtiemonster: How is your app to end all apps going?20:32
tiemonsterhaven't started yet20:36
tiemonsterour first project was to submit a patch to an open source project20:36
tiemonsterwe're finishing up our patch for Node.js20:36
maxolasersquadWhat's the patch do?20:40
tiemonsterimplement some missing Win32 functionality20:48
tiemonsteranyways, off to class20:48
reya276maxolasersquad, LOL...yeah I guess that is the extend of the likeness and that is where it ends too22:15

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