10-13-2017, 03:41 PM
[member=7114]ian_r_h[/member] ,
In case you're keeping track of responses, here is my testimony on this. I just run regular updates and upgrades, avoid installing software requiring WINE, and install as much as I can from the supported repositories. I don't use clamav, and I run Windows in a virtual machine. I avoid dual booting. I did so at the beginning. But my purpose was always to learn what I needed to move full time to Linux. And I've been full time now for 2 years.
I don't believe the stories claiming Linux is insecure. I'm no longer a newbie, but I've done similar research, and the facts I found led me to doing the above.
In case you're keeping track of responses, here is my testimony on this. I just run regular updates and upgrades, avoid installing software requiring WINE, and install as much as I can from the supported repositories. I don't use clamav, and I run Windows in a virtual machine. I avoid dual booting. I did so at the beginning. But my purpose was always to learn what I needed to move full time to Linux. And I've been full time now for 2 years.
I don't believe the stories claiming Linux is insecure. I'm no longer a newbie, but I've done similar research, and the facts I found led me to doing the above.
Want to thank me? Click my [Thank] link.