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Laukev7:
They do not claim that it's unbreakable (although many fanatics do). They say that bugs are repaired faster because Linux is open source. It is true, though, that unices are generally solid operating systems. Of course, that does not mean that Linux is the best of them.

emh:

quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Linux+Exploit

Given, yours turned up around 516,000 results.
Mine turned up around 453,000 results. The numbers on your side are a little higher. The big difference is the geeks claim Linux is so damn secure and unhackable(even though that is far from the truth).  The Windows users don't make such ludacris claims about Windows.

Face it, no software is bulletproof(hacker proof).
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Nobody here ever made that claim.  Of course it's not bulletproof, but it's generally much harder to hack Linux than it is to hack Windows, from what I understand.

[ June 22, 2003: Message edited by: emh ]

Pantso:
It certainly is more difficult to "root" or "hack" a well secured Linux box than a windows one. This is an undeniable fact. And nobody said that Linux is hack or bulletproof. Every piece of software has bugs, let alone OSes which consist of numerous lines of code. What Linux does have however, unlike M$ is excellent support from inside the community. Bugs and vulnerabilities are quickly discovered and fixed, whereas if you wait for M$ you'll die of old age.   :D

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