The Next Ubuntu Release Will Increase Its Desktop Reach
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Malware is a parasite that is too familiar with Windows, and uncommon on Macintosh and Linux. It's going to be one more justification for moving onto a different desktop. Robert McCartney has detailed an article of his hijacked Windows machine, "Cyberjustice: An Impossible Dream?"
I've never met McCartney, but I am familiar with the technical support staff at The Washington Post, and they are not slackers. In fact, every workstation and laptop is installed with several monitoring programs to fight malware and viruses. Still, a smart journalist fell prey to a phishing scam and suffered a very long two weeks from an infected system.
Personally, I also provide a fair amount of family support. My solution for my Uncle Joe, after his second installation of malware ? Ubuntu. It's what's on my daughter's laptop, my Dad's workstation, and it's what I put on equipment that is being shipped to Nyumbani, a children's residence. I've been working with Linux, and Ubuntu in particular, for several years. The result has been no viruses, and no malware.
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04, beta, and it looks very polished. IBM's Client for Smart Work is going out on Ubuntu, and it is even possible to be run on a very inexpensive VDI platform by Virtual Bridges.
Ubuntu 10.04 is the release that enterprises will begin to seriously evaluate for deployment. Maybe it should have a market slogan of "Now, with less malware than competing platforms." I should ask Robert McCartney what he thinks.
Technorati Tags: Robert McCartney, Ubuntu, Virtual Bridges, OCCS
Malware is a parasite that is too familiar with Windows, and uncommon on Macintosh and Linux. It's going to be one more justification for moving onto a different desktop. Robert McCartney has detailed an article of his hijacked Windows machine, "Cyberjustice: An Impossible Dream?"
The cyberswindlers didn't get my money, but they cost me a heap of frustration. It took two weeks and four visits to The Washington Post's IT department to get my computer back to normal.
I've never met McCartney, but I am familiar with the technical support staff at The Washington Post, and they are not slackers. In fact, every workstation and laptop is installed with several monitoring programs to fight malware and viruses. Still, a smart journalist fell prey to a phishing scam and suffered a very long two weeks from an infected system.
Personally, I also provide a fair amount of family support. My solution for my Uncle Joe, after his second installation of malware ? Ubuntu. It's what's on my daughter's laptop, my Dad's workstation, and it's what I put on equipment that is being shipped to Nyumbani, a children's residence. I've been working with Linux, and Ubuntu in particular, for several years. The result has been no viruses, and no malware.
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04, beta, and it looks very polished. IBM's Client for Smart Work is going out on Ubuntu, and it is even possible to be run on a very inexpensive VDI platform by Virtual Bridges.
Ubuntu 10.04 is the release that enterprises will begin to seriously evaluate for deployment. Maybe it should have a market slogan of "Now, with less malware than competing platforms." I should ask Robert McCartney what he thinks.
Technorati Tags: Robert McCartney, Ubuntu, Virtual Bridges, OCCS
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1. Instant library to thousands of freely available software. Just point and click.
2. Not costs for upgrade.
3. Not having to be forced to upgrade O/S based on dated hardware.
Now there are some drawbacks. The biggest is the hardware compatibility problem. That's the hardest sell I've had with implementing my Ubuntu desktop. But that barrier decreases every day and its becoming less of a concern.
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