LINUX SAFE ?

Is linux really safe from virus and other attacks. I am of the opinion that Linux is better safe from virus than Hacking. There are some 60,000 virsuses for windows, 40 for Macintosh , 5 for commercial unix versions and 40 for linux.

Wat make Linux catchy - Linux users if really want to damage the OS must have root permissions, dat is he/she must login has Root to execute commands. since most users create logins of their own and never use root as a user for normal operations on linux its really safe. It's easy to run executables in the Windows world, and users who get an email with any of virus codes has executable files are easily affected.

The best illustration is here- A user in linux if want to run a executable file dat he/she receives as attachment in email, has to read, save, become root and then execute the file. The more steps, the less likely a virus infection becomes, and certainly the less likely a catastrophically spreading virus becomes.

Unfortunately, running as root (or Administrator) is common in the Windows world. Windows XP, considered Microsoft's most secure desktop OS, automatically makes the first named user of the system an Administrator, with the power to do anything he wants to the computer.

Comments welcome!