Originally posted by frantaylor
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Especially when you're comparing it against balmerOS security.
The difference is this;
balmerOS originated as a SINGLE USER LIGHT WEIGHT operating system, designed for "PC's". It was originally called "DOS", and was low security because it was never expected that it would interact with networks or anything potentially hostile, PLUS, the physical limitations of an Intel 8086 with 640 kB RAM (or less...) really limited how far you could go with security. As the hardware advanced, they added more and more layers of glitter on top of DOS, but needed to maintain backwards compatibility through every step, hence they never really got away from the "single user mode" that was the main reason why their software was so easily compromised. Security on balmerOS is basically a practice in smoke and mirrors -- get an industrial fan and a rock, and it all goes away.
Linux is totally different though. It is INHERENTLY secure. It was based on UNIX, the old time NETWORK operating system that predates DOS. UNIX, and hence LINUX, are designed from the ground up to interact with networks and hostile adversaries. The security in it is at the very foundation. Linux is much NEWER than DOS, and therefore the PC hardware it was intended to run on, was much further advanced at the time, and capable of handling a system DESIGNED for security. Compared to balmer's smoke and mirrors, Linux is a maximum security prison with layered walls of concrete, barbed wire, guard towers, machine guns, bright lights, and sirens. That doesn't mean that it is INVULNERABLE, but that it is INHERENTLY [as in designed from the ground up to be] SECURE.
BTW: How exactly do you define "mainstream" that makes OSX more so than Linux?
Linux is running on FAR FAR FAR more devices than OSX.
Even GNU/Linux is probably on more devices than OSX. According to STEVE BALMER, the PC USER market share for OSX and Linux are about equal. You can look that up yourself if you're worried about the accuracy. Whether that is true or not is anyone's guess.
** and it doesn't count SMARTPHONES, APPLICANCES (like routers), or SERVERS.
If OSX is "mainstream", than Linux is EVEN MORE "mainstream".
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