The Linux desktop is not much more secure than Windows

You are right, it's also possible to kick a linux system.
This is the reason why it's so important to install updates and use your brain too.

Thanks for opening my eyes! A wrong sense of security is very dangerous.
[I think it's a good idea to format the HD sometimes and install a new system. I will do at weekend.]

mac users shouldnt open strange email attachments either. Come on, anyone smart enough to install linux to begin with will know not to open attachments from people they dont know. God forbid they not notice its a .desktop. This is a fallacy.

Putting aside the rediculous "my OS is better than your OS" debate, this was a real eye-opener.

I've always heard that one of the main advantages of Linux was its immunity to exploits such as this. (was one of the reasons I switched)

I suppose a false sense of security is no security at al.

Anyway glad to see it's fixed now, but not going to relax anymore!

Thanks for the video (and the dose of cold water) 5/5 & faved, so others an be made more aware.

Unberyl, just because you don't like ubuntu doesn't mean it's not Linux and shouldn't be called that. It's based on a Linux kernel therefore making it Linux whther you like it or not.

P.S. I also agree that it is not the best Linux distro but at least it's easy for beginners to learn Linux. It was my first distro.

Fooling some idiot to run a harmful script is not "infecting".

because there is a few secure flaws that means there is alot of them? what an idiot...

and why the fuck are you saying "ubuntu" is "linux". ubuntu is the worst linux I've used. Do not compare ubuntu to linux, fucker idiot asshole.

OK. We all know that Windows 7 is looming behind the corner and we'll got lots of "Linux ain't more secure than Windows"-troll posts more and more.

I just want to ask everybody - WHEN WILL THE FIRST LINUX-DESKTOP BE RAPED BY LINUX-VIRUS OR TROJAN?

Can you please bet? Besides do you really think that Linux-users are going to browse web by "root"? Do you really think they don't know this number one rule: never, ever make it with "root".

its hard to install stuff on ubuntu

Gooey is how you pronounce GUI