Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Why windows gets more malware than Unix ,Linux and Mac?

Distros are distributions or different types of Linux (which strictly
speaking is just the kernel and not an operating system). Distributions are
really operating systems in their own right but some people call Linux the
kernel and GNU/Linux the operating system and a distribution as a type of
GNU/Linux. And Fedora is one of the biggest distributions after Ubuntu. It
is the desktop version of Red Hat and Red Hat's main development platform.
Linux distributions can be sub divided into families and one of the main
splits is into RPM versus DEBian based systems. RPM is RedHat Package
Management. Fedora is the biggest RPM distro and Ubuntu is the biggest
Debian distro. They both run the same kernel and GNU modules but after that
they diverge quite a bit. Fedora is for power users and not as newbie
friendly as Ubuntu.

Some of these questions are easily Googled and it might be worth your time
to do some reading and then ask questions of things that you do not
understand.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 23 February 2011 01:15, Rob <sun408b@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> What is distros and Fedora?
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> >There's lots of malware for Windows because 95% of the desktop >computers
> in the world run Windows, making it an attractive target >for malware
> writers.
> >It has nothing to do with the architecture of the operating system. >None
> of the points you cite is a factor, and some of them are >incorrect:
> >1. Windows has not only a protected kernel, but multiple levels of
> >protection throughout the operating system. The security >architecture is
> considerably more complex and flexible than that of >UNIX, which is a much
> older operating system with a simple security >model.
>
> care to explain the multiple levels of protection throughout the operating
> system you speek of.
>
> >Not all of the Windows security architecture is exposed in user
> >interfaces.
>
> What do you mean?
>
> >2. This is backwards: UNIX is the inspiration for Mac OSX, and Linux
> >isn't UNIX at all, but instead a clone of UNIX.
> >3. UNIX is not a set of standards, it's just a registered trademark. >To
> use the trademark to refer to an operating system, a license is >required.
> OS developers can apply to the Open Group for a license to >use the
> trademark, which may or may not require a proprietary >certification.
>
> >You cannot install, modify, or remove critical system components on
> >Windows unless you are running under an administrator account, just >as in
> UNIX.
> >
> >Somebody has seriously misled you with respect to what UNIX and >Windows
> can and cannot do.
>
> There seems to be confusion on what root means here and admin.Has If you
> not admin you cannot do nothing that means install, modify, or remove
> critical system components .
>
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