Posted by Klavot on May 21, 2007, at 12:32:29
In reply to Re: glad things are working, posted by Meri-Tuuli on May 21, 2007, at 12:17:40
> And its opensource so I'm not entirely sure how that will protect you from an attack being that anyone can see and edit the code.
That's the beauty of it. Anyone can examine the code with the result that thousands of very smart people from around the world point out possible security weaknesses in the operating system, and these are then corrected. Only the official kernel developers edit the release code, so hackers cannot slip in malignant code, although you are free to change the kernel code running on your own machine, if you are so inclined.
I run Linux on my one computer and it is wonderful not to have to run antivirus software on it, which tends to drain system resources.
Klavot
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