My personal experience is much different. I've been using Windows since
Windows 95 or almost 15 years. I've had perhaps 2 virus infections
(that I'm aware of, of course) that did no damage (that I'm aware of, of
course). I don't believe I've had any incidents on XP. But I am pretty
rigorous on antivirus/anti-malware protection and, probably most
important and the difference between me and your school district users,
is that I am probably much more cognizant of what represents a potential
risk on a website or in email than your typical end user. At least I
hope so. :-)
I do believe that security in XP and later versions is significantly
better than earlier versions but the bad guys are also 10X as smart as
they used to be.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/19/2010 7:13 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Don't know if this is any reassurance, but it only took my decidedly
> non-computer-savvy spouse about two weeks to get adjusted to the differences
> with Ubuntu from Windows for the majority of things she needs to do.
>
> If the experience of our Windows users at a school district (referring here
> to staff, not students) is any guide, Windows security is not significantly
> better with newer versions than old. We maintain a seriously locked down
> network (only allowing in and out those things we know our people need on a
> regular basis. Yet we still, despite up-to-date antivirus/anti-malware
> efforts, deal with a half-dozen or more infection incidents per week. Given
> that there seems to be no way to protect one's Windows installation
> adequately, due to the large number of attempted exploits chasing what
> appears to be an equally large number of security holes (and the slow pace
> of Microsoft's repairs to those holes) I personally wouldn't use Windows for
> anything where my personal data was at risk.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Chuck Norcutt<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Security and the overhead of dozens of background processes. But the
>> thought of switching to a new environment that I'm only vaguely familiar
>> with is maybe even scarier.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 9/19/2010 12:49 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>>> I concur. I use both Gimp and Digikam, and I often forget all about
>> Krita,
>>> with which I should play some more. Digikam I love for its cataloging
>>> capabilities. File in folders simply by date, then apply tags to make
>> images
>>> findable any way you like.
>>>
>>> What's gotten you thinking of making the switch, Chuck?
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Scott Gomez
>>
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