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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Just the installed Windows Defender. No Norton, no McAfee. I used to like Avast. But Windows no longer needs it.
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And there's a bug in Defender that slows Intel-based CPUs. And most virus checkers scan each website in your browser, which slows access. Most Windows users overcome this delay by using more and more powerful machines. Not necessary in Linux.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Again, it is because so few people use Linux, so nobody bothers to target it. There is Linux Malware.
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Almost all Linux malware requires that you install it. You won't find "drive-by" malware on Linux (at least none that I've ever heard of). Linux is better, more secure, by design. I do manually scan downloads with a version of anti-virus (ClamAV) to check Windows files I download (like the Sony T2 updater) but I do this so I don't pass a Windows virus on to another Windows user, not because I'm worried about infecting my computer.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I have an old potato laptop that I run Fedora on. It works. But I wouldn't dream of saying it runs rings around any of my old Windows PCs.
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I run
modern Debian Linux installs on some really old machines (even on an Atom Netbook with 1.5 GBs of RAM).
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I already mentioned: everything runs on Windows.
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Which has nothing to do with robustness.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
To use a thread-related example: If you want to run K4PC 1.17 and you are running modern Windows, you're golden.
If you are on a Mac running modern firmware, you're out of luck.
If you're on Linux, you might be able to get it running if you have a degree.
Of the three OSes, two will require you to own an actual Kindle to back up your books.
That's what I mean when I say Windows is more robust.
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As I mentioned in another post, it's not because Linux can't run it under Wine, it's because Amazon rejects the connection. Apparently, if you can make Amazon think you're a newer version of K4PC (then downgrade), it'll bypass that rejection — but this has nothing to do with Linux's capabilities (even under Wine).