Talk:Using Ubuntu Linux/Introduction for Windows users

When you say it's safe, because of it's lack of a large user base, have you ever considered that's not the case?

Gnu/Linux has a large enough market share on the server side of things. Honestly if anything it's the open nature of the Gnu/Linux community that gives it inherent security. For instance, while we're using the same operating system we aren't using the same versions, or even the same software. You could be using a relatively old kernel, and I could be using a newer kernel.

It's the deviation between the community that's gives us security. On top of that, it's also the fact that companies are able to fix issues or patch security holes for their own self interest, but it also inadvertently helps everyone.

Just some food for thought. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this, but I am a bit tired of the "Market share"/"User base" argument.

GhostMD (discuss • contribs) 04:50, 7 February 2012 (UTC)