Correcting Common Linux Misconceptions? 44
abolishPenguinPhobia asks: "I am a teacher at a comm. college and
was looking to install Linux on a couple machines for students to
use. I figured since the students have to learn *nix anyway they
might as well have access to some Linux machines. Anyhoo...I was
told by the network administrator that the linux machines were not to
be connected to the network for fear of viri, DoS attacks, and so on.
My question for the /. community: Why do people fear Linux? It
seems to me that people are misinformed that Linux is only a
'hackers' OS. How can we change this?" This is only one of the
common Linux "myths", and there are several more where these came from.
Is there a central clearing house of such myths and intelligent
efforts at debunking them somewhere online?
For their own protection... (Score:2, Funny)
It's nice of him to try to keep the Linux boxes safe - but he shouldn't worry. They're strong enough to surive even in such a dangerous environment.
Either he's a Bastard or a moron. (Score:1, Funny)
Yea he could be moron and really belive that, but here the quetions:
Does anything get installed HW or SW that he doesnt approve? no=bastard, yes=moron.
Are all of the schools servers running windows? yes=probably moron.
Is he pissed about the servers running windows?
yes=he's OK, no=deffinately moron.
There's really only two ways to go, he's either protecting his territory, making sure no one encroaches, or he's a moron.
Reasons (Score:4, Funny)
It's funny, you'd like gov't defense contractors dealing with classified information would WANT a more secure OS...