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> -----Original Message----- > From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Paul > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 11:51 PM > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Interesting Article from eWeek > > I love and hate people who act like you. I can be annoying > in the same way. I'm just curious why you are trying to > "enlighten" this Linux list? At the same time? Are you loving me lately or hating me? > > Having only reviewed 1/3 of the "Open Source Security Tools" > book that I received from one of our own, I would say that > Linux as a security workstation, which is really just a > specialized desktop, is far superior to using Windows. This > is also my experience. (I'm happy to say that I haven't > learned too many new tricks from the first 1/3 of the book.) > This is significant considering that the book also covers > security tools for Windows. First off name the book please. I'm a Windows user on the desktop and a Linux User on the server side. I would very much like to find a solution that does not necessitate Windows as the base O/S. I have a copy of Xandros 2.5 and for an entry level user it's great. I loaded it on my friends PC - formally sporting Windows - and he loves it, but his use of the PC is limited to browsing and email. > > One of the first improvements that I made to Windows, based > on new information from the book, was loading "Sam Spade". > Now I have the basic tools in Windows that I have always had > available under Linux. I have also used Ethereal in Windows, > which is something that I had used long before under Linux. > Oh, and Kismet and Nessus blow away anything that I've seen > in Windows. (Well, there is a Windows client for Nessus.) > > What I'm trying to get at is that Open Source software if > good and getting better. Linux is just another piece of the > OSS pizza pie. > (Pizza, I'm sure many people will agree, is essential.) Unless on a low-carb regime. > I'm happy that OSS is making it's way to the Windows desktop. > I'm even more happy that many of the applications have been > ported from Linux. > Some examples of the OSS programs I use in Windows and/or > Linux follow: > The GIMP, OpenOffice.org, Audacity, Mozilla, wget, OpenVPN, > GPSMap, Cygwin, X-Chat, FileZilla, CDex, Bit Torrent, > OpenSSH, JLookUp, nmap, Apache, PHP, MySQL and all those Web > applications, etc.. > > Why then, do I write e-mail from Windows? Well, the family > likes to play games developed for Windows. I could cure that > by buying a dedicated game console for the TV, but I choose > not to. (Well, that and I don't have the spare cash.) And therein lies the problem. I have programs I use that can only be run in Windows. Will the apps as the author questions - ever be ported over to Linux? ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug