I used to use Microsoft Windows to run my PCs, at work and at home. A few months ago, I caught some nasty malware on my home PC, and it was a pain to clean up. Another couple of months passed, and I caught two viruses at once, at work, that took a couple of days to recover from. Three days ago, I got yet another malware infection on the home PC. That was the last straw.
The work PC is running automated Windows/Microsoft updates, it has a good firewall/anti-virus system, administered by a professional. The home PC doesn’t have automated updates, because the store that sold me the PC disabled them, and the automated anti-virus pattern file update isn’t working. Even after manual updates, the problems remain.
This post is arriving through a CentOS laptop. I use CentOS at work, and it is awesome. Right now, I’m using SSH, FireFox, and Evolution, and the firewall. That may be all the software I need - most of my work is in the web.
I’m not saying Microsoft or Windows are bad, but I do know that I don’t want to spend my time worrying about viruses, malware, and all the related software.
Time to make a financial contribution to CentOS. Thanks.