It does need a firewall, but one is built in (I prefer a hardware firewall anyway) to prevent malicious access through ports. Viruses aren't really a threat to any Linux distribution, it is fundamentally more secure than Windows, because of the way it is built very few viruses have managed to affect linux; only two or three in fact. Those two or three were all made in computer labs, they could not be gained through day to day use.
./configure malware make malware sudo make install malware You get the picture ;) On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 22:40 +0000, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Some great replies- but does Ubuntu not need firewalls and virus > detectors then? and if not why not? Caroline > > On 24/01/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, I was talking to friends about Linux (Ubuntu) said > it was > > free- then they all look puzzled because they have never > paid for > > it ...it comes free with a new computer.....so then what is > my answer? > > Caroline > > The operating system, presumably Windows, comes free (actually > the cost > is built in to the price I believe) but what else comes free. > Microsoft > Office does not, Photoshop does not and, apart from bits and > pieces > which come with such items as cameras for example, I am hard > pressed to > think of what does come free. Don't forget the cost of Virus > detectors > and firewalls. There's a start others doubtless will expand. > > Norman > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > > --- > London School of Puppetry > www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
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