The question is, how did you get the virus? Linux has its own headaches I hate dealing with, namely: compiling, recompiling, missing library, this lib doesn't work with that lib so make a new directory, edit the makefile to run this to run that, edit the config file in some format you don't know the flags for without googling, copy paste the magical incantation command line args to get something to run, half-finished software, and more. Unmistakably linux! It's still a headache, just a different kind than windows, but to write off the whole OS because you have gotten a virus is just wrong. Full disclosure: I happen to like Linux, too.

In reply to Re^2: What is perl doing right? Perl can access internet - browser, telnet, others cannot by Zen
in thread What is perl doing right? Perl can access internet - browser, telnet, others cannot by nickm

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