looking at laptops

[Josef Lowder]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:52:29 -0700, eric wrote
> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 19:55 -0800, Ted Gould wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 14:51 -0700, eric wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 09 December 2007 2:26:40 pm Luis Villarreal wrote:
> > > > > I think this is what you are looking for
> > > > > http://tuxboxcomputers.com/store/customize/18. They pre-load ubuntu
but you
> > > > > have the choice to  not include an OS. They are relatively unknown but
> > > > > someone recommended them to me when i recently bought a laptop. I
ended up
> > > 
> > > According to that page, "You will never need virus protection"...ummm,
> > > what?  Either they're ignorant, or lying...either way I'm not sure I'd
> > > want to do business with such a company.  
> > 
> > I guess you're going to back that up with a list of Ubuntu viruses?
> 
> If they were to say that Linux/Ubuntu was highly resistant to virii, 
> I'd be OK with that.  But to pass it off as immune is just plain wrong.
> Linux, by design, is highly resistant to virii, and being a multi-
> user OS will contain damage rather well.  Virii haven't been able to 
> take hold in *nix-like OSes because the vast majority of people 
> running them now know better than to make such a novice mistake as 
> running as root all the time.  But given the large number of people 
> wishing to turn off UAC in Vista because it's such an inconvience, 
> how long will it be before people who don't know any better (because 
> they were told that Linux is virus-proof) start doing everything as 
> root because it too is easier?
> 
> eric

But you didn't answer the question, Eric, 
and I would be very interested to know
if there is an answer to the question 
that was asked of you. 

Can you (or anyone) provide a list of viruses (virii) 
that are known to have worked to cause damage on Linux 
distros (Ubuntu and others)?