XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: flatfish@marianatrench.com   
      
   On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:10:42 -0600, Clavicus Vile wrote:   
      
      
   >>  If you don't trust them install and use a distro   
   >> that has a much better record on security. Ubuntu perhaps, or Mandriva.   
   >   
   > Ah, yes, the distro dance.   So my solution is to learn how to install   
   > another OS on my netbook?   What happens when I run into issues with those   
   > alternatives?   Dance some more?   
      
   Yep.   
   The majority of the Linux community have been doing the distribution   
   dance for years.   
   It's just part of the "Linux experience".   
      
   They call it choice.   
      
   Most call it a clusterfsck.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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