Can we get a summary without 'spin'?

Bullshit, and you know it. Ignorance is ignorance. No matter if it's not noticing the file is named "Sales_Report.doc.exe" or surfing for porn and accepting that "video player software update" that you are prompted to install. Your link is a real gem though. So, you have an unpatched machine (never wise) on an open Internet connection with no firewall (not very smart), and you say the machine is at risk? Your talents and insight are truly wasted here on Slashdot.

The secret to Malware is suckering people into installing what they "think" is legitimate software. It's easier than you think it is and it doesn't matter which OS you are using, but since Windows has the largest market share it's the optimum target. It is not that Linux can't run Malware, it can, but to write such software for such a small target is not worth the effort. Nice troll though.

This is why music should never be sold for money. This is the only song you will ever need and it's free.

This "out of date bullshit" is what you get when people who don't know anything about Windows contribute to a discussion about it. Interesting and Insightful indeed.

Well, with Linux there is little choice. Due to it's obscurity and lack of popularity, unless you put all the software in one place it would be pretty difficult to use. Also, the number of packages isn't really something to brag about. First, many of those packages are not full featured software programs. Many are single use command line tools that do little except handle [stdin] and [stdout].

Second, check out Aminet's collection of Amiga software, a machine that has been dead for awhile. Around 32,000 packages, not including any graphics, music, demo or text files.

This is an asinine quote that assumes all future Operating Systems should try and be Unix. I completely disagree. New ideas should be just that, new.

Jesus Christ! Sound is awesome! The only thing better would be stereo sound. That would be like.... well... twice as much sound!

Seriously, you know you've been using Linux too long when you consider something as trivial as sound to be a luxury.

Not quite. Not right out of the box. You have to install Wine and hope it will work. If not, you have to fuck with the settings, install Wine Tricks, or browse forums looking for somebody who found a solution. Even if it does work it loads and runs slower than it would on a native machine.

Not always. Even if you are lucky enough to be using a supported web cam, the software selection on Linux is limited, you might not be able to use an offical client that supports web cameras. (I.E. Yahoo Messanger, MSN) Try having a web cam conversation with someone on Yahoo using Pidgin. Not happening.

This is downright deceptive. Again, the software selection of Linux is very limited. Most commercial games have no Linux port. Some might work with Wine, but with severe problems. There are some free games, but they aren't that great. If you love games, Linux is a very bad choice.

Could you please be more vague?

Yeah, it is overdone, but when we get "Flying Chair" or "640k" jokes you hike them up to +5 funny. Hike up your skirt, there are better things to complain about.

The 2nd largest software company in the world with more installed software on personal computers than anyone else on the planet. More software, more to patch and update. Sweet, simple logic that anyone who has ever really worked with computers understands. Still, this is a good opportunity for jealous Linux children to point and laugh while their software, which some have dedicated their lives to, goes largely unnoticed.

Does Ubtunu, or any other Linux distro, provide a way to keep proprietary applications patched or updated? Exactly.

Oh, fuck you. Stop being a pompous ass. Some choose to deal with personal tragedy through humor and sarcasm. Your "public" concern over the self induced death of one man amid a universe this complex and incredible is a joke in and of itself.

Now there's a fallacy if I ever heard one. You can't have a wide cross section of people on the Internet, much less from a tech orientated website like this. To say otherwise is nothing but an obvious attempt to stroke the ego of fellow slashdotters by trying to convince them they are "normal". Yeah right.