This software may not hold your hand much either - but if the alternative is sticking with a copy of Windows that you no longer trust with your data, Linux may be good enough.Ĭonsider the version of Linux that has been drawing the most attention lately, Ubuntu 6.06 ( http:/ / ). These days, Linux is a lot less likely to bite your hand off. On the other hand, Linux's developers have been working to fix the issues that have understandably spooked outsiders. On one hand, the security problem with Windows seems as bad as ever for many people - especially those still running pre-XP releases ineligible for some of Microsoft's latest fixes. If you were in the second group, that same aspect was more likely to be a source of satisfaction.īut that dividing line may be fading. If you counted yourself among the first group, you probably were irked by the some-assembly-required ethos of Linux.