[12:35:57] Dr. F: I don't know who pgp is, but he doesn't know that Linux sucks the sweat off a dead man's testicles...
[12:48:32] Dr. S: pgp, Dr. F, is `pretty good privacy', and linux rocks.
[12:49:41] … An example: `D' plays World of Warcraft under its intended operating system, Windows. Dr. S plays an identical copy of the game (literally, copied) under linux using WINE. D's is unstable. Dr. S's is rock solid.
[12:52:46] … Another example: Dr. S clicks on a file in windows. It contains a virus. The virus installs, grabs credit card details, transmits them elsewhere, intercepts attempts to use a browser, re-writes the master boot record and blue screens. The disk needs to be low level formatted and the operating system (such that it is) reinstalled. In another world, Dr. S. double clicks an infested file under linux. It tries to access system files to install, and Dr. S is asked for his super user password (required for all installations). Dr. S smells a fish and politely declines. No damage.