Honeypot Project: Unpatched Linux Systems Last Longer than Windows
eWeek has an article on the Honeypot Project which reported that unpatched Linux system last longer on the net than an equivalent Windows system. What this means is that if you install Linux onto a computer and attach it to the internet without doing a single other thing to the system, it will last longer before being hacked or compromised than an equivalent Windows machine. In some cases, the time for a Windows PC to be compromised is less than 20 minutes. For the a Linux machine, it is measured in months.