Ubuntu is it secure out of the box?

opethdisciple · 22 Apr 2011 at 19:30

I have a really old laptop with win xp on it, and it was so slow to the point it was unusable.

I have installed ubuntu on to the laptop and it is usable again.

My question is do I need to run a firewall or antivirus on the pc, to use it safely on the Internet?

Also does the os auto update, or is it manual only?

opethdisciple · 22 Apr 2011 at 19:57

You don't think its necessary for a device running ubuntu to run a firewall or antivirus if its connected to the Internet?

opethdisciple · 22 Apr 2011 at 21:31

Nah, its just running on a home network, behind a NAT router.

So basically I'm not going to install or run any Anti Virus or Firewall

opethdisciple · 23 Apr 2011 at 19:10

I have to admit, I am liking the new theme for ubuntu.

Also the UI for Firefox 4 is nicer under ubuntu than windows!

A few things that still need to be worked on imo which are still minor, are there should be support for all the latest software, such as I noticed the latest version of vlc under ubuntu was 1.1.5 (I think) and Acrobat was only up to 9 etc......

Im contemplating moving the pc im currently using, which is a P4 pc with 2g ram and a ATI 4650 over to ubuntu... just for the sake of it.

But some of my favorite programs such as utorrent even itunes (not favourite) are not supported.

It seems for me any way, ubuntu is a great way to take old hardware, and breath new life in to it.