How virus immune is Linux?

[James]

Quick update. After some google searches and tweaking I have one of my Ubuntu installs encoding my DVD's to my home network hard drives. With WinXP I was getting around 90 fps with Ubuntu it is running around 135 fps.
Is that all from going from 32bit to 64bit? I briefly tried to get Handbrake to run on Win 7 but after I installed Ubuntu I ditched that idea. So I don't know what the difference in fps would be going from 32bit windows to 64bit.

Yes, as well as the fact that the Linux network stack has always been higher performing than Windows.

[vertices]

Did you get Cinnamon going? I really like Cinnamon. It will also be the default desktop environment in Mint 13. If you like Mint, may as well start using Cinnamon as that's the way they are going. Don't forget to change to it at the login screen after installing.

[ImaNihilist]

Quick update. After some google searches and tweaking I have one of my Ubuntu installs encoding my DVD's to my home network hard drives. With WinXP I was getting around 90 fps with Ubuntu it is running around 135 fps.
Is that all from going from 32bit to 64bit? I briefly tried to get Handbrake to run on Win 7 but after I installed Ubuntu I ditched that idea. So I don't know what the difference in fps would be going from 32bit windows to 64bit.

Yeap, HandBrake is one of those few kinds of applications that actually see performance increases from 64-bit processing.

[vertices]

Just upgraded a couple machines to Cinnamon 1.4. Really liking it. Great direction they are going in.