If you??™ve ever been
responsible for managing a computer network, you know what a daunting task virus
protection can be. Using Windows-based e-mail clients and browsers exposes your
network to a wide variety of virus, worm, and spyware threats. You must spend large
amounts of money and time deploying anti-virus software to keep your network
systems from becoming infected.
However, most viruses, worms, and spyware apps won??™t run on Linux. By
deploying Linux on the desktop, you can conserve valuable time and money by
eliminating the need for anti-virus software.
In addition to a desktop operating system, Linux can also be deployed as a server
operating system.
Linux as a Server
Linux works great as a server. In fact, Linux is experiencing widespread acceptance
in the server room, much more so than on the desktop. That??™s because Linux can
assume a variety of server roles, including the following:
?– File Server Using the Network File System (NFS) or Samba service, Linux
can be configured to provide network storage of users??™ files.
?– Print Server Using the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) and
Samba services together, Linux can be configured to provide shared printing
for network users.
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