Linux is considered to be more secure than Windows.
Linux is better than Windows for servers because it is more stable and more secure which are two important reasons why it is better for your server and why you can trust it more.
it depends if firewall setup correctly or not , but in general windows is more vulnerable than Linux
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* Most Linux operators are more familiar with the inner workings of their systems than most Windows users, so they are usually more capable of setting up their machines securely. * Many Windows "features" require execute and other priviledges on the machine. This means that, by default, Windows security is set up to be looser. These priviledges can be taken advantage of by people with malicious intentions against users that have not made adequate security adjustements on their machines. * Most "hackers" want to get the most bang for their effort. Since Windows is used on far more computers than Linux, they focus their efforts on creating hacks or viruses that effect Windows systems.
Linux has the advantage of not being susceptible to the many Windows-based viruses and malware programs floating around. It is a more secure system in that respect.
Windows XP. Windows 98 never had a secure design to begin with, and it has received no security updates since 2006. Windows XP is still receiving security updates, and will continue to do so until 2014.
Windows Vista is notably far more secure than Windows XP.
Windows or Linux. Its a users option for this. Linux is free but Windows is more popular.
Because only 4% of people use OSX, so no one bothers to attack it. Even less people use Linux, and it is super secure.
if you mean the security from viruses between linux and windows, then linux is much, much more secure. You hardly even need anti-virus software for it. Also, the categories of this question are wrong, change it to Operating systems/ electronic software.
Vista is not the best operation system. Windows 7 is faster and technically superior, Windows XP is stable and mature and unix/linux is more secure.
Because Linux evolved from UNIX, but Windows evolved from DOS.