Banking Safe With Puppy Linux

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We all worry about how safe it is to do Banking and Credit Card operations on-line.  The horror stories are endless, cyber crime and identity theft have been everyday topics for decades now, and the bad guys just get more and more tricky.

What is the solution?

The most obvious one is simply to not use a computer and the Internet to do financial stuff online.

If you want to give it a go though... and are not sure which path to take... try this article:

Banking on a Live CD

That was the first hit I got using this search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Banking+Safe+With+Puppy+Linux
... try other articles and searches yourself.

The above "Krebs on Security" article does a pretty amazing job of compacting the Linux Live CD process into one relatively short article.  Still, if you need some more background and detail on the whole Linux Boot Disk process, try my: a58tech Linux Section.

Though untested by me at this time, I like the link to the "Free ISO Burner" software for MS Windows.  it looks very compact, and user friendly.  The reviews are mixed at C-Net's Download.com, but it is likely as good an alternative as CDBurnerXP.    I reckon there is something similar for Mac OS - ISO Burning..

The bottom line is that...

For all the security articles I've read so far, the reoccurring theme is that nothing is entirely bulletproof, and it is mostly a matter of numbers.

Since Microsoft products still run on the overwhelming market share of computers world wide, they are the biggest target.  As Linux catches up, will they become a bigger target?  Possibly.  But for now Windows is still the target of choice.

As a quick aside...

You can also Run Linux on a Mac Computer.  Look for a future article on that soon.

:-)