[CS-FSLUG] Desktop Linux Version of avast!

[Don Parris]

On Friday 27 June 2008 13:37, Greg Slade wrote:
> One of the things I've been doing is researching security products for
> Linux, as part of a wider project researching the same kinds of products
> for Windows and Mac. Yesterday, I was on the avast! site, and noticed an
> oddity: they have a free desktop version for Linux, but you can't use it
> for work. Their other Linux products are all for the server. So I wrote
>
<SNIP>

> So, in short, the way to protect a "work" Linux desktop with avast! is
> to download the free version, and then pay for it.

That's why I use only Free/Libre software.  A lot of freeware is either crap 
or restricted in how it can be used.  So what's wrong with the plethora of 
libre security tools for GNU/Linux systems?

Blessings,
Don