vincevincevince - 11:39 am on Nov 11, 2012 (gmt 0)

Linux for desktop use is very very safe; for server use, there are risks (mostly due to the exposure and the need to run certain core outward-facing services) but with good practice you can almost entirely remove them.

I've had no virus problems in around a decade of desktop Linux use, as in no virus problems at all. In fact, I've generally used the Linux system to check third party media for dodgy executable before risking using the media in a Windows machine.