“Linux (and Mac) are rock solid and virus proof.”
They’re virus proof?
Almost. Unlike windows, nothing can be installed unless you give explicit permission.
More or less the thing about Linux that makes it secure you cannot make any changes to your system unless you are Root in other words you have to be administrator to make changes to your OS.
The other thing is you can have different partitions for Home,Root, Boot or any other variant having your Home directory on a separate partition means you can completely reinstall your system and not touch your personal files.
Linux is nothing like it used to be it is much like windows as most functions are just point and click, you can also run a dual boot system say windows an ubuntu use ubuntu to surf the net an windows for other things! Go here to read up on Linux also you can download a distro and try it out without installing!!
If you ran Linux for awhile I promise you you would find yourself booting into windows less often.