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I am not a computer guy but an end user. I use Linux mint and Windows-7 ultimate on different machines.

The fantastic thing of the Linux is that other users can not even see / edit/delete / install / uninstall or any thing like that. But where as in Windows every thing above is possible!

I need the security as good as Linux free OS, is it possible to do that.

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This is an opinion based question, so it is likely to be closed unless it is reworded (it is also a shopping recommendation, which you could do away with) - also, I am not quite sure what your question is - you want a linux distro that is as secure as Windows? They are pretty even from what I have heard / read, each has advantages and disadvantages. – ekaj Dec 6 '12 at 6:01

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Well, I don't know how secure Linux Mint is out of the box, but, you do you realise that you don't have to make users an administrator when you create a new user in Windows?

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In addition, you have the option to make documents private - meaning they will not show up to other users.

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In short, yes you can do what you ask about.

Start with this and google further ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control

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