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I totally agree with sakuramboo. #9 at the very least should be called security by obscurity. But as he/she pointed out that this has failed many times.

I also feel that while putting a "." in front of a file/directory hides the resulting file/directory this is also security by obscurity. If you're running Linux to begin with it doesn't take that much effort to do a "ls -a" from the command line or turn the "View hidden files" feature in a window manager to see the hidden files/directories.

Having the home directory on a separate partition only helps when doing a data backup. This doesn't help with security.

I have to admit that I never thought of an antivirus on Linux. At least I haven't thought of any good uses. But I do see your point on using it to help filter email.

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