[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Ted Gould]

On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 14:23 -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> > All in all, they're trying to duplicate the "friendliness"
> > of Windows.  And that's just SOOOO wrong.  People who think
> > Linux distros are "hard"... just don't understand the
> > complexity of being on a shared network.... Windows makes
> > 1001 assumptions... and has a myriad of security issues.
> > We don't need to emulate them.
> 
> Could you give some examples of Ubuntu security flaws that are created
> through this "duplication of Windows"?  I'm not aware of any.  In fact,
> I can largely only think of security enhancements.  The hiding of the
> root user.  Apparmor by default.  No external services enabled by
> default.
> 
> Sure, shared networks are complex, but there's no reason to pass that
> complexity on to users.  That's an issue for developers and engineers.

Though in retrospect I was probably a little bit aggressive here, I do
want to point out that there isn't a reason to compare the security of
Ubuntu to that of Windows.  Lack of difficulty doesn't related to the
security of a given system.  It's a false comparison.

		--Ted