[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[terry]

2009/3/29 Ted Gould <ted at gould.cx>

> 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.
>

It is a good thing that ssh is not installed by default on a Ubuntu system
because "hiding the root user" is not a security enhancement.  Not setting a
password for root and therefore not having access to it and giving all admin
rights to the user can not be a security enhancement, it could only be
called a breach of security.  It may make the system simpler and easier to
install and negotiate by the novice user but I see no way we can construe it
as a security enhancement.