[dba-Tech] Ubuntu Linux is the most secure OS

Salakhetdinov Shamil mcp2004 at mail.ru
Sat Jan 25 04:35:00 CST 2014


 Hi Jim --

> what about Windows?
MS Windows and MS Windows Mobile seems to be recovering: " Surface’s Solid Quarter Lends Credibility To Microsoft’s Strategic Choices"

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/surfaces-solid-quarter-lends-credibility-to-microsofts-strategic-choices/

-- Shamil


Friday, January 24, 2014 5:31 PM -07:00 from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi All:
>
>According to the UK government Ubuntu Linux 12.04 was the clear winner when it came to security.
>
>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/linux-the-clear-choice-for-security/?tag=nl.e099&s_cid=e099&ttag=e099&ftag=TREd8c0fa8# .
>
>The link to the full UK government evaluation is as follows:
>
>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-security-guidance--2
>
>and Canonical's summarization graph PDF:
>
>http://insights.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/UK-Gov-Report-Summary.pdf
>
>Things of course can change rapidly and there have been many improvements to Ubuntu 12.04 as the current version is now 13.10 and new improved version will be arriving in April. Rest assured Ubuntu will be striving for a perfect score but what about Windows?
>
>Jim
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