Turk Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) January 11th, 2014, 21:30 GMT · By Silviu StahieThe UK government now says that Ubuntu 12.04 is the safest operating system available, way ahead of Windows 8 and Mac OS X.The Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) is the UK National Technical Authority for information assurance and they’ve done a series of tests to find out what is the most secure operating system available for the governmental apparatus.The security assessment made by CESG included the following categories: VPN, Disk Encryption, Authentication, Secure Boot, Platform Integrity and Application Sandboxing, Application Whitelisting, Malicious Code Detection and Prevention, Security Policy Enforcement, External Interface Protection, Device Update Policy, Event Collection for Enterprise Analysis, and Incident Response.Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) has been the operating system that passed most of the test, way ahead of Windows 8 or Mac OS X.“All in all Ubuntu 12.04 LTS stacks up as the most secure of the current desktop and mobile operating systems. Supported by Canonical with free security updates for 5 years, and without malware problems, it’s hard to beat in official public sector applications. ““We are working hard to close the gap and make Ubuntu clearly stand out as the most trustworthy operating system for the future and we hope to make excellent progress before our next LTS release in April 2014, 14.04 LTS, which will be even better," said Darryl Weaver, Canonical Sale Engineerhttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-Is-More-Secure-Than-Windows-8-and-Mac-OS-X-Says-UK-Goverment-416016.shtmlAlso See:The GESG Security Assessment:http://insights.ubuntu.com/resources/article/ubuntu-scores-highest-in-uk-gov-security-assessmentReport PDF http://insights.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/UK-Gov-Report-Summary.pdfGESG End User Devices Security Guidance: Ubuntu 12.04https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-user-devices-security-guidance-ubuntu-1204/end-user-devices-security-guidance-ubuntu-1204 Edited January 12, 2014 by Turk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avitar Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 If the stupid geeks who maintain Ubuntu would make self installing .deb packages and not some .tar.gz bullshit you have to fight your life out to compile.. maybe, just maybe, ubuntu would be usable and user friendly. I don't want the frikin source code, just install the program! I wanna be able to install stuff offline, not only from the store. I'm tired of having to sudo apt-get update install ubuntu-restricted-extras every time I reinstall (every 6 months) and for once, include a nice link to a .deb package with all the copyrighted extras like the graphic driver and DX runtime, and put a disclaimer on that site. Why does the .config files have to be in the same directory? Can't you set a special directory, like /lib/bin/config and store the config files for each program there? Then again, why the f**k does my proxy settings keep getting wiped out?And last but not least, I WANNA BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHICH SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE SUPERBAR IS ON! If I want it below, let me put it there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallhagrid Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ubuntu 12.04 + LXDE + VMWare Player + XP in a VM...One great way to have all good stuff on recent h/w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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