Top for security
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| SearchSecurity.com has identifed Ubuntu as the quickest major
| Linux distribution when it comes to fixing security
| vulnerabilities.
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| "One way to make a non-scientific determination as to how quickly
| various Linux distributions publish their updates is by searching the
| Secunia database of advisories ... In this instance, Ubuntu and
| Fedora received the highest scores overall, reflecting their tendency
| to be among the first responders for many issues."
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| So, Ubuntu's free, easy to use, looks great and it's secure.
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http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/481
Apple and Microsoft are slower. They do it in 'batch mode', quite
irregularly, e.g.:
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| Redmond says 10 of the updates will address flaws -- some of them
| "critical" -- in Windows. No doubt one of the two Office updates will
| address the PowerPoint flaw that online criminals have been exploiting
| for the past month to steal information from companies.
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/08/at_least_12_security_updates_f.html
In the case of Winodws, patches tend to 'break' some other stuff, too.
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