What makes on OS secure? The OS itself? I don't think so, computer are just machines who run some code. If you give them wrong code, in most cases they run it, is some cases they complain they can't run it. But basicly computer's aren't super (?) intelligent.
You say, they listen: if a users say's 'format c:' or 'rm -rf/', the OS will ask are you sure? If you say yes, they do the action without thinking about it.
Security comes down to the person in control of the OS. If the person in control screws up, the machine will probably be screwed up by someone/something else.
Any OS can't be made dummy prove, so security breaches will always be a problem, now and in the future. We try to work to this ideal image, but will we ever get there? Only time will tell, but i think i (24 years old) will be probably dead by then:)
Why should a distro currently ship kernel 2.4.0? If you want the kernel compile it. I don't want a shiny new distro with the latest stuff on in and crashes every time you try to do something with it.
If you want the latest and newest stuff, just get the newest stuff directly from the CVS from the creators of the new and shiny stuff you want.
A distro to me should be a stable building block where i add the stuff i want (shiny/new or older/stabler). Just think back to the RedHat 7.0 release with the CVS build from gcc. *Brrr*.
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What makes on OS secure? The OS itself? I don't think so, computer are just machines who run some code. If you give them wrong code, in most cases they run it, is some cases they complain they can't run it. But basicly computer's aren't super (?) intelligent.
/', the OS will ask are you sure? If you say yes, they do the action without thinking about it.
:)
You say, they listen: if a users say's 'format c:' or 'rm -rf
Security comes down to the person in control of the OS. If the person in control screws up, the machine will probably be screwed up by someone/something else.
Any OS can't be made dummy prove, so security breaches will always be a problem, now and in the future. We try to work to this ideal image, but will we ever get there? Only time will tell, but i think i (24 years old) will be probably dead by then
Why should a distro currently ship kernel 2.4.0? If you want the kernel compile it. I don't want a shiny new distro with the latest stuff on in and crashes every time you try to do something with it.
If you want the latest and newest stuff, just get the newest stuff directly from the CVS from the creators of the new and shiny stuff you want.
A distro to me should be a stable building block where i add the stuff i want (shiny/new or older/stabler). Just think back to the RedHat 7.0 release with the CVS build from gcc. *Brrr*.