herzogbrigit...@t-online.de <herzogbrigit...@t-online.de> schrieb: > Hello there, > I'm a new user of the great Debian distro for my Desktop. But when I talked > to a friend and I told him, that I'm using Debian (Wheezy) for my desktop > computer, he told me that I shoudn't use it because it is not secure. He told > me to use Ubuntu instead. He explained that with the fact, that Ubuntu has > more security features enabled than Debian (also more compiler flags for > security) in a fresh install.
Your friend has missed a very important aspect: Ubuntu only provides security support for the "main" and "restricted" archive sections: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Official_Support But since the "universe" section is enabled by default, you'll end up with a lot of unpatched security vulnerabilities on Ubuntu systems. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnlnhast.2c4....@inutil.org
