of kids want an iPad
The Nielsen Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the iPad as one of them.
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super-secure version of Windows aka Ubuntu 9.04 with Bliss background
At this point, the stability is probably on par :p
Stick to 8.10 for a while. Maybe wait for 9.04
If you're really impatient, an OS X capable machine, while expensive, may be a good idea.
Maybe wait for 9.10**
Great idea having an OS used by the government with its source code laying around for anyone to pick through. I'm sure THAT won't cause any problems...
great idea giving the government an OS whose source code cant be seen.
actually you can get the source code for XP ... you can use it in for educational purposes iirc
for instance while xen (OS virtualization platform) doesn't work with stock XP a university modified XP to run xen ... the code can't be distributed in any manner as far as I now but what this means is that hackers than really wan the code can and will find the code like it or not...
Having your code out in the open and applying quick fixes is the best policy MS attemps to hide thier code and uses *update packs* fact is the updates are probably out of date before they are even applied (I mean new hacks have already beed discovered even without source)
also such fixed don't take that long to apply for instance for Haiku OS (BeOs clone) I recompile all the updates from source and apply them.. takes only a few minutes (like 15) since it doesn't rebuild everything (which takes about 2 hours or so iirc)
@Ignatius
arguably the safest OS is OpenBSD or a well configured Selinux.
Besides, it's likely that some Russian or Chinese cracker already have some of Windows' source anyway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3485545.stm
@Ignatius: Dude, your fanboism is showing!!!
It is secure because everybody can see it and audit it's security...