RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows more secure than Linux?

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Would that be a simple cron job?

Also, the way windows does it that I was refering to is this: a little
bubble pops up in your system tray with a word baloon telling you that you
really ought to get the new update.  I like this much better than their old
plan of doing it without asking.  It does usually require a reboot though,
even with XP.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:05 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows more secure than Linux?
> 
> 
> > I read their article, and I'm underwhelmed at the approach 
> they took to come
> > to that conclusion.  In short, because M$ hires people to 
> check for bugs,
> > while Linux depends on a variable community, M$ must be 
> more secure.  The
> > only thing I can say on M$'s behalf in this is that they 
> automatically check
> > for updates, while Linux expects the user to update on 
> their own every so
> > often.  This means that ATBE, M$ would be more secure on a 
> newbie run box.
> > Of course, ATBE is an ideal never reached, and we've 
> already heard the
> > arguments why All Things are not Being Equal between Linux 
> and M$ security,
> > thus this argument falls apart.
> 
> Actually you can easily set Linux to do automatic updates but 
> usually this
> is not done as this could be a stability or security risk in itself. I
> typically don't apply updates right away (unless they are urgent) but
> instead wait a couple days to make sure no reports come out 
> that the patch
> itself has bugs. Buggy updates don't happen as often in Linux 
> as Windows
> but from time to time they do happen so it pays to keep you eyes open.
> 
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