On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 14:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
> Does it make sense to accept such compromises and run Linux for > security and privacy OR is the better security and privacy of Linux > more or less a myth and running Windows would be almost the same in > that respect? > > I understand that any response is to be just an opinion. https://www.openbsd.org/papers/ru13-deraadt/mgp00030.html Now, I used to think Linux had a more secure package system or userland but then you are relying on debian or communities for that and there are plenty of threads that suggest that these repositories aren't as secure as you may think. Atleast with Windows you have a good idea before you install what risks you are taking even in a bad case of some ancient sha1 signed file from a http link. With OpenBSD, I hope that the packaging community is security conscious. I tried OpenBSD with Linux for a work package but have found that OpenBSD gives me great UNIX and security for most and all general tasks and Windows gets best support, latest software features/options and actually with Windows 10 a more secure kernel than Linux and with a smart user, a reliable secure system. It also comes with native OpenSSH and LibreSSL! by default in version 1803 and has the built-in option of windows subsystem for linux. Windows updates do still take way too long though and perhaps they are gathering usage information, not that I care much. I hear they are working on the speed in insider previews. I enabled as many additional mitigations for Chrome as possible in Windows 10 but Chrome broke with the latest update...doh. As for MAC, I have little experience but I know someone who shelled out a small fortune and I had to spend time working out how to manually update the thing from/to Lion or something (no obvious warnings and no upto date browser could be installed) only to find out support would stop far sooner than if he had gone with Windows. Windows 7 update used to fail, though browser support far less likely to be pulled. I am yet to see update failure with Windows 10. A blue screen may be more likely with Windows supporting so much hardware, of course.
