[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Ted Gould]

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 22:45 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> Ted Gould wrote:
> ....
> > Though in retrospect I was probably a little bit aggressive here, I do
> > want to point out that there isn't a reason to compare the security of
> > Ubuntu to that of Windows.  Lack of difficulty doesn't related to the
> > security of a given system.  It's a false comparison.
> 
> But at the same time don't develop a network tool that connects
> to the first wireless network it sees.  It must ALWAYS be a choice.
> 
> Windows just merrily connects to the first thing it finds... at least
> that's what XP does (by default).
> 
> NetworkManager comes real close to a tool that is smarter than you are...
> to which I say, "We must all be pretty dumb."

I don't mean to nitpick here, but there are few problems wrong with your
argument.

First, network manager doesn't automatically connect until you ask it to
unless you configure it otherwise.  Personally, I have it set to connect
to known networks automatically but that is it.  I believe this is the
default in Ubuntu.

Second, network manager was built by Redhat for Fedora and only has been
adopted by Ubuntu.  I believe that every distro is shipping it in their
desktop edition today.  This isn't a Ubuntu specific thing.

Third, no one has suggested that it shouldn't be a choice, it seems that
you're making up the idea that it shouldn't based on what Windows XP
does -- as far as I know no one in the Ubuntu community has suggested
otherwise.

Again, it seems that your comparisons between Ubuntu and Windows are
unfounded.

		--Ted