[ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:32 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:

> On 18 June 2010 10:56, ByteSoup
> <bytesoup at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>  Hi All,
>>
>> I found this on the "get safe online" site, about Linux users. How does
>> the standard Ubuntu install compare to this?
>>
>> http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1166
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>>
> For a desktop machine that uses the default install, I would not have
> thought there is a lot extra to do except update packages that have
> secuirity patches (which may be the default, cant remember just now). 
> If there is, then I would be very interested to know about it.
> 
> Assuming you have a good router that connects you to the internet you
> should be fairly well protected.
> 
> Browsing would be the biggest risk and you can use guest browsing with
> firefox.  You can also switch to the guest account (without login out of
> your normal account) so that when you are online the browser has limited
> access to your data.
> 
> No system connected to the internet is 100% safe but I beleive Ubuntu
> has very sensible defaults, however you can always do more, especially
> if you start running servers on the Internet.

I agree with most of you've said.

What's to the article itself...  Read the very beginning of it:"It 
assumes that anyone who sets up a Linux system is technologically 
sophisticated and doesn’t need a lot of hand-holding."

This said, the article is pretty useless.  

A "technologically sophisticated" user is aware of any of given advises 
without reading the article. A novice from another hand would not 
understand a bit of what was said.

I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no 
interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a 
novice.

Looks like the only purpose of the author to show up how brave he is. 

I know from my own past experience that such articles are in fact quite 
discouraging for newbies.