YESTERDAY we posted some links about Ubuntu, including important news about CESG endorsing Ubuntu for security. There are not many reports about it, but there are some [1]. This is particularly important because although it's unlikely that CESG and GCHQ don't know about Windows being in bed with the NSA, it does in some way acknowledge GNU/Linux as the operating system of choice.
CESG, the Information Security Arm of GCHQ (Govt. of UK), conducted a series of tests in the last few months to review a set of 11 operating systems which currently run on various devices such as desktops, laptops, servers, mobile phones and tablets. The security assessment included the following categories:
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