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Martin Brinkmann over at ghacks.net brings us info on Windows 10 security changes:
The company started to open up only recently and reveal additional information about Windows 10. It published a lengthy blog post today on the Windows For Your Business blog that details security improvements coming to the operating system.
Aimed at business and enterprise customers, it provides insight for consumers as well.
One of the changes discussed in the blog post is how Microsoft plans to change how users identify themselves on the system. Microsoft plans to eliminate single-factor authentication systems such as user/password log ins by building improved protection right into the operating system.
Yeah, I know we're way off normal in Linux usership around here but we still have relatives whose computers we have to fix, so...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @07:03PM
It will never be the year of the Linux Desktop until its easily usable by everyone, especially those without advanced programming and debugging skills. From what I can tell, the mass-implementation SystemD is trying to take things in that direction, but like with Gnome's attempts to optimize for non-power-users, its causing a lot of people to throw fits because they don't like what's being done with their toys or something.
You Linux guys have a choice - optimize for non-power-users or forever have a small userbase.
(Score: 1) by number6 on Thursday October 23 2014, @07:55PM
There are numerous Linux distros in existence which are 'easy' and optimized for 'non-power' users, Ubuntu is the classic example.
However, IMHO, I think the REAL reason Linux will possibly never have its day in the sun is because the key people who drive Linux development as a whole do not care enough about a particular cross-section of user-types who I would describe as 'serious power users and professionals who are not necessarily programmers'. For more info, read this post from a few days ago [soylentnews.org].
So.....it seems like 'Linux on the Desktop' will never really happen, regardless of the SystemD debate and the PulseAudio debate and all the other debates, because those debates do not address core limitations of the Linux kernel to satisfy the serious user-types I mentioned. These types of users, as a whole, exert strong influence on large swaths of computer culture and --figuratively speaking-- Linux just takes a big yawn at them. THAT IS A SHOWSTOPPER I'M AFRAID!