Considering the importance of operating system and its maintenance in this
era of prevalent security in the networked world, the following are the
step wise procedures i will prefer to follow when making decisions
of the PC or other gadgets, Software and Networks to use:
1. Memory of the PC
2. Type of the OS and the compatibility with the hardware.
3. checking if the OS meet the following goal as defined by Tanenbaum
for security purpose:
data confidentiality
data integrity
system availability
exclusion of outsiders
authenticity (https://beta.wikiversity.org)
4. Vulnerability of the the OS to
malware(e.g Viruses, Trojans etc) as some OS are more vulnerable than others
for example the case MS window and LINUX compared(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system).
5.Functionality of the OS is also important in order to know what could be
done or not with the OS, e.g distributed OS, Multi users OS and othe
varieties compared.
6. I will also be conscious of what the gadget is needed for in order to
know the copatible OS to look out for.
In summary, i am still an advocate of education and training as mentioned
in my previous blogs.
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