ecbf2050 No.3744058
ALERT ALERT
Windows 11 has a critical bug that causes any web browser to explode your refrigerator. This CANNOT be patched, so get rid of your fridge as soon as possible, your LIFE may be in danger.
9b618ad2 No.3744064
>>3744057Windows might have a fun new exploit but you fucked up by bringing Linux into the conversation. Never forget the massive Shellshock trainwreck.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_(software_bug)At the time Shellshock was discovered Debian was reporting security advisories with language expressing how bad the problem was. Terms like "important," "urgent," etc. For Shellshock they used a term I'd never seen before. It was called "grave."
194a7423 No.3744070
Weird. I just read and article about how Systemd under Linux may accidentally delete your home folder because it thinks your entire account is a temp file.
Every OS sucks. There's a reason why I image all my drives with Clonezilla.
fcc0b415 No.3744109
>>3744073the .online domain is open so just use the word randomizer as your own personal whacky google. user.iai.online/command/location/file
I mean macos just did it for all the retro computers.
aaa77198 No.3744171
>>3744070Some distro will let users install and operate as root user because they expect you to be smart enough to make a second user without root access for your daily driving.
Mint prevents that by locking you out of the root user unless you go through a bunch of steps to unlock it but giving you access to most non-critical system files. They make it harder for people to nuke themselves. For a casual nerd like me Linux Mint is perfect.
002b14a8 No.3744172
>>3744170problem is windows users tend to be either gamers, or ignorant old people, there is no in between.
Linux users tend to be autistic paranoid pychos who's data tends to be protected, exploits or no.
Apple or i-whatever users are just douchy assholes. They're the PC equivalent of people who use SISCO, but have no idea how to use command prompt.
cbf7ecc6 No.3744177
>>3744171lol, I moved to Linux Mint three weeks ago. It's working out really good. I can still play all my games and whatnot too.
Some mild annoyances with IntelRST and the installer, but otherwise mostly painless.
aaa77198 No.3744181
>>3744177My biggest complaint is that you can't just change your mouse pointer. You have to convert a .cur file to a .x11 file using a command line prompt after you install the function, then edit a theme which makes the cursor an option inside that theme pack which you can use but to choose your cursor you also have to use the rest of the theme.
Needlessly complicated when all I want to do is move a mouse pointer from windows to Linux.
On the plus side, free VPN with every Mint install if you know how to use OpenVPN.
https://www.vpnbook.com/ 002b14a8 No.3744183
srsly, learning cmd takes like a week tops if you try. 99% of the time you can just type "?" and it will tell you what you can do.
002b14a8 No.3744184
>>3744183I'm certified in SISCO and, Microsoft's vista-10. I can figure out just about any command infrastructure with a cup of coffee, and a little vodka.
I also had some Red Hat linux in the military… but that was mostly just based on post it cards.
aaa77198 No.3744186
>>3744183I mean, I
could do all the steps to change the mouse cursor but I think I'll just wait till it becomes easier.
aaa77198 No.3744189
>>3744187I have a custom 3 .cur set that I use for all my windows versions because they were a gift from a friend who died. It's a way I can keep him in my memory a little bit every day.
002b14a8 No.3744190
>>3744189sorry, I hosted a server ages ago where someone died, I kept his account shown as active as long as I could.
68fb5c18 No.3744197
>>3744170>Windows seems to have a new exploit or bug every other month but Linux is just as bad because they had an exploit twenty years ago! False. Linux needs security patches on a continuing basis. Vulnerabilities and minor exploits are often discovered. However, Shellshock was remarkable because it was extremely critical.
750a4742 No.3744211
>>3744197Here's a list of security update announcements on Debian so far in 2024. You can expect a similar number for the second half of the year.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/threads.html aaa77198 No.3744215
>>3744211Linux has frequent updates to software that runs on Linux. Windows has frequent security updates because windows is a shitty, bloated program full of spyware and built on a decade of bad code being patched instead of re-written to be more efficient.
Windows 11 is still Windows 95 with a paint job and more spyware.
Windows is so full of holes it has had almost as many patches
this month alone as the distro that you linked had all year.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2024-Jun aaa77198 No.3744218
>>3744215Windows 11 is such a piece of shit software that when I dual boot into linux it causes windows to forget which time zone I am in. Any time another OS checks the bios to see what time it is on bootup windows freaks out and resets itself.
I had to run a command in Linux terminal to fix the problem because Windows is either so poorly coded or is purposefully coded to try and brick itself if it detects you using another OS on the same system.
timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
aaa77198 No.3744293
>>3744235Sorry, my bad, Windows 11 runs on the same kernel as WindowsXP in the 1990s.
That's so much more modern! 31 year old technology is still cutting edge, right?!
002b14a8 No.3744297
>>3744293Meh, not quite that simple. Plenty of stuff is still running UNIX based systems, that shit is ancient.
Its how its moderated and utilized that makes the difference… and in some cases modded. I don't even consider looking at linux for point and laugh exploits, because linux builds tend to turn into the OS version of wacky racers.
002b14a8 No.3744298
>>3744297Also fun fact, the air force has 3 satellite sites, I was part of one. They are still running an un-updated version of red hat linux from 1998.
Not that it really matters, the whole program was made for the cold war. So, meh.
002b14a8 No.3744299
>>3744298but like I said, its not really all that simple. Those systems are super out of date and all that applies to that, but they aren't actually hooked up to any databases. So security hazards are negligible, and they were made for nuclear level emergency coms, so by that point social security numbers don't mean much.
There is a deeper emergency com system, but you can look that up on your own. Spoiler, its tectonic.
bdad3eaa No.3744300
>>3744293Just some interesting trivia: Windows XP had two different kernels. XP Professional used NT at its core, meanwhile XP Home Edition used an altogether different core.
The same thing happened with Windows ME and Windows 2000, the latter used NT and the former was a pathetic attempt at something new. My first computer ran ME. Absolute dumpster fire. Meanwhile, Windows 2000 was stable and used for many corporate environments until (and beyond) their scheduled End Of Life.
002b14a8 No.3744301
>>3744300most windows systems have that same setup. I run windows 11 pro, but if you were to try to log on to a windows 11 server edition, you're going to be confused af.
Its not quite as weird as the xp era when they were doing… things… but each version of windows is surprisingly different. Its mainly removing/adding unneeded/needed options, but at the same time I can't use certain commands that I would need to run on server edition, if I were to try to run them on home.
Pro is a happy medium, and imo is the best version for anyone who isn't completely useless, but even it has its limitations even in command prompt.
e6e1c517 No.3744330
>>3744064I once found a Linux installation with a privilege escalation exploit using a single key press combination. Hitting control-alt-backspace dropped you into a dash shell as root.
aaa77198 No.3744541
>>3744330If you look hard enough you can always find a problem at some point in time. Windows 95 let you bypass the login requirements for root access with a few keystrokes. "Once long ago" everything was pretty buggy.
Today windows is making itself buggy on purpose to try and turn a profit. That's the problem.
