Malware for the Linux desktop. Yes, really.

[Drak3]

Just now, Twilight said:

how are those avoidable? 

Don't update GPU drivers unnecessarily and switch Windows updates to the semi annual channel.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, Drak3 said:

Don't update GPU drivers unnecessarily

i'm talking straight up bluescreens because i'm trying ot install the driver. not even updating. 

 

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

and switch Windows updates to the semi annual channel.

so i have to delay recieving features etc just so my system is stable? 

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, Twilight said:

i'm talking straight up bluescreens because i'm trying ot install the driver. not even updating. 

 

so i have to delay recieving features etc just so my system is stable? 

Yeah, if you go through these 20 unintuitive steps then Windows is idiot proof and user friendly!!1!1

[Drak3]

4 minutes ago, Twilight said:

so i have to delay recieving features etc just so my system is stable?

That's just smart behavior with EVERY OS.

 

5 minutes ago, Twilight said:

i'm talking straight up bluescreens because i'm trying ot install the driver.

Have you tried installing an older version? As I said, bad drivers cause alot of these issues.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

That's just smart behavior with EVERY OS.

really? i've never had to do it with linux or macOS. in fact i ran beta's of both of those before and that was more stable than the regular release of Windows. 

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, Twilight said:

i've never had to do it with linux or macOS.

Highly doubtful.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, Drak3 said:

Highly doubtful.

do you have proof i delayed updates on either linux or macOS? 

[Drak3]

Just now, Twilight said:

do you have proof i delayed updates on either linux or macOS? 

No, nor do I need to. It's easy to doubt anyone had zero issues with EVERY feature update on an OS, that could have been avoided by delaying for a short while.

[Guest]

On 7/27/2019 at 9:44 AM, mr moose said:

Meanwhile the Linux community are still in denial that anything bad can happen.  

Weird just how many linux web servers are compromised on a daily basis. 

[Guest]

On 7/27/2019 at 11:30 AM, shuri said:

https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issues/123

Linux has plenty of malicous software already

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like GNOME

Though huge part of them can be nullified by just running SELinux that limits what parts of the system every process can access.

SE Linux, gives me the willies thinking about it. Recently attended a Red Hat course, in the SE Linux training room you could almost feel the attendees agony.

[Blademaster91]

On 7/28/2019 at 6:28 AM, Twilight said:

that is true, but this topic turned into a debate around using official repo's... 

Yeah I agree people are kinda overreacting at this, IMO the average Linux user would be less likely to get malware than the average Windows user.

34 minutes ago, Twilight said:

i'm talking straight up bluescreens because i'm trying ot install the driver. not even updating. 

 

so i have to delay recieving features etc just so my system is stable? 

I haven't had bluescreens in windows 10 related to drivers, but I don't download every available GPU driver.

[jagdtigger]

1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

No, nor do I need to. It's easy to doubt anyone had zero issues with EVERY feature update on an OS, that could have been avoided by delaying for a short while.

At least linux updates do not wipe user files and whole partitions.... Plus you can always stick to LTS which is generally has an emphasis on stability, or debian which prioritizes stability and security above anything else. Windows is like Puppy linux, a very bad idea and a even worse joke.

[DrMacintosh]

2 hours ago, Sauron said:

also think there's a huge underlying hypocrisy in building your own computer and engaging with a community that mainly does tech troubleshooting and then whining about having to run one or two CLI commands every once in a while for system maintenance

For the record I have no problem with that on the desktop, in fact I expect it. But I refuse to have that experience on a mobile computer, which is why I’ll always buy MacBook Pros. 

[Sauron]

35 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

For the record I have no problem with that on the desktop, in fact I expect it. But I refuse to have that experience on a mobile computer, which is why I’ll always buy MacBook Pros. 

I don't see the difference but to each their own

 

@Rickyroadtheories I don't know what drugs you're on but I want some.

 

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[Nowak]

What the hell is going on in this thread about Linux malware?

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

4 minutes ago, Nowak said:

What the hell is going on in this thread about Linux malware?

i don't know anymore

[LAwLz]

1 hour ago, Nowak said:

What the hell is going on in this thread about Linux malware?

Some users on this forum dislikes GNU/Linux and saw this thread as a chance to shit on it. Other people found their arguments stated to be flimsy and therefore it became a flame war.

[Nowak]

2 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Some users on this forum dislikes GNU/Linux and saw this thread as a chance to shit on it. Other people found their arguments stated to be flimsy and therefore it became a flame war.

Ah, so typical Linux discourse then. I swear, I've never seen a Linux discussion not become a flamewar.

[Chunchunmaru_]

4 hours ago, Phill104 said:

Weird just how many linux web servers are compromised on a daily basis. 

It's just not Linux, but web servers in general (and mostly in the cases where the web code is rotten and exposes the server to vulnerabilities)

[Sauron]

31 minutes ago, Nowak said:

Ah, so typical Linux discourse then. I swear, I've never seen a Linux discussion not become a flamewar.

I blame @Twilight 

[Chunchunmaru_]

16 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

Linux has been getting targeted more and more for a good while now. I mean a huge percentage of servers out there are linux which means they contain valuable data.

 

Maybe tools targeting consumer linux distros are more rare, but that is because the other tools for linux servers works on them.

It's more about finding vulnerabilities rather than the classic "user" malware like this one

 

Also luckily enough, the security teams working on Linux distributions are a steap forward and system administrators should be quick to apply the latest patches 

[jagdtigger]

31 minutes ago, Chunchunmaru_ said:

It's just not Linux, but web servers in general (and mostly in the cases where the web code is rotten and exposes the server to vulnerabilities)

Not to mention the ones caused by bad configuration and the lack of hardening.....

[mr moose]

8 hours ago, LAwLz said:

No that's not what you have heard.

 

I didn't know you had access to my eyes and ears.

 

 

[mr moose]

6 hours ago, Phill104 said:

Weird just how many linux web servers are compromised on a daily basis. 

 

But that's different,  because it's "Linux".