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Maybe, but don't Ubuntu and Debian also come with GNOME as the default desktop?
by quicklime 7y ago
Maybe, but don't Ubuntu and Debian also come with GNOME as the default desktop?
- Arbalest 7y agoActually that's a fair point. IIRC google has their own version of Ubuntu. However, I also expect google to be all over this kind of thing, but government and corporate, not so much.
- est31 7y agoFYI they use Debian now: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-house-linux-desktop/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-...
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoThey certainly do. Worth bearing in mind that this attack seems to be XOrg only and current versions of Ubuntu now default to Wayland.
- teekert 7y agoNot the LTS's which are over 90% of installs.
- Crinus 7y agoOnly the "ShooterImage" component relies on Xorg (the other components work regardless of window system). Note that the reason Wayland isn't affected is because the malware doesn't use the API needed for taking screenshots.
- simion314 7y ago>Ubuntu now default to Wayland. I think Ubuntu changed their minds and went back to Xorg, also Wayland+GNOME Shell has the terrible issue where the shell crashes would bring down your session and you lose all your work. Debian just switched to Wayland so in the fallowing months we will see the effects, it could be a new pulse audio situation where you will get a lot of "fixes" starting by removing Wayland.
- opencl 7y agoOnly 17.10 defaulted to Wayland, all older and newer versions default to xorg.