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Using Windows or macOS in the first place already runs afoul of best practices for privacy and security.
by ddevault 4y ago
Using Windows or macOS in the first place already runs afoul of best practices for privacy and security.
- game-of-throws 4y agoThe 90s called, they want their OS fanboy flamebait back
- mustache_kimono 4y agoYeesh. MacOS is years ahead of Linux re: several important security features -- disk encryption, SecureBoot, TPM, immutable root FS. Glibly pretending it ain't so isn't making Linux better.
- solarkraft 4y agoThe ones you mention can be had on Linux too (optionally, as everything, of course). But one place where the Linux ecosystem is really behind is running untrusted applications.
- mustache_kimono 4y ago> ones you mention can be had on Linux too First, agreed re: untrusted apps. And, yeah, maybe I should have been more clear, as you note, they are usually an option, not the standard. Full disk encryption is the standard on MacOS. With Linux, like so many things, you never know what you're going to get. Secure boot took some work to setup on Ubuntu, but works relatively flawlessly. Immutable root filesystem is something you can do with Fedora Silverblue and a few other distros, but it's nowhere near the standard it is on MacOS. And that's what I mean by years behind, sure you can do basically anything on Linux, but, if it's not the standard, is it even practical enough to be workable? Linux, for lack of a better word, bigots (and I'm a huge Linux fan!) may call MacOS is a toy OS, but, for a laptop, how much work does it take to get Linux to the point where Linux's practical security is similar to MacOS? Lots, and lots, and lots.
- ddevault 4y agoThe fallacy is in wanting to run "untrusted" applications. If you don't trust them, you should not run them.