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There are more computers running Linux on this earth by orders of magnitude.

• gjsman-1000 2y ago
  > There are more computers running Linux on this earth by orders of magnitude. Yes, but most of them aren't running GNU and have signed boot with no ability to disable it. Very shallow victory. Could turn into FreeBSD tomorrow, and very little ground would be lost.
  • anthk 2y ago
    You forgot servers.
    • saagarjha 2y ago
      That’s what they’re talking about?
• kryogen1c 2y ago
  >> Its the most widely deployed desktop os across rich targets >There are more computers running Linux You did not address the claim you replied to. Users get compromised, and users use windows desktop. The number of DB clusters or whatever running *nix isn't relevant.
  • alemanek 2y ago
    Users use Android phones which make use of a Linux kernel. There are far more Android phones then there are windows desktops. Also a phone often has far more sensitive data and is also privy to 2FA codes. https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/kernel https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/kernel
• jeroenhd 2y ago
  And almost none of those bother doing things like checking driver signatures at all. You don't need to figure out hacks like "downgrading the OS to bypass signature validation logic" when you can `insmod` the moment you get admin/root permissions. You could configure all manner of security settings on Linux, of course, but on most Linux distros they're all left unconfigured.
• ruthmarx 2y ago
  Most of them are offering nothing more than an ssh or web service. Not really a great or fair comparison. Linux on the desktop is the least secure option out of Windows and macOS, barring RHEL with it's SELinux policies which probably put it ahead of Windows and macOS as well.