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The culture can only change when it actually becomes possible to make any changes to the systems. If all the software one institution uses comes in the form of
by grim_io 11mo ago
The culture can only change when it actually becomes possible to make any changes to the systems.
If all the software one institution uses comes in the form of proprietary binaries, there is simply no need to even think about making policies about fixing those systems in-house.
- nickff 11mo agoThese institutions don’t bother making fixes where they can, so it seems unlikely that giving them more options will change much. Ironically, things like windows auto-update being the default probably actually help their IT departments maintain some level of security
- grim_io 11mo agoAuto update is not rocket science. Linux distributions have it too.
- 1718627440 11mo agoYeah and it is better. Most things can be updated without a reboot and even for the kernel, you can either live-patch it (not always possible) or reboot only the kernel.