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> if Linux had the market share Windows does you would be saying the exact same stuff about your grandma getting rootkits on her Ubuntu box To some extent. I a
by graemep 11mo ago
> if Linux had the market share Windows does you would be saying the exact same stuff about your grandma getting rootkits on her Ubuntu box
To some extent. I am not convinced it would be as bad.
For one thing, Linux is less of a monoculture.
For another, you can lock it down more for that type of user. You can set it up to make it hard to install anything from outside trusted repos.
- dist-epoch 11mo agoYou can lock down Windows too, you can restrict it to Windows Store only, you can allow only whitelisted apps to be installed, you can lock down user permissions, ...