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imo you are making huge tradeoffs for very little benefit, as there is no such thing as a 100% secure system anyway. But still its your decision, to each their
by kayoone 13y ago
imo you are making huge tradeoffs for very little benefit, as there is no such thing as a 100% secure system anyway.
But still its your decision, to each their own.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoI learned this paranoia while running Windows XP through the 2000's and I can tell you it served me very well. While others were rebuilding their systems I was working. I realize Linux in 2013 is not so dangerous, but take a gander at recent java security bulletins when you get a chance anyway. Steve Gibson recommends not even having it installed if you don't need it (I don't) and that's good enough for me. Also, I think you may be overselling the trade-offs. I've not been inconvenienced in the last decade of avoiding java, as far as I can remember. On occasion I will install random things into a VM for temporary experimentation.
- EdwardDiego 13y ago> I realize Linux in 2013 is not so dangerous, but take a gander at recent java security bulletins when you get a chance anyway. Off the top of my head, all of the recent serious vulnerabilities were applet related. The JRE doesn't require a Java plugin for your browser, no plugin, no applets.