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I think the behavioral differences are almost entirely because current Linux userbase is mostly people who have self-selected Linux over the default OS their la
by eli 13y ago
I think the behavioral differences are almost entirely because current Linux userbase is mostly people who have self-selected Linux over the default OS their laptop came with.
(And I still see a fair number of Linux install scripts that look like "curl ... | sh")
- marcosdumay 13y agoLinux has a nice repository, with nearly all the software you need available, signed with known good keys. Linux does not have "your mouse pointer moved. Are you sure you want to proceed?" dialogs. Linux has a manageable set of file permissions, including the "execute" permission being set by the users, not by any random server from where you download your file. (Yep, there was some regression here lately.) And, of course, Linux is actually hard to compromise without user intervention. Differently from Windows. If you really believe it's the users fault, you have your head deep buried on the sand.
- letstryagain 13y agoNo you
- josephlord 13y agoNo it can be worse than that the install instructions say: `curl http://example.com/foo/install.sh | sudo sh` or if it does request the script by https there is a fair chance that the install script itself will then download by http. Equally bad is adding a new key to apt/(other package manager) and add a new source then apt-get install (which definitely runs as root).
- nitrogen 13y agoI blame that on overconfident MacOS X developers not understanding best practices for security.