Tech Ping
Nothing is secure if a user decides to open a malicious email or email attachment. This goes for Linux.
This is also true for most operating systems, whether they be Linux, Apple, Microsoft or Android.
Secure, yes, by a mile.
Useful for things other than the most simple of desktop tasks, no.
Not the fault of Linux, per se. but without decent apps, it’s not really useful for anyone actually doing work on a PC.
Commercial app developers need to get on board.
You never see a commercial-grade office suite, many AAA or indie Games, a content-creation suite (graphics, music or publishing) or a professional development suite on Linux. Just a bunch of hideously difficult to use broken open-source alternatives.
I fault the developers, but with 1.8% of the market, why bother?
I love Linux for a majority of workloads, but it is consistently the first OS hacked at every annual Black Hat conference. It may be ubiquitous, but most admins don’t understand how to configure it securely, esp. Apache.
If you’re using it in your home environment, make sure you know what you’re doing. So many folks on FR claim how superior their home user experience is over Windows, but are you really sure you’ve configured your Linux distro for security?
Thank you Ace. I am becoming more and more convinced that anyone who advocates for the superiority of MS either works for MS, Owns stock in MS, Or has not taken the time to actually try the current up to date Linux distros.
I have a request Ace. Would it be possible to get a post about how the Partition Volume scheme works in Linux compared to MS? This would go a long way towards explaining the why... :)
If only I could get a WiFi driver that works with Debian on my Dell Inspiron 6400!