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Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by beegeezuz on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:07AM (#13578113)
what Linux desktop?
Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by bigbugbag on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:01AM (#13579443)
I translated that to "the family of Linux Distro that aim to provide a desktop experience out of the box, e.g. ubuntu, mint, elementaryOS, pclinuxos, centos, zorin, manjaro, slackware, ...

Probably this list: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=Desktop

Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by digi_owl on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:55AM (#13579407)
The Gnome DE...
Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by bkor on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:04AM (#13580688)
Apport, gstreamer, Tracker/Baloo, Chrome/Chromium/Epiphany, ASLR isn't just GNOME. It seems investigation started on Ubuntu (Unity 7). It affects multiple desktops and as others notes, also Baloo.
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Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by bkor on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @06:57AM (#13588779)
You're the one focussed on GNOME. I didn't read the article until you said it was about GNOME, which it isn't.

If would be nice if you'd tell me how Unity 7 is GNOME? Or apport? Or baloo? That's all GNOME? Gstreamer? GNOME? Really?

As mentioned various times: please read what I wrote, try to form an argument. Maybe even use your brain. Good luck!

Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by grzm on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @01:04PM (#13591212)
Maybe even use your brain. Good luck!

No matter the behavior or how wrong the other poster may be, there's never a reason to be uncivil.

Re:Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10? [pdf] by mtrycz on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:09AM (#13578124)
My thoughts exactly.