Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything

Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by bawolff on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:14PM (#36697988)

On the other hand it seems entirely possible to use only apt-get install and be happy on linux.

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by wongarsu on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:23PM (#36698192)

Nowadays, you can also mostly life with just choco install on Windows. Not as well vetted as Debian packages, but a lot better than google.

But that only helps power users. On linux learning these things is simply a necessity because installing things outside your package manager is even less user friendly.

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by chrisdave on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:38PM (#36698495)

This is the essence of most of the rhetoric I'm seeing in this thread: Linux is more secure because its users are more technical.

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by hiatus on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:19PM (#36699278)

I thought choco software is not vetted but managed by individuals, like the AUR in arch.

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by bawolff on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @05:59PM (#36702256)

I dont know, i think the graphical frontends to package managers on linux are much easier than downloading and installing an exe on windows

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by BHSPitMonkey on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:05PM (#36725915)

I wonder how many preinst/postinst scripts are being read by apt users prior to install/upgrade? These run as root, making them a bit worse than the typical curl|bash after all.

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