Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by smodo on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:05PM
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I just said ‘git clone’ to my wife and she slapped me in the face. I’m sorry but for the aforementioned regular users this is nowhere near common.
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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by the_af on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:11PM
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Agreed about `git clone`, but installing things from the web is one of the expected usages of any system. For regular users. Lots of indie and non-commercial (and even commercial) stuff to download this way.
In Linux, .sh installers are common. GOG games get distributed this way. If your wife still metaphorically slaps you when you mention .sh installers, it's only because she doesn't play games on Linux. She wouldn't know how to use apt either.
I think in the end the truth is that Windows is more targeted by malware because it's more widespread than Linux.
Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by callalex on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:53PM
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This is giving me flashbacks to my consulting days. The IT people were all forced to call it “JitLabs” and “JitHub” because HR considered git to be offensive.
Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by shortrounddev2 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @04:47PM
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Are you british? God forbid you used mongoDB
Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by dTal on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:38AM
(#36707183)
God forbid you edit images, they'd have had a heart attack...
Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by shortrounddev2 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @04:42PM
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Yeah but I think it's unfair to compare average linux users to average windows users. They're not the same kind of users. Most (desktop) linux users are software engineers