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Re:Attacking Unix Systems via Cups, Part I by sgc on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:36PM (#41664730)
There are a lot of comments on here that assume Linux is only for servers. But just recently there was a post on HN indicating Linux will likely hit 5% desktop share for the first time this year. That's a lot of people on Linux - and a far higher percentage of people using Linux on the desktop will not know anything about this. Sane defaults should not be a luxury. Of course people should know to wear their seatbelts, but seatbelt alarms are still a very good thing.

Sent from my Ubuntu laptop.

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Re:Attacking Unix Systems via Cups, Part I by Ekaros on Friday September 27, 2024 @01:58AM (#41666731)
And this is why Microsoft force pushes updates. I think when Linux desktops become really popular there is quite a worry if the users simply do not update them regularly enough. Or if they are not secured in most ways by default.
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