Re:Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition
by seanp2k2 on Monday December 30, 2024 @06:13PM
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Windows has been isolating dependencies for a while now too, but for security, since their entire security model was pretty awful before, largely because of the need to support decades-old applications that business customers / governments still rely on. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/device-protectio...
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Re:Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition
by IgorPartola on Monday December 30, 2024 @06:17PM
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I have really come around to this way of thinking. Either you use the walled garden that is the distro’s own repos with only the blessed software of specific slightly out of date versions, or you allow arbitrary software but have to isolate it. The former works for some use cases but not for “Linux on the desktop” as most typical users define it.