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Slug · Jun 20, 2014

Thread moved to Computers & IT, as that sub-forum seems the most appropriate.

Foxcow · Jun 20, 2014

JohnLaird said:
Yes I agree...but the reality is that a lot of people don't know what they are doing. Linux requires you to learn and be persistent enough to teach yourself. That's a rare quality. That's why Windows exists...for the lemmings. There are lot of them out there.

Unfortunately, I think you're 100% right. Its appalling that so many people are so unwilling to learn about something that they depend so heavily on (computers). The future, however, looks bright I think.

palmtree5 · Jun 20, 2014

Foxcow said:
Unfortunately, I think you're 100% right. Its appalling that so many people are so unwilling to learn about something that they depend so heavily on (computers). The future, however, looks bright I think.

Let's hope so! (Side note, integrate much?

)

Foxcow · Jun 21, 2014

palmtree5 said:
Let's hope so! (Side note, integrate much? )

I used to quite a bit

.

SiempreTuna · Jun 23, 2014

cptnobvious999 said:
As far as popularity, Linux itself is everywhere. A big majority of servers

You're quite right about there being lots of Linux servers - I should have clarified that I was talking about the desktop.

cptnobvious999 said:
It would make complete sense that a virus would try to target a server to simply infect files it's serving out and infect them

It would and there are many attacks on servers - particularly web servers. The UK government recently announced a plan to remove some 50% of their web servers because so many have been compromised. Seems many have been put up and then essentially left without maintenance or proper security checks.

Generally speaking though, servers are a tougher target because they're (usually) managed by (presumably) savvy tech teams who aren't going to open a doc from some dodgy e-mail or click on a link to some dodgy website. They also tend to be behind decent firewalls, have properly patched O/Ss and up-to-date AV.

cptnobvious999 said:
So yes I would there is definitely a market for them now but they just aren't that big of a thing, mostly because Linux is built on top of UNIX user based permissions from the ground up.

That's true, but sadly it doesn't guarantee security - think of the recent issues around Heartbleed.

argedion · Jun 23, 2014

The only true security system is one that is unplugged and physically locked away

SiempreTuna · Jun 24, 2014

.. and turned off with the battery removed

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