- Dec 23, 2014
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Some go so overkill the system can barely boot...
I think that many MT members survived the "overkill period" in their lives. I had such a setup 15 years ago.
Some go so overkill the system can barely boot...
On that note with the onset of the Proton Wrapper (based on WINE) which distro would be best for a gamer?nah, take a look at Zorin 17.1, some other distros may be as easy to migrate to too.
Yeap just look at Windows-S. Windows-S functions like a MAC environment and it's as secure and even more so than a MAC. You are limited to the Windows Store the same way a user is limited to a MAC store....but nooooo....people have a double standard! They want the security, ease of use of a MAC with the power user functionality of Linux. So I hate the double standard that people have between MAC and Windows. How can MAC limit the user to their walled garden environment and everyone is hunky dory about it? But when Windows does it with Windows-S then people cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war?al.
Although every single time Microsoft has attempted to improve user security, there's that faction of the online user mob that rails against Microsoft and accuses it of over-reach and infringing upon "user rights." Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. "User rights? Oh you mean the right to download anything and execute it regardless of the fact that if you did that and it was malicious then that infection would spread from your system to a whole bunch of others? Oh I see, you're one of those selfish, self-centered 'users want to use stuff' types. You're angry about that 'User Right.'"
The next gen AI will solve the security problem by removing the user.Awareness, training, and education are far more effective than software.
Security is not software. It is a process.
These are unpopular facts on a forum where most members are focused on security software. What they are failing to realize is that the best that technology has been able to provide them is software and a few bits of hardware. Then there are those now beating the drums of "next gen AI" and other marketing gimmicks. The current state of AI is not capable of keeping users safe without those users doing most things securely. Going back to "Security is not software. It is a process."
This really upsets one person in particular here at MT.
What's that?a BPD marriage
marriage to a person with a borderline personality disorder. It is very very tasking. Think of it as marriage to a narcissist lite version.What's that?
Oh, I didn't know there was such a technical name for a personality such as mine!marriage to a person with a borderline personality disorder. It is very very tasking. Think of it as marriage to a narcissist lite version.
There's a lot of different reasons why the malware problem is at it is. I do not want to get into a debate by the whole "Users Want to Use Stuff" is an obsolete model that is completely irrational given the current state of affairs. That is only the tip of the iceberg. Corporations get away with mind boggling negligence under current regulations and they just pass those costs onto you, the consumer, and to taxpayers.Yeap just look at Windows-S. Windows-S functions like a MAC environment and it's as secure and even more so than a MAC. You are limited to the Windows Store the same way a user is limited to a MAC store....but nooooo....people have a double standard! They want the security, ease of use of a MAC with the power user functionality of Linux. So I hate the double standard that people have between MAC and Windows. How can MAC limit the user to their walled garden environment and everyone is hunky dory about it? But when Windows does it with Windows-S then people cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war?
Hustlers are programming AI to do jobs and selling their "services" online as if they are real people. It's sort of a variation on the post-2020 "I have 3 IT jobs, each paying $200,000. I am 23 and will retire in 5 years because I am parlaying my salary into a crypto and real estate development empire."The next gen AI will solve the security problem by removing the user.
This post is golden..So let me jump into this discussion with my years of knowledge and wisdom as a toddler:
In simple terms the relationship between Linux and the user vs the relationship between Windows and the user can be compared to:
1) Windows and the User: Typical marriage with it's ups and downs; after the honeymoon period of a flashy new UI and programs, the user eventually settles to an everyday battlerhytm of updating windows security which is done automatically, browsing the web, installing a new software if necessary, updating drivers when necessary and performing periodic scans of the system. On a rare occasion a fight breaks out, the severity of the fight is anywhere from just a scuffle (a PUP) to a very civil exchange of "F U...NO YOU FU!" followed by slamming of the doors and one of you driving away for a few hours to cooldown but then eventually return home and after some apologies resume how things were (re-imaging the system, wasting hours to make it work again).
2) Linux and the User: Is a form of a trauma bonding relationship with a person suffering form a Borderline Personality Disorder, you know the one, the one where the other person is crazy and exciting and you feel alive meanwhile it's very exhausting since everything eventually takes a LOT of work to keep the relationship going. Many times when problems do arise you have to spend hours and hours validating their feelings in order for them to talk to you again (finding new packages, searching forums for syntax for ways to install them if it goes wrong). Eventually, you get tired of that relationship and say "Screw it! I am Leaving!" but but after few weeks to months you start remembering how exciting that relationship was. How when it was great it was GREAT! but when it sucked it SUCKED!. So you go back to your old ex and attempt to give it another try. Rinse and repeat.
Are there better alternatives?avoid insecure software like 7-Zip (which lacks Anti-Exploit and MOTW support) and also Forks, Open/ LibreOffice, Firefox, True/Veracrypt, ...
In the GitHub page Requirements list, it says:
Which GitHub page? The info about 7-Zip is outdated (currently it supports MotW by default).
Have a look at this hardening resources page: GitHub - beerisgood/Windows11_Hardening: a collection about Windows 11
Or as if the user has enabled SAC, I tried both, neither lasted long and I really don't use a lot of unusual software.look at Windows-S. Windows-S functions like a MAC environment
This is true across the board in most businesses in capitalist economies, correcting it is a difficult issue, it requires changing our thinking to a longer term model, giving up on the current norm of going for the most return as quickly as possible, what are the odds?Corporations get away with mind boggling negligence under current regulations and they just pass those costs onto you, the consumer, and to taxpayers.