Because I hate Electron

  • nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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    20 days ago

    @Markaos Well I have a dual boot system, Linux / Windows 10, and have for decades, other versions of Windows but dual boot none-the less. The old days before grub used to chain-load from the windows boot-loader (ick) but over those years I’ve probably had to reload windows owing to malware I could not excise at least once a year. I’ve never had to do this, ever, with Linux.

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      13 days ago

      this owes to the fact that windows simply has exponentially more users and is therefore more valuable to target.

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        13 days ago

        @zwekihoyy Yea I’ve heard that excuse but on the Internet there are infinitely more Linux servers and still Windows is more often compromised. I think it has more to do with thousands of eyes on the code submitting bug reports and fixes.

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          12 days ago

          do some research or something jesus lmao. Linux servers, on average, are much higher profile entities to target, typically has more eyes watching them for problems, and technically literate people administrating them. meanwhile your typical windows machine is used by non technical, every day users who do very little proper security practices and threat mitigations.

          you get a better ROI targeting windows users than you do, Linux users. it’s really not difficult to understand