It's hardly any different than if they were using a modernized version of Windows.

Except it might be pactched better. :)

I certainly hope! I'm still not sure about how I feel about knowing that part of my taxes are helping fund the continued existence of Windows XP.

Our military still uses pirated Windows XP. But it is a consequence of not giving money to some bases to upgrade hardware and as a result, those PCs are usually not even in any kind of LAN and don't have any connection. And majority of ports removed, cases sealed, etc.

I think filling USB ports with epoxy is actually a good idea for securing computers :D

ON ones I worked with back then, USB ports were physically removed and sealed.

Mornin' guys, u might notice wannacry attack yesterday, my question is that could it attack Linux servers ?

in theory such attack would be possible, but no reports about it and it would require the attacker to create a Linux version which would be additional work, so for now I wouldn't panic

That's exactly what I meant, most of viruses are for windows, so .exe virus cannot harm Linux machines, am I right ?

in theory you can run some of them using wine, but I don't think it was done before ? but nothing stops people from writing linux-native viruses, it's just that ROI was not enough to work on it

https://twitter.com/L__Cafe/status/863002609787031554

Affected by this issue too. ?

isolated cases maybe? they both work for me

Things to do

Actually I'm doing global certification.. So interested in administration

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it has a lot of marketing ;)

@jflory7 There are still three groups missing: Fedora Brazil, Fedora L10 pt_BR and Fedora Packagers.

also it is present at schools, in offices, in companies, Windows is practically everywhere to the point where people think that PCs == Windows

What are their usernames?

How I have managed to convert some people from Windows to Linux; when they come to me for help, I tell them your PC is infected, if you want to be safe and never pay to fix it again, you have to use Linux, so they just agree and get used to it

Ah, Itamar knew the Fedora Brazil one but I think he's not here anymore. Give me a moment, and I send you the other two.

I think now this is not completely true. Many places (offices, universities, etc) have Linux and most of people have heard of Linux, but they're convinced that is too hard to use it so they stick to the system they know. Of course, there are people who are professionals in certain areas where the software they need only works in Apple or Windows, so they can't change.

@itamarjp?

It's not 100% true, but if you'd have to pick any school at random, any institution at random, any office at random, it is most probable that you will end up with Microsoft products. Schools teach MS Office, because that's what you'll use at work, at work you've got MS Office because that's what people know

Well, maybe it depends on the country or city. So far the library I usually go use Linux and so the university.

Hiw agressive did that thing take over

yes it depends. in China even ATMs are mostly run on Windows.

This group will surpass the 1K with all of the people coming from Windows :3

The Linux at the Desktop Day finally arrived.

They'll pass it off as a onetime thing and reinstall. And knowing most admins they'll reinstall xp

Get Linux in the Stores before that is ever going to happen

also - let's not kid ourselves, if Linux would get 50% of userbase on the desktop, there would be such attacks on Linux as well.

Most of the Servers in the World run Linux and half of them run on old versions - and many of them have never been broken into

also - let's not kid ourselves, if Linux would get 50% of userbase on the desktop, there would be such attacks on Linux as well.

just like those webcams which ran Linux that the Mirai botnet has attacked...

Linux is not a silver bullet, and it also has many holes, that will get exploited when it will be worth the attackers time to do so; right now linux userbase is so small that it's not worth it

Linux cant protect a manufacturer from being retarded

Dude, look at the server world.

Servers are usually taken care of by professionals, now imagine random people using Linux on their desktops. Same thing is going to happen.

Servers are usually taken care of by professionals, now imagine random people using Linux on their desktops. Same thing is going to happen.

The second you take over a linux server you have hundreds to thousands of users ready to download whatever you want or driveby exploit. there is a massive incentive doing so and there is very little success in it.

just like it can't protect an user from being retarded

Are you suggesting that nobody hacks linux servers? :D

Again, if you arent a breathing single braincell and use a 4 letter password to authenticate for root you are very unlikely to be hit by a random attack, especially if you keep your system updated

and if Linux would dominate the desktop, are you sure most users would fill that requirements? ;)

Actually, yes.

How many attacks could be evaded if users updated timely and eventually would switch to new versions?

but Windows provides updates as well, and does that automatically by default (mostly only for the os though)

but Windows provides updates as well, and does that automatically by default (mostly only for the os though)

I would kindly ask Fedora to enable the tiny "Install Updates" checkbox on shutdown by default if that happens tough

And make a popup window after install that would allow to switch it off. Because that is what pissed me off very often on Windows.

Aslong as that doesnt disable the Popup "New system updates are ready" that show up like twice a week as short notification

Kill it with fire. I update when I update. It is a manual process for me. What if after an update, a VMware would stop working? I need it at least four days a week.