Reply With Quoteif linux was any good, it would be popular by now...
disclaimer: i do work on linux servers.
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SupporterI had Ubuntu on an old laptop with a failed HDD for the kids to play with when they were really young.Originally Posted by johntins
They didn't like it too much coz it did have 'their games'.
While I have no doubt that they could easily have got some games on Ubuntu, they couldn't get Kodi, Or Kodu or something.
It's a bit of a learning game, that you build, using simple point and click features.
It's a M$ developed game for kid to learn to build games, and get them interested. Dunno know, but at the time, it was Win only, and that's one of the things they were learning at primary school .. so in essence it was 'their game'.
I'm not so convinced that Admin mode is really the threat that people make it out to be.
You can stay in a user login, but for many processes to happen, eg. install a driver, or a downloaded program etc, you still need to input a password... which is really just a way to get 'admin' login to install it.
Doing that is just entering into an admin mode, without having to log out of user mode and into a proper admin mode.
With social engineering, you just tell folks that the PDF is for 'your eyes only' kind of B$ .. and they just input the password for admin mode.
Make the dialogue box so that it offers them some kind of prize, they forget or ignore the fact that they're entering into an admin mode .. install the virus/trojan .. no amount of patching can stop social engineering of that order.
People don't care about security until after it happens, and even then they really still don't care about it a few hours after a tech gets them a computer device up and running again!
I agree tho that in a corporate environment, especially one as big as Cadbury a few days back .. simply no excuse as to why they got the ransomware attack, and bad luck to them!
Hopefully free chocolates coming our way soon if they can't get their invoices out to the relevant businesses!
ps. I have a Ubuntu computer by accident. The NAS I got a short while back(QNAP) offers a desktop environment with it. So a PC in the lounge on the TV(if needed).
So I could be safe from this malware too.
Arthur.
All these discos are giving me a heart attack!
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto ( now sold :( )
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
'03 D2a Td5 Auto
Swaggie
Subscriberif linux was any good, it would be popular by now...
disclaimer: i do work on linux servers.
Current Cars:
2013 E3 Maloo, 350kw
2008 RRS, TDV8
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2008 ML63, V8
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There is no software you cant run on an alternate OS...
There are methods of running OziExplorer on Linux, and quite successful...
I dont play games on the computer, but have run simulators that are microsoft only and used OziExplorer(in the past now) on Linux connected to a Garmin GPS... It worked well...
I was mapping soil profiles onto a Linux app and using the GPS, but I cant remember the app I was using...
Most of the issues using alternate OS software, requires reading and finding the solutions unless you find Linux software that suits your purpose...
The one thing about Ubuntu is, the security is simplified for the end user without being an open security system and no complicated method for using it....
It is very popular, just not advertised, thus people dont know...
Plus computer shops dont sell it so dont promote it...
Comes down to how nieve people are...
Swaggie
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windows holds 90% of the desktop market.
android is based on linux yes, but mobile phones are one of the most insecure devices on the planet.
Current Cars:
2013 E3 Maloo, 350kw
2008 RRS, TDV8
1995 VS Clubsport
Previous Cars:
2008 ML63, V8
2002 VY SS Ute, 300kw
2002 Disco 2, LS1 conversion
The MOD Father
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Comes down to how nieve people are...[/QUOTE]
wow,,
You obviously know,,
and just because they dont know what you know about computers,,
makes them naive?
uninformed maybe...
I didnt know squat about fuel trims till a nice person helped me,,
pay it forward,,
"How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"
'93 V8 Rossi
'97 to '07. sold.
'01 V8 D2
'06 to 10. written off.
'03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
'10 to '21
'16.5 RRS SDV8
'21 to Infinity and Beyond!
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Swaggie
The company I work for are hoping to have some pc's back on line today....we have 2500 pc's affected worldwide.
No sure how many affected in aus but 100% of our pc's have been unplugged from the network.....waiting for the fix to be rolled out
SysAdmin (Owner)
This virus is an old fashioned deleter as well as encryption type and the good guys have also taken over the email address that told them who paid what...
Fun Fun Fun
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
SysAdmin (Owner)
Most of the bot armies are compromised linux boxes..
Any delusion that your safer running an out of the box version of Linux is exactly that.
Most of the time people simply don't know they are being used because the box still appears to be fine from the desktop...
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
Apparently money is an afterthought with sloppy implementation of payment procedures. Destruction of info is the main aim.
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