• korstmos@kbin.social
    23·
    11 months ago

    Because paying a few grand a year for a certificate somehow makes your software more trustworthy

  • Zozano@aussie.zone
    161·
    11 months ago

    Linux: OK

    User: Oh great, I downloaded a virus

    Linux: Lol. You should have read the 2000-line python script on github before running it.

    • pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de
      211·
      11 months ago

      Actually there’s extensive documentation on the arch wiki regarding this specific line of code burried 1673 lines deep.

      I suggest you read the documentation before you ask irrelevant and, might I add, embarrassing questions.

  • haruki@programming.dev
    41·
    11 months ago

    Actually this is a good practice. If you don’t know where the program is or if the source is not open, you shouldn’t install blindly.

  • CandyDumDub@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Let’s make it clear. The only virus on a PC is its owner. It never emerges on itself

  • Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee
    2·
    11 months ago

    I can navigate Windows well enough for my job, but I’d never choose it for personal use. I’m no Linux expert, but I haven’t yet been faced with a problem I couldn’t solve.

    • Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      11 months ago

      I wish I were you. I’m constantly running into problems that I either can’t solve, or end up spending way more time on than it’s probably worth. My last Geruda linux install became unbootable because I tried to change the system font to a different existant preset. The error I got, of course, only had 2 prior instances referenced on Le Google, both of which were in completely different contexts than mine such that either the recommended fix did not work, or I didn’t have the tools available to follow it.

      I’m still not switching back to Windows though because fuck 'em.

      • mfn@mfn.pub
        5·
        11 months ago

        I think your problem is you are using a niche Arch derivative that has a small user base. You should definitely consider using more mainstream distros so you can easily find the help you need until you are comfortable and feel confident with using Linux.

    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
      01·
      11 months ago

      I can navigate Windows well enough for my job, but I’d never choose it for personal use.

      😂 What exactly is hard to “navigate” about windows for personal use? (or professional use for that matter)

      • Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee
        2·
        11 months ago

        Didn’t say it was hard. To be clear…by saying “well enough,” I mean that I don’t have any major problems with it…I’m just no expert. I find that there are two many pointless “utilities” that only slow the machine down. Both of my last two (brand new) computers have had both Windows and Ubuntu installed before adding anything else. There’s actually still nothing on the Windows partitions, but whenever I switch to it, it’s like switching from a car to a bicycle. It’s ridiculous how Windows can be so, so slow “right out of the box,” while Ubuntu just works.

        • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
          04·
          11 months ago

          Windows is blazingly fast on any decently spec’d machine these days. Boot times of like 5 seconds. Everything loaded up after you login basically instantly.