I don't see Sheepshaver in Mint's default repository, for example (I haven't dared to add other repositories), and I see only ONE good sounding game in there - while I have seen lists of hundreds of Linux-native games many of which I'd like to try when - one of these days - I may have some time and need for R&R (. Last not least, our repositories, which are also cited as a security feature (the trustworthy source argument) don't have everything we need. An ordinarily safe site can sport one that was inserted as a paid ad. "Save" browsing can hardly keep you save from those jpegs, even if you avoid all videos and PDFs. Still, especially with modern threats like buffer overflow malware embedded in PDFs, videos, and even jpeg images, it seems to me that we are getting quite vulnerable on Linux, too - after all, the latter kinds of malware don't need execution privileges since they get executed by trusted applications which already have them.
#SHEEPSHAVER SLOWING DOWN UPDATE#
This thread is definitely also not about the Ubuntu vs Mint update schedule difference (I think Mint got it right).Ĭommonly, Linux is often claimed to be completely safe out of the box, either via use of the obscurity argument (which says Linux is not as sexy and big a target as Windows or Mac - but, then those of my age will remember that the same was once believed for Mac, and even a single virus/worm/trojan can do you in when unprepared, anyway) - or because downloaded files must be manually made executable requiring an admin password, or because of file system privileges creating an obstacle course (which it probably does much more for me than a hacker or his malware). to thieves, or make the machine unusable (ransomware, or simply paralyzed OS, etc.). This thread is not about keeping one's emails unreadable by the spooks (I think that is quite impossible, really), but about malware attacks which may turn one's computer into a zombie, reveal credit card numbers and site passwords etc.
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