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  • Paragone@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•When do I actually need a firewall?
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    5 months ago

    A couple of decades ago, iirc, SANS.org ( IF I’m remembering who it was who did it ) put a fresh-install of MS-Windows on a machine, & connected it to the internet.

    It took SEVERAL MINUTES for it to be broken-into, & corrupted, botnetted.

    The auto-attacks by botnets are continuous: hitting different ports, trying to break-in, automatically.

    I’ve had linux desktops pwned from me.

    the internet should be considered something like a mix of toxic & corrosive chemicals: “maybe” your hand will be fine, if you dip it in for a moment & immediately rinse it off ( for 3 hours ), but if you leave you limbs dwelling in the virulent slop, Bad Things™ are going to happen, sooner-or-later.

    I used to de-infest Windows machines for my neighbours…

    haven’t done it in years: they’ll not pay-for good anti-virus, they’ll not resist installing malware: therefore there is no point.

    Let 'em rot.

    I’ve got a life to work-on uncrippling, & too-little strength/time left.

    “but I don’t need antivirus: i never get infected!!”

    then how come I needed to de-infest it for you??

    “but I don’t need an immune-system: pathogens are a hoax!!”

    get AIDS, then, & don’t use anti-AIDS drugs, & see how “healthy” you are, 2 years in.

    Same argument, different context-mapping.

    Tarpit was a wonderful-looking invention, for Linux’s netfilter/iptables, years ago: don’t help botnets scan quickly & efficiently to help them find a way to break-in…

    Anyways, just random thoughts from an old geek…

    EDIT: “when do I need to wear a seatbelt?”

    is essentially the same category of question.

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  • Paragone@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!
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    5 months ago

    IF you want Steam, THEN please consider every variant in the official Ubuntu family.

    Steam-support told me in their system, iirc in early 2023, that they ONLY support the Ubuntu family ( directly ).

    As Linus Torvalds noted, it isn’t possible to release software that is going to work on all distros.

    Even glibc has been broken by one, in that talk of his, and it wasn’t a niche distro, either, iirc.

    Pick which subset you CAN afford to support, and do not add to that subset until you’re rolling in money, from your linux-customerbase.

    ( slight sarcasm on the last line, but business is business: destroying-resources costs, and if there is no benefit, it isn’t sane to continue doing it. )

    Decide which capabilities/functions/apps you NEED, and then don’t even consider distros that break your required-set on you.

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