• Murdo Maclachlan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Image Transcription: Meme

    [Gru, the long-nosed protagonist of the “Despicable Me” franchise, presents to the camera, pointing into the air and smiling. Behind him is a flipchart with text reading:]

    And the best part about using Linux: No viruses!

    [Still presenting, Gru has his hand in a C shape and his head down as he peers at the gap between his fingers. The text now reads:]

    Look at this, a website downloaded a malicious .exe on my machine.

    [Gru now has his hands pointing down, fingers splayed, still presenting. The text now reads:]

    *Double Click*

    See? Nothing happe…

    [Gru looks back to the flipchart in a double-take, his eyes round and wide and his mouth downturned. The text still reads:]

    *Wine is launching*

    [The Wine logo: a slightly tipped wine glass with red wine sloshing inside it.]

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  • cdegallo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I feel like, for some weird reason, nobody on lemmy knows how meme templates are supposed to be used.

    • eatisaiy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      you mean because of the last two panels which are supposed to be the same? I personally prefer this version, it always bothered me reading the same thing twice which didn’t add much to the meme

          • grue@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            If it doesn’t conform to the format, you should pick a different one that it does conform to and use that instead.

            • Zyratoxx@lemm.ee
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              1 year ago

              What if they couldn’t come up with a different format (even tho I may know different formats to use here I sometimes simply don’t know their name (to search for their templates) or I’m just lacking the mental capacity to think of a more fitting one :')

  • Pyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This happened to me not long ago when I found a monero miner running on my laptop. Being a highly technical person, I feel unbounded shame.

      • Pyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It was pretty easy to spot in htop since it had really high CPU usage. Plus, the command line args it launched with included the word “Monero” multiple times, so that was a bit of a giveaway haha

  • nitefox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Well no problem, they can’t run without root privileges!” -/home left the game

  • PutangInaMo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You really don’t think Linux has viruses? I’m confused by this post. Is it an excuse to shit on wine and windows?

    • fidodo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’re super rare. I’ve not gotten one once in decades, whereas I’ve encountered countless viruses on Windows. Linux is more secure, but also it’s just a smaller target. Best way to avoid viruses is to use an OS nobody else wants to use *taps head

      • PutangInaMo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think you have a false sense of security with regards to Linux vulnerabilities and exploitations. There are dozen of known exploits throughout the Linux ecosystem that are publicly disclosed frequently.

        What makes you think Linux is more secure than windows? I’m not trying to start an argument here I’m just curious.

        • fidodo@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          I find the Linux ecosystem has far better updating mechanisms than Windows and it doesn’t have as much backwards compatibility cruft as Windows. That and the open source nature I think is better at having exploits uncovered. I’m not saying Linux is perfectly secure, but that it’s more secure than Windows. But I think the biggest reason it’s less likely to get viruses is just that it’s a smaller target and that hackers aren’t spending as much time trying to attack it, plus the users are more tech savvy meaning any attacks will be less lucrative.

          • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            it’s a smaller target and that hackers aren’t spending as much time trying to attack it

            It’s the most popular server system, so I’m not so sure about that.

            • fidodo@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              The target user base is much smaller. Most viruses are spread through user error and server administrators are far more competent than a typical OS user. Also, typical server exploits lead to exposing credentials rather than spreading viruses.

              • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                Software is usually installed from repositories and not random websites, so there is less room for user error in general. Even if you download an executable file, you will most likely have to give it permissions to run first. So I think it’s more immune to viruses not because of its users, but because of the way it’s designed.

  • dukk@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I use Nix, so I’ll just reinstall my system if anything really bad ever happens. Sometimes I reinstall just because. My important files are on a delegate drive I have to manually mount, so I’m not too worried.

  • nogrub@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    no matter what os you use you can get viruses on linux and macos the chanche is slimmer because they have a smaller user base. the only way to not get viruses is to use your brain. for those who don’t know there are linux viruses and you can get them if you don’t pay attention

  • Legendsofanus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t know malware compatible was a term, oh it’s wonderful! I’m gonna use it on people in real life hehe

  • Neko the gamer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    how could it be though? a malware written for windows isn’t the same as one written for linux, even if it got out to your computer it shouldn’t be able to do really anything since it can’t orient itself around an operating system it wasn’t written for

  • yousirname@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t run a Linux machine in years. Has wine improved or was I just not savvy enough to get things to run on it?