Linux Security Rant Against Windows

Windows is a security disaster, & they are not moving towards changing. Compare that to Linux who has dominated the server & embedded devices market, among other things. The user space Linux desktop software stack is far better relative to the others. Security & privacy are such high priorities. It's really complex based & it's hard to even choose where to start in terms of explaining how good it is: >Wayland for separating windows & keystrokes >Firejail, Bubblewrap & seccomp-bpf for sandboxing/privilege separation >AppArmor, SELinux, SMACK, YAMA, Tomoyo & Landlock for permission models >Hardened kernel & compiler toolchains (most notably clang) for exploit mitigation & memory safety >UFW Secure Boot + dm-verity for a full verified boot >Memory-safe languages like Rust for class-less citizens >Smaller attack surface in the first place ...& because it is open source, there is much effort put into finding & fixing bugs, compared to Windows which is unauditable & does not respect your freedom! Look at something like Windows where software versions are forced & totally superficial. You're expected not to compile, but to Google your way to a software's download page, & verifying the integrity of a binary is unheard of. Only a tiny subset of security fixes receiving CVEs are backported (check MITRE if you don't believe me), the deployment of even the legacy exploit mitigations from 2 decades ago is terrible. Microsoft is notorious for holding back exploits for the tree-letter agencies. Is this what passes as secure? What a joke! LMAO! It is just not based in any kind of reality with any actual reasoning / thought behind it. Only the glowmigger sells the MadA*dan cult would have you believe this. Desktop Windows is falling further & further behind Linux in all of these areas. The work to try catching up like WSL is extremely flawed. There's little attempt to learn from other distros doing much better & to adopt their privacy & security features to catch up.

A dark-mode 4chan-style post compares Windows and Linux, presenting Linux as vastly superior in security, privacy, openness, and user freedom. The joke is the exaggerated, rambling technical confidence and conspiratorial tone, making it useful as a reaction to an overzealous Linux-versus-Windows argument. EN: A dark-mode 4chan-style post compares Windows and Linux, presenting Linux as vastly superior in security, privacy, openness, and user freedom. The joke is the exaggerated, rambling technical confidence and conspiratorial tone, making it useful as a reaction to an overzealous Linux-versus-Windows argument.

• @gentoomemes / 10908 2024-04-26