Year of Linux on the Desktop ( lemmy.world ) Englisch

EddyBot , vor 6 Monaten

it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam and not because Microsoft stopped patching it several years ago

Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

I don't think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

Takios , vor 6 Monaten

People don't care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

hemko , vor 6 Monaten

And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

Oszilloraptor , vor 6 Monaten

"I don't worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe."

meekah , vor 6 Monaten

Or those people who actively avoid patches in general, because "they make my device slow"

de_lancre , vor 6 Monaten

I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu's like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?