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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoOn most modern distros (like Mint) you can do basically as much with Linux GUIs as you can do in Windows or Mac.
Until you have an issue and then forget just downloading a file from a website, you go on during and trust people saying “enter commands in terminal” even though you have no fucking idea what you’re doing
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You also have no idea what that file you downloaded from a website is doing, too. And we have AppImage now, so you CAN still download a file from a website on Linux!
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I mean, if I download drivers from the manufacturer I’m pretty sure there’s nothing to worry about compared to downloading home made drivers on GitHub, right?
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Are we going to pretend that stuff being closed source prevents people from inserting bad shit in their code?
Open source isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have to be because it is better than it’s only alternative.
There are literally only 2 options: open source or closed source. One option offers you and anyone the ability to see the code that you are running for yourself, the other option is “trust me bro, nothing bad is in here”. Which of those do you prefer? Which do you think ends up with more malware? You think computer viruses include a link to the code on GitHub? Lol
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
That’s exactly what I had to do in order to make the wifi work properly on Mint, trust a guy who wrote a replacement driver, deactivate the one that’s in the kernel and I mean, it works, but who the fuck knows what I just installed? I know you guys like to make yourselves believe that open source means more secure because people can check the code, but it doesn’t change shit if no one does and I’m willing to bet a thousand that must open source project never get checked by anyone because who the fuck will bother going it if there’s no incentive?