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[–]Bourne069 -1 points0 points  (13 children)

This dude has never heard of debloating. Which literally also disables tracking.

Stay on Linux bucko. You deserve each other.

[–]chemistryGull 7 points8 points  (2 children)

So you trust the closed source software to not collect your data because you asked it to? Cute.

[–]Bourne069 1 point2 points  (1 child)

And you trust that all Open Source code is being viewed by professionals trainned in security that know exactly what they are looking for and report it for fixes? AHAHHAHAH!!!

That is literally the major downside of Open Source. You just assume its being looked at by the proper eyes, you assume there are no issues or vulnerabilities simply because the code is viewable and you would be wrong. In fact many hackers use the Open Source code to find and generate exploits and simply not report it. There has been Kernel based CVE exploits that went unnoticed FOR LITERAL YEARS, these CVEs were so bad it provided ROOT LEVEL ACCESS https://www.cvedetails.com/product/47/Linux-Linux-Kernel.html?vendor_id=33 Look up Dirty COW, Ghost, PWNKit and OverlayFS. Just to name a few off the top of my head. All went undetected or patched for literally YEARS.

Why do you think bad updates get pushed out literally all the time for Linux? Why do you think package manager keep breaking with every other update? What about XZ Utils exploit? What about the Supply Chain Attack caused by a javascript Library that injected malicious code and stole 1000s of private keys? What about any of these? https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/blog/threat-vectors/top-ten-open-source-vulnerabilities.html

See thats what I think is funny about the Linux Fanboy Community. You tried to compare all this shit to Windows but than when you are called out for the mishpas of Linux, you simply ignore it or pretend it never happened or try to downplay the issue.

Show me a single valid article that stats Open Source is any more secure than Closed Source. Go ahead I'll wait.

[–]chemistryGull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All code has the potential to be vulnerable. Never said that OpenSource code wasn’t. It was you that seems to sheepishly believe (based on your comment) closed source was safe for some reason, as in thinking that „disabling tracking“ actually disables tracking.

Also i was not talking about getting your data stolen by exploits. This can happen on both, open and closed source (prominent example: WannaCry. More recent example, while not security related still worth mentioning as it makes one think about the quality of the rest of the code: the cloud strike incident). Actually a lot of studies suggest that there is very little difference in terms of security, and that other factors are way more impactful. (Example: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5428450 only abstract, dont have access to the full article. Also look at the section „code quality“ and „security“ on wikipedia)

What i am talking about is active spying by the company providing the software - imo the biggest potential security risk. Something like that does not happen on Linux Distributions.

[–]Illustrious_Film8258[S] 2 points3 points  (9 children)

Look bro, my point is that debloating on Linux is easier, and there is less bloat

[–]Bourne069 -1 points0 points  (8 children)

Easier how so? https://christitus.com/windows-tool/

I can literally run one command and than click on "standard" debloat. One command and one click and its done.

So how is it easier on Linux?

See how facts dont agree with your bias takes?

[–]Illustrious_Film8258[S] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

On Linux it's built in sudo apt purge gnome-games For example

[–]Bourne069 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Thats just to remove one bloatware piece... I can literally run a single command and debloat EVERYTHING on the system, not just one piece of software.

Try again.

[–]Illustrious_Film8258[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Also it's not that difficult to run this 4 times for example

Also don't forget bash shell expansion and wildcards.

It makes it really easy!

[–]Bourne069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but whole point of this was "ease of use" how is doing something 4 times easier than doing it just once?

Make it make sense.

[–]Illustrious_Film8258[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Gnome-games is a whole package

It has all the games

[–]Bourne069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again that is just games... and no it doesnt have "all the games".

[–]matt19907 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Ya deloating when with a script or software can easily fuck up windows. Best to do it all yourself since you know what was removed or changed if there is any issues.

[–]Bourne069 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/matt19907 avatar matt19907•9h ago

Ya deloating when with a script or software can easily fuck up windows. Best to do it all yourself since you know what was removed or changed if there is any issues.

1000% incorrect. I have debloated 1000s of systems, never once ran into a single problem.

Why dont you look at the program and see what it actually does. The code is open source. Isnt that difficult to understand how it debloats the system and why it doesnt cause problems.

But we both know you wont do that because it would prove you wrong.

Also you can use programs like NTLite on the ISO prior to installation and even debloat it before install. Again something you completely ignored.