Two More Major Linux Vulnerabilities Discovered in the Same Class as Copy Fail

anonymous568:

Even though all three operating systems have catastrophic exploits from time to time, two of them are given the status of “normal” and are part of everyday culture while the third one is neither. At least in the US.

I think this largely comes down to what you define as a “cultural default”. Personally I view Linux desktop adoption more at an individual level, which could eventually affect some “cultural default” instead of viewing the “cultural default” before individual choice.

I would also like to say that we(I) consider MacOS and Windows “normal” and the “cultural default” largely because they ship as the default software on the hardware we purchase, and since most people will never install their own OS, or even perhaps know this is an option, Desktop Linux market share is limited in its growth. This is why I am hopeful that hardware that ships with Desktop Linux by default [1] eventually take off.

1. Various OEMs are making progress on this like Framework, System76, and to some extent traditional OEMs like DELL or Lenovo, but Windows is still the majority default by a significant margin. ↩︎