Let’s be honest, how many current Linux users can trust any code that they run? There’s so many guides and instructions where you essentially copy/paste commands to install or configure something that it would be difficult for your average user to verify everything.
As we push more average Windows users to Linux, we need to be prepared for these users to download and run completely untrusted code.
Let’s be honest, how many current Linux users can trust any code that they run? There’s so many guides and instructions where you essentially copy/paste commands to install or configure something that it would be difficult for your average user to verify everything.
Probably a bunch. But having the ability doesn’t mean it’s used.