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OMG! UBUNTU!

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refracta
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OMG! UBUNTU!

#1 Post by refracta »

I got a real chuckle....numerous chuckles actually....

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malw ... buntu.html
Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org.

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#2 Post by aicardi »

This sort of thing was bound to start happening. Lot's of New_to_Linux folks out there now. It all boils down to educating ones self. I don't think this has anything to do with Debian, Ubuntu or Linux in general.
These are possibly the same folks that are more than happy to open attachments and click the *.exe file in their email on Windows.
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#3 Post by refracta »

aicardi wrote: These are possibly the same folks that are more than happy to open attachments and click the *.exe file in their email on Windows.
Could that the kind of user that ubuntu has attracted? Should we be thankful to ubuntu for attracting that type of user?

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#4 Post by aicardi »

refracta wrote:
aicardi wrote: These are possibly the same folks that are more than happy to open attachments and click the *.exe file in their email on Windows.
Could that the kind of user that ubuntu has attracted? Should we be thankful to ubuntu for attracting that type of user?
Ubuntu has really pushed for the masses so these folks will be in the crowd. The only people these users really hurt are themselves.
Jessie/Xfce

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#5 Post by refracta »

aicardi wrote:The only people these users really hurt are themselves.
uh....sure it is.....

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#6 Post by aicardi »

refracta wrote:
aicardi wrote:The only people these users really hurt are themselves.
uh....sure it is.....
I can see I need to put it another way I guess.
I don't care what Ubuntu and their users do or don't do. :)
Have a nice day.
Jessie/Xfce

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#7 Post by refracta »

Thanks for the response and giving me the opportunity to make my point... :wink:

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#8 Post by aicardi »

refracta wrote:Thanks for the response and giving me the opportunity to make my point... :wink:
What was your point?
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#9 Post by refracta »

the type of users that ubuntu has brought to linux....not a blessing but a curse...

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#10 Post by aicardi »

refracta wrote:the type of users that ubuntu has brought to linux....not a blessing but a curse...
You are half right. Not all are a curse.
When it gets really bad we can move to plan9 OS.
Jessie/Xfce

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#11 Post by refracta »

aicardi wrote:You are half right. Not all are a curse.
Where do you get your statistics from? From where I sit it seems like a plague.
When it gets really bad we can move to plan9 OS.
How about taking those users to plan9 with ya and leaving linux for those of us that were more than happy with linux before ubuntu came along. :wink:

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#12 Post by milomak »

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#13 Post by refracta »

ssshhhhhh......

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#14 Post by nadir »

imho: downloading artwork from gnome-look.org is a different thing than downloading and installing apps
from who-the-heck-knows-him-at-all.
not that it would change anything in regard to the point which has been made

btw: the downloads from the refracta-link in the sig seem to be ultra-save, you won`t even find them without the super-nanny google. :lol:
your socialization was during the cold-war, correct?
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#15 Post by refracta »

well I don't want just anyone using refracta :lol:

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#16 Post by aicardi »

How about taking those users to plan9 with ya and leaving linux for those of us that were more than happy with linux before ubuntu came along.
Like I stated before... I don't care what Ubuntu or their users do. If someone wants to download and install rogue deb files let them. That has no effect on me.
You are the one that seems to have issues with Ubuntu. My advice to you would be to not use Ubuntu. ;)
I too have been using Linux long before Ubuntu. 1996.
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#17 Post by refracta »

...don't see any way it may affect you?

rm -rf /

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#18 Post by aicardi »

refracta wrote:...don't see any way it may affect you?

rm -rf /
What does that have to do with me? This is a silly thread. Have a nice day and good luck with the Retracta
All the best my friend
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#19 Post by refracta »

What that has to do with you is this....

The more power and control ubuntu has the more it affects you. I can't imagine a debian developer or user wanting rm -rf changed to not allow wiping out root.

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#20 Post by sir fer »

Yeah they already messed with Xorg...

IMO Ubuntu is more and more becoming what Linux shouldn't be, and doing it on the back of Debian.

The day that Debian devs start to pander to the ubuntu-ites is the day I unplug my computer.

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