By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:30:00 +0000

A number of security blogs this week have had members posit that it probably results from a one or more compromised ppa’s; I tend to agree. But that’s not yet to say the entire world of Linux is about to crumble; there are so many derivatives of Ubuntu alone, for example, some of which never rose above obscurity; some current Linux versions have very small user bases and irregular MDM management; some ppas themselves have just sat around updated annually or longer. If one doesn’t have extreme IT experience and wants to use Linux, it’s best to start with long term service (LTS) versions, like Mint or Ubuntu or Ubuntu derivatives other than Mint…but even then, for example, Mint’s native package manager contains Blender 2,69 yet current is 2.76b, so one has to hope hackers didn’t compromise 2,69’s ppa, and do homework checking the reputation of third-party ppa’s offering the current version of Blender (or anything else). Linux isn’t invulnerable, just vulnerable in ways different from Windows or OSX. Cheers!

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