The whole point of this comment thread is that Linux is or isn’t supposedly immune to this type of attack. Has this ever happened to a Linux machine that anyone knows of, that a monitor has installed software like this? If not, I think it’s safe to say we can recommend Linux over others.

Ubuntu counts as they have had some ads for commercial (even closed) services.

Did those ads show up because of something a monitor chose to install?

Okay well I’m asking how specifically Linux would be vulnerable to this thing in particular. Is it?

I feel like 50% market share is a bit steep. I think we’re well past the point where anyone can and should be running Linux on the desktop.

The possibility of it is there, and that’s good enough for me, to be honest. Saying it’s not the year until we already have dominance I feel is a bit too much to ask.

But I guess it’s about ambition. Do we want to include the downfall of Apple and Microsoft into this? Then we’ll have to wait a long time, and work very hard.

For me, it’s when Linux was a viable desktop operating system to daily drive and still be fairly compatible with other operating systems, which was ages ago.

I don’t get it, what does the xz lib being attacked have to do with delivering and installing software on Linux, by the command of a connected monitor? Feels like a different kind of attack surface, or? Pardon my ignorance.

Knowing why is 90% of the battle.

Is that a universally held definition?

No I was thinking of CachyOS, I just incorrectly thought it was immutable. 😊

2026 is legitimately the year of desktop Linux

What is the exact qualification in order to be called “the year of the Linux desktop”? I have been using Linux on my desktop computer(s) for almost two decades. Was my year of the Linux desktop this year also?

But I’m saying, what path does the installation take in order to even end up on disk? How would it get permission to run sudo/doas or gain root access in order to install shit, without my user/admin input?

Hold on, scuffing is not scraping. Never mind. 😅

Fair enough. I thought it was one of those distros that you couldn’t change much once installed. My bad, if incorrect.

[turns off NSFW block]

Oh it seems there’s a lot of smashing going on.

Alternatively: oh but you look smashing all the time!

Aeeh… My puns aren’t so good after just waking up…

Anyway, thanks for the exchange 😄

Even worse 😄

That’s actually pretty wild lol, what the heck

You know? Like, there’s zero friction with Arch, I feel like. It’s just out of your way.

If you like to fiddle, I might suggest Arch. 😁 Hit me up if you want help with getting started!

Why do distros make that so difficult?

# pacman -S nvidia
# systemctl reboot

Good to go. 🚀

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