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I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was installed in the Microsoft app store. It's definitely their problem.

All the packages in the default Debian repos are verified. Malware that covers the screen in ads and locks up the computer (intentionally) would never make it into the Linux repos.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure I could see that being a Microsoft problem, but a bad app is not a Windows 11 problem.

That's like saying nobody should use Linux because of the Shai-Hulud worm.

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/npm-supply-chain-attack/

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

Shai-Hulud wasn't installable in the the official repos