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I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025 (itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstood. It will anything whether it should or not. Also, other processes can execute a thing even if it shouldn't. It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn't be run.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

I think you misunderstood.

I didn't.

It will anything whether it should or not.

It does what it's told, which is the way an OS should work.

It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn't be run.

And Linux can't? Isn't that the whole thing about Linux and open software is that it can be made to do whatever you want?