"It's not safe to run an internet facing Windows box right now," a hacker who used to work in the US Department of Defense said to Motherboard.
I'm thinking this could be a good time to introduce your friends to #Linux.
I wrote a bit on why over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/65gnkm/this_could_be_a_good_time_to_talk_to_your_friends/
@forteller from an exploit mitigation perspective, the main Linux distributions trail behind Windows. With grsecurity making their patch private, all distributions will fall behind. When it comes down to it, Windows is likely more secure than stock Linux. It's simply that Windows has a larger market share on the desktop. If Linux had that same market share, you'd see it be targeted more.
@lattera If Linux had a larger market share then there would be more eyes and resources on finding and fixing security holes too. Just think what could be done if say 5-10 countries switched all their administrative PCs in government, police, healthcare, etc to Linux and spent all the Win+MS Office license money on making Linux better.
@forteller @lattera that's the point. Investing in FLOSS is investing in a public good, it actually pays off both for governments, and the people.
Also, think of local companies being able to help with development of features needed by local governments. We really don't need to send buckets of cash to Redmond.
