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how to be secure for idiots?
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You can just use a VM and an antivirus on Windows. Linux isn't really necessary for your scenario
Windows VM in Linux is a better choice from a performance perspective since Windows already is pretty bad at managing its RAM usage.
Yes but we are talking about security and the risk of cross contamination. Would you really set up a VM and download risky files on the exact same Linux machine that holds all your personal data? I wouldn't.
Well you can just some windows is always unsafe.
I'd argue it's literally the worst virus, tbh. It's terrible at literally EVERYTHING, annnnd (for activated versions that didn't come with your hardware) costs money.
And after all that, you still gotta deal with the Windows virus itself.
That is exactly the point. You want to create a psychological boundary, you treat it as a disposable system so you never put any valuable data on it in the first place
That's not a good enough reason to use it, even disposably, even as a throwaway, ever. Unless your producing music or video and can't adapt to the alternatives, or something like that, there's no reason to use Windows at all.
No matter how many different layers of virtualization you use, then just different fistros. Never Windows.
Yeah but we don't want to use Microslop!
OP is the kind of user who used Tails on his own computer to log into his Gmail account. He has grammar issues and thinks Linux is this hacker OS that makes you anonymous and impossible to hack
Let’s be real, do you think this is the best thing for OP who is presumably a child?
i mean if op is a legit kid, i'd rather lead them to the world of linux than windows. at least that's what worked nicely for me
and please don't accuse people of grammar issues unless it's very obvious they're trolling. english is not everyone's first language. i'm also not a native speaker and struggle writing basic shits quite occasionally
I’m not a native speaker either. I mentioned his writing to point out he is literally a kid, not to mock his grammar. You can look at his account and see his posts
You want to "lead him to Linux" but he clearly just wants to pirate stuff and we all know this community will mock him the second he breaks his system
Instead of naively thinking about how this elitist community will "nourish" him, it would be infinitely more useful to teach him about attack surfaces and keeping personal data off a risky system entirely