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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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The power of Linux (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Today i took my first steps into the world of Linux by creating a bookable Mint Cinamon USB stick to fuck around on without wiping or portioning my laptop drive.

I realised windows has the biggest vulnerability for the average user.

While booting off of the usb I could access all the data on my laptop without having to input a password.

After some research it appears drives need to be encrypted to prevent this, so how is this not the default case in Windows?

I'm sure there are people aware but for the laymen this is such a massive vulnerability.

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[–] oo1@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, my sister bought a laptop it had windows and bitlocker installed.

She doesn't know what any of those things are nor does she have an encryption key.

So she was not able to resize her partition to try to dual boot linux - she'd have to totally kill windows (which I suggested, of course, but you know. . . ).

It stops her doing what she wants because she was given something she doesn't understand by people who didn't explain it. At least she is "safe" though according to someone else's definition. I guess coud've just said "Basically, microsoft" for short.

[–] Mio@feddit.nu 0 points 1 day ago

Microsoft makes all the decisions for you.

Try using a virtual machine before doing a full switch