tux0r

It took me twenty minutes, this time. No manual work needed. :-) sysupgrade - reboot- sysmerge and pkg_add -u, done.

You should, it’s snappy.

I use it even multiple times.

Found the bot.

You should be able to just grab it with Fossil though?

I wonder if it will run on the Hurd.

Also, Honk.

Good idea…

Thank you.

There is malware attacking servers running Linux but I doubt that many of those would work on desktop Linux.

Linux kernel malware works just well on desktop Linux kernels, and that's the majority of Linux malware.

The comments you posted here seem more like paranoia to me

Honestly, when it comes to computer security, "paranoia" is a harsh word for being aware of possible risks. (It's been 12 years "since Snowden", and people have already forgot, it seems.) Even Windows desktops are not under constant attack, but still there are reasons to maybe take security measurements on them before you can call them "secure". And that applies just as well to Linux.

The precise amount of hardware support of an operating system largely depends on your hardware. For example, iOS runs on iPhones while Linux does not. Does iOS have greater hardware support now?

Frankly, there is not one piece of hardware in my household that wouldn’t work with OpenBSD. I’m sure I could say the same about Linux. And you.

So is this a thing in reality and how can I find out?

It is one of several things in reality. Linux malware, spreading through the (mostly) same paths as Windows malware does, has been real for quite some time now.

But that in itself doesn’t really threaten my (or OP’s dad’s) computer.

Linux malware threatens Linux computers. It might be important to keep that in mind if you use Linux.

Thanks for the link. But that’s not a vulnerability or malware.

The RingReaper malware is literally a malware, using known vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel...?!