Instructions for Windows users who want have improved security without CrowdStrike
from otto@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 19:10
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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 21 Jul 2024 19:15 next collapse

Or, just don’t use garbage like CrowdStrike.

None of my machines were affected. None of the machines at dozens of my friend’s clients were affected.

The only people affected were those who:

  1. Use garbage like Crowdstrike

And

  1. Don’t properly manage their environments with things like staged rollout/updates.

Given the purpose of Crowdshit, I have zero sympathy for these companies.

umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml on 21 Jul 2024 19:23 collapse

So what you and your friends used for EDR? Bother to recommend something doesn’t suck?

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 21 Jul 2024 19:48 collapse

They don’t.

SMB doesn’t use it.

umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml on 21 Jul 2024 20:08 collapse

So Windows Defender, unless you are going to tell me they deactivate it too.

CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml on 21 Jul 2024 19:29 next collapse

You cannot migrate all devices running Windows to Linux easily, if your machine contains all sorts of software that was designed to run on it as is. That would be a really poor decision.

Your staff knows what software stack you’ve built should work where and how, and this includes Windows. Swapping it with another operating system will complicate things way more than what they’re dealing with, and no one will want to deal with that.

tabular@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 19:38 collapse

Getting off a sinking ship is also complicated.

EvilBit@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 19:37 next collapse

How can you tell if someone runs Linux on their personal computer?

Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

tabular@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 20:05 next collapse

I’m glad you brought this up.

I use Linux Mint on my personal desktop and OpenSUSE on my personal server.

Daveyborn@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 21:35 collapse

I’ve been toying around with mint as a secondary thing, i kinda like it. Haven’t made the effort to fully swap though.

tabular@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 22:02 collapse

I failed to switch several times as I’d just boot back into Windows if I had an issue or difficulty in learning a new way of doing things. I don’t remember why but I deleted the Windows drive and then found the prospect of having to reinstalling Windows 8 not worth it.

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 20:19 next collapse

Sure! I use Ubuntu and Fedora primarily on my laptop and gaming PC, but Win10 and Win11 do run more stable on my machines. 🤪

xavier666@lemm.ee on 22 Jul 2024 04:55 collapse

Fun fact: I use Linux on my personal PC

And my home server

And my hosted server

And my home router

And my phone

And my work PC

pbk@lemmy.world on 21 Jul 2024 20:42 next collapse

A very little reminder that CrowdStrike for Linux (yes, the same falcon that crashed on Friday) caused kernel panics at least on Debian after a broken update in April. So the issue is not the operating system but the vendor not having a proper quality control (which is no big surprise, the current CEO was CTO at McAfee when they rolled out a broken update in 2010 which caused massive outages worldwide)

Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Jul 2024 21:04 next collapse

Nice try Nigerian Prince, but I’m not clicking your link.

[deleted] on 21 Jul 2024 21:43 next collapse

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otto@programming.dev on 21 Jul 2024 22:57 next collapse

www.perplexity.ai/search?q=howto+upgrade+windows+…

bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world on 22 Jul 2024 07:18 next collapse

Lots of ideas on Microsoft’s site:

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Jul 2024 13:15 collapse

Next post about how to upgrade from ubuntu to debian, arch, etc.