Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature

DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

We were never talking about desktop computers... maybe some post someone made did, but I thought the whole discussion was around PCs, and Scott specifically narrowed it to Laptops.

So what the fuck is this about?

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

I'm also wondering why Scott is including R Pi's as PCs? They aren't. Scott's been telling us the PC spec is XYZ for a decade, clearly the R Pi doesn't qualify for that spec. Nor does the M1 based stuff.

DustinB3403

XYZ specs, would indicate that a PC (desktop or laptop) has a specific set of hardware specifications.

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

So what the fuck is this about?

Scott and NTG uses Linux on all of their desktops and laptops, so he is desperately trying to say the entire market reflects what he does in his world.

DustinB3403

Additionally, if you look at the Oxford dictionary definition for a "Desktop computer" it clearly cares not about what the components are inside of the system, so long as the intended use is: "a computer suitable for use at an ordinary desk."

Which a RPi very clearly falls into that category since it's not by design a tablet, cellphone etc.

DustinB3403

@Obsolesce said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

So what the fuck is this about?

Scott and NTG uses Linux on all of their desktops and laptops, so he is desperately trying to say the entire market reflects what he does in his world.

Yeah that's fine, it's his world view. He may have hundreds or thousands of customers who are purchasing Pi's in bulk, that doesn't change the definition of what a "desktop computer" would qualify as, and the components of what's inside the case clearly don't matter either.

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

Additionally, if you look at the Oxford dictionary definition for a "Desktop computer" it clearly cares not about what the components are inside of the system, so long as the intended use is: "a computer suitable for use at an ordinary desk."

Which a RPi very clearly falls into that category since it's not by design a tablet, cellphone etc.

Right now, I have 3 laptops on my desktop...

Yes, you guessed right, my desk has to be this big:

DustinB3403

@Obsolesce That's an insane table lol...

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@Obsolesce That's an insane ~~table~~ desk lol...

How else do you get 3 laptops to fit on a desk?

DustinB3403

@Obsolesce said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@Obsolesce That's an insane ~~table~~ desk lol...

How else do you get 3 laptops to fit on a desk?

I use an aircraft carrier, I have so much room to spread out.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

We were never talking about desktop computers... maybe some post someone made did, but I thought the whole discussion was around PCs, and Scott specifically narrowed it to Laptops.

So what the fuck is this about?

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

I'm also wondering why Scott is including R Pi's as PCs? They aren't. Scott's been telling us the PC spec is XYZ for a decade, clearly the R Pi doesn't qualify for that spec. Nor does the M1 based stuff.

PCs, specifically - not Desktops, you can call anything you want a desktop, but PC has a very specific set of requirements - that's at least what scott has been saying for years.

Now me personally - a laptop is a portable PC. An iPad with a keyboard is not a laptop, nor is an iPad Pro with keyboard... but whatever.

DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

We were never talking about desktop computers... maybe some post someone made did, but I thought the whole discussion was around PCs, and Scott specifically narrowed it to Laptops.

So what the fuck is this about?

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

I'm also wondering why Scott is including R Pi's as PCs? They aren't. Scott's been telling us the PC spec is XYZ for a decade, clearly the R Pi doesn't qualify for that spec. Nor does the M1 based stuff.

PCs, specifically - not Desktops, you can call anything you want a desktop, but PC has a very specific set of requirements - that's at least what scott has been saying for years.

Now me personally - a laptop is a portable PC. An iPad with a keyboard is not a laptop, nor is an iPad Pro with keyboard... but whatever.

Again, I've said Scott is wrong here.

Here's the definition of "Personal computer" from Oxford

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DustinB3403

Now when you use the term Desktop Computer and Personal Computer (PC) do you envision 2 or more people sitting in the same chair using the same HID's to interact with the system in front of them? No, because that would be stupid.

A Personal Computer or Desktop Computer are by definition and use, the same thing, regardless of the form-factor and revolves around intended use cases.

Nothing to do with what you're describing.

DustinB3403

Just because Microsoft marketed the shit out of "Personal Computer" doesn't mean a damn thing. Use the accepted definition of the words you're using and this becomes very simple to understand.

DustinB3403

And at the same time, if you install a RPI to operate a server OS for use with multiple users, then it also qualifies as a server.

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DustinB3403

Which all of this combined by definition, a PC, Desktop Computer or Server is based on intended use. None of the marketing crap that is used for laymen terms to sell to a customer.

Dashrender

Please stop arguing with me - my comments where intended toward Scott and his desired inclusion of R Pi's when we were talking about PCs previously (and him more specifically about laptops).

DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

Now me personally - a laptop is a portable PC. An iPad with a keyboard is not a laptop, nor is an iPad Pro with keyboard... but whatever.

An iPad (or any other tablet) by the definitions I've listed is a personal computer. The same is true for a cell phone. Because it's intended that a single user will use the device at a time.

If you were to change OS on the iPad (or any other tablet) to something that would "centralize resources or services in a network" then you have a server, even if the form-factor is horrible for the use case. Because "you" intend to use an iPad as a server. Is it stupid, sure, but if you built an OS to make an iPad act as a server, you have a server.

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DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

Please stop arguing with me - my comments where intended toward Scott and his desired inclusion of R Pi's when we were talking about PCs previously (and him more specifically about laptops).

I'm not arguing with you, I'm informing you by force to realize that Scott is wrong in this case by the accepted definitions of the terms being discussed.

Just let the information into your heart and soul.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

@Dashrender said in Is Open Source Really So Much More Secure By Nature:

Please stop arguing with me - my comments where intended toward Scott and his desired inclusion of R Pi's when we were talking about PCs previously (and him more specifically about laptops).

I'm not arguing with you, I'm informing you by force to realize that Scott is wrong in this case by the accepted definitions of the terms being discussed.

Just let the information into your heart and soul.

Hey I completely agree with you - that's not the point. When conversing with Scott, you generally have to bring things back to his accepted situation.... which is all I was doing.