On: Linux 5.8-rc1

[xyproto]

Can know for sure vs nobody knows. The comparison is clearly in favor of Linux.

[speedgoose → xyproto]

The windows source code is actually readable for very large organizations and governments.

[megous → speedgoose]

But can they build it and run it? Or do they have to trust the code is current and matches the binaries?

[speedgoose → megous]

I would belive so. Probably possible to compile and debug but not distribute. There is little information about it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/

[iso947 → speedgoose]

But not the White hat hacking world.

[j88439h84 → xyproto]

> Can know for sure

can know what -- that there isn't a backdoor? I can look at Linux source all day and not find the answer to that.

[xyproto → j88439h84]

We, as a community, can.

One dedicated person, can.

[Razengan → xyproto]

> The comparison is clearly in favor of Linux.

Magnitudes of more people use Windows and macOS than Linux* and they have yet to fail catastrophically.

* not counting servers and embedded

[_-___________-_ → Razengan]

There are far more devices running Linux in the world than Windows & macOS combined. That would seem to be a much more useful comparison than how many people own those devices.

Parent post was updated to say "not counting servers and embedded", but dismissing smartphones -- literally the most popular type of personal computing device in the world -- this way seems to completely invalidate the point.

[j88439h84 → _-___________-_]

I dunno, why do you say that?

[_-___________-_ → j88439h84]

The parent thread was about possible backdoors; more devices running a piece of software = more surface area for any possible backdoor in that software.