thats true

AV rarely provides real security

unless we are talking about enterprise shit like sophos

real security comes from not being a fucking idiot

Or for those that dual boot with windows and may use WINE.

My problem with sentiment like that is that malware does not necessarily need you to be stupid, only somebody else on your network to be stupid or you not keeping software up to date. That or for there to be a zero day that you are unaware of. People seem to think of only traditional viruses while modern attacks use a variety of malicious programs that can propagate in other ways.

I've heard Malwarebytes has gone down a bit from being as good as it used to be, but then I now some people who don't think so, so <:Shrug:365198052631379978>

And that was like 6 months ago I head that, idk about now

Most companies I've been at block interlan traffic. Since I'm in r&d and make internet connected devices I need freedom to operate and control my own network so they always place me in a sandboxed network that can't propogate out

I haven't had a personal system with Windows for 4 years so it very well may not be as good as it used to be.

Ah

When you get to a company you'll be forced to change

For hr and business facing apps

I did say personal system, not that I haven't worked at companies with a provided Windows computer. However on those I don't install my own software.

Ahh true true

I wonder how often dual booting or even wine is used in commercial. I know with students it's popular since you're usually limited in resources and can't just buy a new dedicated box but in the corporate world you just say hey I need a Linux box I'm not dual booting that and they say ok. Or just spin up a VM and avoid compatibility headaches with wine

I'm not sure how common it is, but I've known people at work that had dual booted Windows and a Linux. It's mainly because many companies are cheap and will give you one laptop and you have to work with what you have.

hmm

I am actually going to 'dual boot' soon

but not exactly dual booting

rather, arch + a kvm windows with gpu passthrough for gaming

cuz I cant develop/use windows as my daily driver

Maybe I've just been lucky to work for companies that will provide what I want as long as it's justified

and sitting in a queue waiting for a game is useless and I could use that time on my main system doing something else

I've been meaning to do a setup like that for years, but my secondary GPU is nvidia so it's a pain to do that.

same

I have one gpu rn

a 1050ti

im gonna buy another gpu

and sell the 1050ti

and buy a cheap amd card for my linux system

1050ti is too old for modern gaming anwyays

Yeah I used to run only Linux like all the other purists but taking compatibility is unparalleled with Windows so run it primarily for gaming

My primary is a Vegas 64 and secondary is a GTX 1080 which I want to pass through for gaming or some machine learning that needs Cuda. Having OpenCL for the AMD card and Cuda for the Nvidia installed at the same time on Linux is a migraine inducing process.

hmmm

idk what gpu to buy to replace my 1050ti with

I have like $1000 budget but only if I need to

1440p at around 60fps on mostly high settings?

I also develop in a framework that is cross compatible so I can do majority of dev in windows. When I need to do Linux specific tasks like compile the operating system I can do it in a vm

I only keep a Windows VM hanging around for my research reference manager because even thou the software has a Linux management interface, it currently only interfaces with Microsoft office and not libre office in my experience even thou the website says it should be able to.

I have a 1080 ti and run dual 4k monitors without issue