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A mandatory verification requirement Microsoft introduced in October took them out.

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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyway, this doesn't look good, and leaving developers of critical security software without recourse for weeks only erodes trust. But, in the end, this won't really affect a behemoth like Microsoft, who has a dominating hold on the operating system market.

I'm going to be hosting a community class to get rid of Windows and switch to Linux.

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's extremely cool! Are you holding it at the library or something? What distro will you be going with in your demonstration, or are you going to be talking about multiple ones? Do you know how many people will be attending yet?

I'm sorry for all the questions, it's just super cool to me haha

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

All good questions! I need to try Zorin first to see what it's like and figure out interest levels.

At the moment, it's just a good idea.