this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025
31 points (97.0% liked)

Linux

58175 readers
343 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Hello there,

I have a question. If I'm doing windows linux dual boot, is there any possibiliy that windows can spy my data on linux? Or: if i got ransomwared on windows, is my linux part of my pc safe or not?

How can I prevent all above?

Thx

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Fanmion@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thx for all the suggestions. Is there any mainboard which automatically unmount all other drives when you boot into an OS?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Mounting a drive is the function of the OS. If you mean automatically disabling a port, no, typically motherboards don't have that functionality.

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Automatically, no. And have a look at this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTjj1ILCwRs