On Saturday 12 December 2020 22:04:12 Chris Albertson wrote: > This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to > run an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must > be a distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. > Raspberian is #1 by far, then a couple of versions of Ubuntu and then > Debian. That said, all these other in 1st to 5th place are modified > versions of Debian. Circular logic, I guess. Butt goes to show most > users prefer some modifications to Debian.
It (raspian) also is forced on pi users by debian's refusal to modify the boot partition layout to match that of the pi, which is different from most other arm offerings. In self defense because I need the realtime kernel, I developed an install method that does work on pi's. > BTW Apple's macOS makes a compromise. It asks you only the first time > you run the app. It says "You are about to run this thing downloaded > from the Internet, Are you sure?" If you click "yes" it remembers and > does not ask the next time. This is the best, I think. It > prevents people from getting tricked into running random software but > is not so anoying. > > The problem with with Windows is you can't tell what will happen if > you click an icon. You click this thing that claims to be a nude > photo of some celebrity and it really is a program that logs > keystrokes and sends them to some Russian mafia guy who wants your > password to your bank account. > > The neat thing about Debian is that it is open source and you can > modify it any way you like > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 1:22 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > > wrote: > > The only conclusion I can come to, that the checked box for > > executables isn't the default, is that indeed 99.9% of Raspberry Pi > > users are not that bright where 100% of Windows users are. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
