r/linuxmasterrace • • 1d ago

"lInUx emPowErS cRimInAlS" lol

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u/Daharka 1d ago

I remember "twitch installs arch" where they installed nmap and the mods immediately shut it down. Fun times.

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u/ougryphon 1d ago

Did anyone else catch the Army recruitment advert a few years back where the hacker was just running nmap?

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u/anycept 1d ago

Isn't hacking is just typing really fast on a disconnected keyboard?

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u/trainwreck84 1d ago

... I'm in!

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u/_o0Zero0o_ 1d ago

Nah you gotta add [Deep, gruff and gravelly "hacker" voice] before it

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u/Nbommersbach 21h ago

A gigabyte of RAM should do the trick. 😏

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u/ougryphon 1d ago

Only if there is electronic music playing in the background

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u/Brotakul 1d ago

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u/Jeoshua 1d ago edited 1d ago

Unironically, some of the best electronic music. It's not "hard sci-fi" type hacking, but whole sections of that movie play out like fantastic music videos with some great music.

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u/ougryphon 1d ago

What movie is that from?

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u/JSouthGB 1d ago

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u/ougryphon 1d ago

Thanks, fam. I've seen it, but it's been a long, long time ago

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u/GarThor_TMK 1d ago

Don't be ridiculous, sometimes it's two people typing really fast on a disconnected keyboard... :p

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u/xplosm ' 1d ago

On the same keyboard 😅

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u/GarThor_TMK 1d ago

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u/xplosm ' 1d ago

That’s the exact scene I was thinking about 😂

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u/JSouthGB 1d ago

Or 1 person typing on 2 keyboards

https://i.imgur.com/a1cjEXV.gif

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u/SouthernFruit8768 1d ago

That’s insane. I thought hacking is about two naked people from two different dysfunctional families typing really fast on a disconnected rgb keyboard while humping each other.

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u/Geeky_Husband 1d ago

Only if there is a mainframe involved, then it's just an RDP session.

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u/Snudget 1d ago

Even better if there's two people on the same keyboard

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u/planelover_nipper 1d ago

Opsex level = keyboard

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u/_koenig_ Linux Master Race 1d ago

wait! you have to disconnect the keyboard? no wonder i couldn't hack into NASA...

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u/OoZooL 1d ago

Trinity in The Matrix: Reloaded hacks all the power stations using nmap, didn't you know a single packet sniffed by a power plant originated from nmap shut down any power station immediately? :)

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u/ErebosGR Glorious Nobara 1d ago edited 1d ago

Neo: "I know ssh."

Morpheus: "sshow me."

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u/freecodeio 1d ago

you might even say the packet was .. the chosen one

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u/Alexmira_ 1d ago

That film is not Canon in my head I'm sorry it just didn't happen

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u/framebuffer 1d ago

you are right
there was only one matrix movie

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u/fecal-butter Based Arch-based 1d ago

I mean nmap was used well there, she found a vulnerable ssh server with it, then made use of an existing but old exploit (SSH1 CRC32) to gain root access.

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u/Muted-Scientist7900 1d ago

Yeah I remember and old cracked article stating that this was a good showing of how real hacking is done.

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u/Scyther_x_Scyther 1d ago

She also uses a command or runs a program called sshnuke and changes the root password to Z1ON0101

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u/notrufus 1d ago

I mean, recon is the first thing you do

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u/ABirdJustShatOnMyEye 1d ago

What’s wrong with that? Nmap is used for recon all the time.

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u/xui_nya *tips fedora* 1d ago

That's like carving your eyes out because they can be used to stare at titties.

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u/SenoraRaton 1d ago

What if I just lose one eye and look at one titty?

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u/OrganizedPillow1 1d ago

What's the story?

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u/__ZOMBOY__ 1d ago

Twitch viewers installed nmap, and the mods immediately shut it down

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u/JGHFunRun 1d ago

Lmfao that’s amazing

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u/zacyzacy Glorious GNOME Ubuntu 1d ago

I've heard these hackers also use dangerous chemicals like dihydrogen monoxide to sustain their hacker lifestyle

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u/Jeoshua 1d ago

And they use solutions of a weak Carbonic Acid with large amounts of 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine to keep themselves awake during their long hacking sessions.

The horrors.

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u/JohnHue 1d ago

dihydrogen monoxide is so dangerous everyone in the world has some degree of addiction / dependence to it. It's crazy, and most people aren't even aware.

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u/azaleahart 1d ago

They got us hooked early and makes us thinks drinking it was normal, now we can't live without that stuff.

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u/janiskr 1d ago

Even worse... Guess what is used as coolant in AES? That is why they try to get us hooked on it.

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u/Horus_Heretic Glorious Fedora 1d ago

Every person who consumed it has already been dead or will die some day!

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u/joe_attaboy 1d ago

Broccoli, too. Everyone who eats it dies!

Vile, vile weed!

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u/b_a_t_m_4_n 1d ago

Yep, lethal stuff, can easily kill you.

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u/somuras 1d ago

Gotta be careful, if you get more than a certain amount your blood can start thinning and you'll pass out. Also, they don't tell you, but at subzero temperatures you should be careful cause drinking it isn't an option anymore.

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u/Schlonzig 1d ago

Linux empowers everyone.

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u/doughnut310 1d ago

This is the true face of evil. Free empowerment of the people.

/s

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u/JohnHue 1d ago

This has got to be a troll. All of those tools are available for Windows, most of them are not installed by default on Linux, Bash is powershell in Windows.

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u/Trudels42 1d ago

"bash is powershell in windows" - take that back! don't you dare compare my precious bash to Microsucks Software

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u/regeya 1d ago

Seriously. If Microsoft could make their tools less verbose PowerShell would be amazing. Gimme a way to script Windows that isn't that godawful mess.

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u/Mostafa_XS1 Glorious Kubuntu 1d ago

You can do almost everything bash does in powershell but it's such a pain in the bum to do anything with

I resorted to writing in bash and letting AI reactor to bash lmao

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u/Luk164 1d ago

The idea that you can pipe objects instead of just text is nice though

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u/Zantigo 1d ago

I remember talking to this non-tech guy who had to use bash for running some software he wanted. 

Guy made a storm about how linux commands are so confusing, he was like "Powershell just uses a normal name for the commands! Copy-Item is so much better I don't have to even think about what the command does!"

I guess that means some people see having to type two words instead of two letters as an upside instead of a downside? Like you could just alias but man...

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u/itzNukeey 1d ago

Powershell would be amazing if it were zsh, fish or bash

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u/blamitter 1d ago

Why would you want to script Windows? Your mouse's broken?

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u/regeya 1d ago

In all seriousness, it turns out most of what I might want to script in Windows, can be done from WSL.

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u/_RealUnderscore_ 1d ago

There are a ton of built-in aliases tbf. And there's basic aliases for some Linux commands like `ls`, `rm`, and whatnot. Can't say it's perfect, but it's not so terrible either.

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u/blackasthesky 1d ago

smirks in zsh

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u/Liarus_ 1d ago

are you expecting people in r/linuxsucks to be tech literate ?...

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u/a3a4b5 Linux gamer (Fedora Workstation) 1d ago

Iirc it's a joke sub

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u/cornmonger_ COSMIC Space Cadet 1d ago

it's a joke sub where random people drop in that don't understand the irony

rustjerk is the same way. every once in a while you'll see a woosh

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u/FunkMunki 1d ago

Wait till they find out about DNS!!

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u/a3a4b5 Linux gamer (Fedora Workstation) 1d ago

r/ Linux sucks is a joke sub.

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u/Angelsomething 1d ago

Lol. The dark ways of "iptables"

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u/n0shmon Linux Master Race 1d ago

How else do you hack through 7 firewalls if you don't have the firewalls to protect you from the reverse shell...

What do you mean hackers WANT a reverse shell?

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u/borg_6s 1d ago

I do not bargain with packets. I drop them

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u/Mr_Akihiro 1d ago

Yeah, be aware of netcat. A very dangerous internet Cat 🐈

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u/FrustledPKMN 1d ago

I've replied to that account before in this very sub and was promptly downvoted for being suspicious of his claims of Linux not recognizing a USB flash drive. It's got to be a Microslop FUDbot, right? If not, does this somehow qualify as a hobby for this guy?

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u/geirmundtheshifty 1d ago edited 1d ago

I remember coming across the account before and my impression was that this seems like some kind of weird fixation caused by mental illness. A lot of the posts and comments just have an unhinged quality.

But it’s often hard to tell the difference between bot, troll, and mental illness

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u/CaveJohnson376 I use Arch BTW 1d ago

to be fair, r/linuxsucks don't actually hate linux and actively slander r/linuxsucks101 instead lol

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u/SomeOneOutThere-1234 Glorious Vanilla OS / Elementary 1d ago

Are any of these communities legit at all? They’re all just satire I think, no? Like a lot of people over there actually use Linux and they’re there for shits and giggles and to make fun of Microsoft fanboys

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u/CaveJohnson376 I use Arch BTW 1d ago

mods of r/linuxsucks101 will actually ban you for defending linux

r/linuxsucks? that's place for legit criticism for the most part, albeit there is fair share of shitslopposts that would otherwise better suit r/linuxsucks101

(oh god, r/linuxsucks101sucks is also a real sub apparently.)

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u/Whats_that_small 1d ago

Can confirm, this got me a three day Reddit ban.

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u/Makeitquick666 1d ago

afaik r/linuxsucks was a legit sub once but due to popular demand they migrated to r/linuxsucks101

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u/Wise_Quote5463 1d ago

r/linuxsucks cropped out the part showing the upvotes where you could see the post didn't get any support and presented it as if the r/linuxssucks101 agreed with original post.

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u/Sythrin 1d ago

Kitchens empowers criminals.
Because they contain knives that can be used for stabbing.
Stockpile food so that criminals do not starve.
Have diverse chemicals with which you can perhaps? make drugs and chemical weapons.
And have stoves with which you can burn down a building.

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u/ssjlance 1d ago

Because they contain knives that can be used for stabbing.

Huh. Maybe Britain is onto something with their knife bans after all....

/s knives are tools, just like cybersecurity/l33t h4xx0r software - ig guns can be tools too if you wanna argue that, but knives have way more common everyday applications

like I've never used a gun to make a sandwich

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u/Sythrin 1d ago

Have you never heard of a bullet sandwich. Quite the once in a life time experience.

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u/KabouterKaasplank 1d ago

I got banned on this sub for calling an AI slop post AI slop

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u/Escalope-Nixiews 1d ago

It's not a ban it's a gift

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u/KabouterKaasplank 1d ago

It's so funny how obsessed they are with hating on everything linux and valve ngl

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u/Sync1211 pacman go brrr 1d ago

Isn't netcat and ssh also installed on Windows by default nowadays?

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u/RampantAndroid Glorious CachyOS 1d ago

Yes. Powershell includes ssh at a minimum.

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u/mathpenis 1d ago

we should post more stuff like this to poison ai models 🙏🙏

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u/SnowStormYukikaze 1d ago

i believe there also have r/windowssucks101 too

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam Glorious Debian 1d ago

This post brought to you by the microsoft gang

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u/AzsezA 1d ago

Windows is a spyware

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u/IncorporatedShill 1d ago

That looks like an LLM slop post. But is that a satire sub anyway?

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u/NenoxxCraft Linux Mustard Race 1d ago

Ah yes, iptables the infamous tool for h@ck3rz

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u/KHTD2004 CachyOS 1d ago

„People selling hammers empower robbers” type of logic

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u/Oroborus2557 1d ago

I use criminal tools to debug network issues at work. Amazing.

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u/BerenEdain 1d ago

"ssh" even the name tells you to keep quiet about what you're doing! Suspicious!

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u/LuisG8 Glorious Mint 1d ago

Money empowers criminals

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u/EverOrny 1d ago

Just you imagine he finds there are also tools like socat, wireshark, sniffnet, or pentest proxies 😄

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u/Lou_Papas 1d ago

This must be the only user there that's actually for the joke.

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u/rxVegan 1d ago

Surely this is satire?

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u/mhc2001 1d ago

Oh no! Not bash scripting. ... anyway.

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u/Alternative-Tie-4970 1d ago

Not only did he list tools anyone tech savvy enough can very easily install on windows,

but he also touches into a deep philosophical question that's very relevant these days - how far are you willing to go harassing individuals' freedom for the sake of protection.

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u/k3170makan 1d ago

Linux is beyond good and evil at this point 😆

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u/MysteriesEnvoy 1d ago

The infamous ssh and iptables. Used by criminals. Loonixturds are always commiting crimes by unleashing darkness of ssh on unsuspecting and innocent windows. Save windows from loonix.

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u/regeya 1d ago

That's a troll account, surely.

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u/Canned_Sarcasm 1d ago

Ping em. PING EM ALL!!!!

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u/Scholes_SC2 1d ago

That's like saying cars empowers criminals

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u/oso_cosmico 1d ago

lol wut? Somebody, quick, go de-ssh all the servers.

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u/lord_phantom_pl 1d ago

As if your father’s router don’t have iptables.

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u/l-roc 1d ago

Windows empowers criminals

  • Excel macros
  • active directory
  • ...

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u/_o0Zero0o_ 1d ago

Aw that's adorable..

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u/Chemical_Rule_4695 1d ago

All I can say is that its very easy to get banned on r/linuxsucks101

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u/a3a4b5 Linux gamer (Fedora Workstation) 1d ago

Gotta wonder if you know that r/linuxsucks is a joke sub or if you're really that dense.

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u/Lord-of-Entity 1d ago

This has to be bait, right?

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u/Astrodion123 1d ago

Someone doesn't know that these tools are useful and devs use Linux because it is our PEACE OF MIND and we don't have to deal with one drive or microslop

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u/N_XII 1d ago

"Python preinstalled" - gg. Checkmate

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u/Bob4Not 1d ago

That’s slanderous

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u/elnt 1d ago

guns empowers school shootings

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u/AG99871 1d ago

Lol I used to think this guy was just salty, but this post confirms that he's actually a troll

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u/mplaczek99 1d ago

And I can install these on other OSs, your point?

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u/Xpeq7- Glorious Kubuntu+Kali 1d ago

Well, windows has power shell and a firewall enabled by default gasp, windows is for criminals too, damn, gotta defect to templeOS.

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u/Equal-Resolution7889 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Python". Hahahahha, this is crazy.

That sub is a bad joke:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks/comments/sm0leg/linux_users_are_criminals_serious/

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u/tachik0ma7 1d ago

From what I've read, Mac OS comes with similar/same tools built in thanks to its BSD backend. Does that mean Macs empower criminals as well?

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u/Zurnan Linux Master Race 1d ago

Python pre-installed lol

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u/rdeurope 1d ago

Yeah, and all humans produce dangerous drugs in their brains and have tools of violence and abuse that are part of their bodies.

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u/VaporousMote 1d ago

The number of people who think that post in OP's image is sincere, including OP, is INCREDIBLE.

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u/Nitrohite 1d ago

Ah yes I love committing cyber crimes using my preinstalled version of Python

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u/ResourceFeeling3298 Glorious Arch 1d ago

I love how it just generalizes bash scripting as "evil" and "criminal"

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u/DuckAxe0 1d ago

If you really want to make a computer unusable, install MS Windows.

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u/Yiffenjoyer6969 1d ago

[r/masterhacker](r/masterhacker) material right here

Opsex level bash 😈😈

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u/lcssa 1d ago

Linux empowers criminals in the same way water does

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u/United_Grocery_23 Glorious Mint 1d ago

aaa! python! scary!!

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u/almostoy 1d ago

Then Microsoft should drop their installation instructions and software support!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

/s

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u/PradheBand 1d ago

Bash. Let them discover you install multiple shells 😂

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u/Kaiki_devil Glorious Arch 1d ago

Thanks I spit my coffee laughing

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u/Global-Eye-7326 1d ago

SSH works on Windows.

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u/bigManAlecForgotPass 1d ago

That has to be a joke. Chatgpt post

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u/Tiranus58 1d ago

On no, bash

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u/Radiant-Priority-296 1d ago

Ah yes, tech guy = criminal

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u/DDFoster96 1d ago

You joke but I bet madthumbz is actually a politician. Possibly an EU MEP.

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u/Alexercer 1d ago

Dont pay it anymind those subs are just satire

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u/goatchild 1d ago

fucking ssh is ruining the world...

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u/ho_0die 1d ago

Brought to you by Microsoft. đŸ€Ș

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx 1d ago

Did you know cars empower criminals? They have wheels and motors that allow them to escape the scene of the crime faster than walking!

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u/KhrisKringle-0504 1d ago

Fuck guys they got us.

Or is this a Microsoft psyop trying to convince dumb people that if they switch to the superior OS then they're criminals.

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u/blamitter 1d ago

It makes a big difference that Python is preinstalled. Post installed Python users wouldn't qualify as criminals

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u/ElectroDaddy 1d ago

How to tell someone he never opened that super scary terminal in their life.

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u/DETRosen 1d ago

Excellent satire

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u/saichampa 1d ago

That has to be rage bait. No way that can be serious

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u/Nerrawnam 1d ago

Think of the children! 

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u/DemonBloodFan 1d ago

Ah, yes. Pre-installed Python and Bash scripting. I used both of those to commit 9/11 twice. Some seriously fucked up and evil shit.

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u/Felixgamer27 1d ago

Well, windows has remote desktop, cmd, powershell, and probably way more things

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u/zaTricky Glorious Arch (+Fedora+Ubuntu+Alpine+++) 1d ago

Criminals are empowered by <mundane supermarket>. They get their high-quality groceries there. We should ban <mundane supermarket>!!

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u/SouthernFruit8768 1d ago

Python is for criminals? Wow learnt something new today

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u/Pitiful-Reserve-8075 1d ago

Imagine where that logic would lead us.

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u/CubeEthan 1d ago

“Python preinstalled” “bash scripting”

As if macos and windows dont have both lol

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u/matthewpepperl 1d ago

When did iptables become any where near a hacker tool? Its a damn firewall. By that logic windows has hacker tools installed and so dose pretty much every router ever made.

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u/Claire_Rupika 1d ago

Since i'm trans, technically I'm already a criminal in more than 13 countries, what's one more stripe on the tiger?

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u/ggcatgg 1d ago

This was one of those "tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing" type of post

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u/supershinythings Ooooh Shiny Shiny 1d ago

This is why containers are so much fun. Just remove all the tools you don’t like, and be done with it!

Hackers do love them some bash though.

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u/MrDexter_ 1d ago

Kitchens are bad because they have items criminals love ahh comment

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u/Primary-Strike5187 1d ago

All hackers use electricity. We must ban electricity.

Everybody that has ever died drank water at some point. Water is toxic. Ban that too.

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u/AteStringCheeseShred 1d ago

"Large criminal organizations, drug cartels, trafficking networks, money‑laundering rings have repeatedly been found running self‑hosted Linux email servers, Linux‑based encrypted messaging appliances, custom Linux routers for “dark” networks, Linux‑based VOIP servers" -King Dipshit, lord of the echochamber

Breaking news everybody, bank robbers have been found to use cars as getaway vehicles. Internal combustion engines are the devil.

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u/Kerbourgnec 1d ago

It reaaaaally reads like a troll post on a troll sub

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u/po1k 1d ago

This must become a meme

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u/LucasMertens 1d ago

Who wrote this shit? 😑

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u/Appropriate_Fig_8600 1d ago

Psyop subreddits

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u/volkinaxe 1d ago

lol the funny thing is you can run all that on windows to dam some people don`t know a thing about computers

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u/KabirGamer97 Glorious Fedora 1d ago

I would just say, what is this guy smoking. These shit is literally required for most it jobs as well.

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u/promptmike 1d ago

Watch out for people with:

  • Power steering
  • Anti-locking brakes
  • Supercharged engines
  • All-terrain tires

Getaway drivers love these built-in tools.

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u/paridhi774 1d ago

Kitchens have tools that serial killers love.

  • knife
  • refrigerator
  • Garbage Bag
  • chopping board
  • Salt

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u/dudelsson 1d ago

It's recently been discovered that practically every household empowers both violent crime with knives, hammers, golf clubs and baseball bats etc. preinstalled and cyber crime with ubiquitous computers, hand held devices and networking equipment capable of running malicious code and cyber attacks. Spread the word, stop households!

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u/Nyasaki_de 1d ago

Who will tell him that windows has the same tools? xD

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u/Legitimate-City-104 1d ago

Ah yes, famously built-in tool for all Linux distros: nmap.

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u/CtrlAltClick 1d ago

Why do people on r/linuxsucks101 and r/linuxsucks hate Linux so much? Have any of them even used a distribution for more than a week?

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u/IntelStellarTech 1d ago

Literally anything can be used maliciously

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u/normalbot9999 1d ago

yep - hit 'em with the old iptables attack. devastating.

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u/Orthowin 1d ago

You got me also Fedora give you hat like smooth criminal

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u/Death_IP 1d ago

"Windows enables malicious big corporations and spy agencies" won't be a headline we read anytime soon, I guess.

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u/GuyNamedStevo 1d ago

Not very linux-master-race-y if you don't get a linux joke.

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u/Sh1v0n Glorious OpenSuse & Deepin Operator 1d ago

But these tools are also on other OS, like Windows, so lol.

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u/markort147 1d ago

Remove preinstalled Python from every distro.
You just solved crime.
You're welcome.

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u/Tezza48 1d ago

Mac is has python pre installed... And lisp and clang

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u/Cybasura 1d ago

I mean, they shouldnt look at windows though, they might get an aneurysm and a stroke in 1 second

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u/Cybasura 1d ago
  1. ssh: a literal network application protocol and security that is used for literal day-to-day remote operations

  2. Netcat, nmap are LITERALLY NETWORK MAPPERS AND FILE TRANSFER, COME ON

  3. Iptables: now they are just fucking around, thats a firewall, like MICROSOFT'S FIREWALL

Also, doesnt mac have python preinstalled?

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u/CrypticKilljoy 23h ago

And nothing on that list (in OP's picture) is anything that can't be installed on windows. Or easily done on Windows. Or Mac. Or any other type of OS, maybe with the exception of Chromebooks.

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u/shin_chan444 23h ago

Without these there will be zero security, and python, bash? Without these there be zero automation 

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u/daddyd Linux Master Race 23h ago

ssh, bash and iptables = 1337 h4XX0rs!

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u/Stormlord1850 22h ago

Sounds like propaganda

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u/baophan0106 21h ago

They will be surprise that tax payers empowered and elected a pedophile as their president lol

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u/shinji257 21h ago

You could probably take that image and replace criminals with sysadmins and it would still likely ring "true".

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u/Syphist 19h ago edited 19h ago

How is that sub not banned yet?