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PC Running Linux Mint: Use MS-Only Software to Fix It?

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday June 11 2017, @10:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the writing-instructions-for-dummies dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

fit-PC sells a box (the Intense PC) that is rebranded as the MintBox 2, which has Linux Mint preinstalled, with the Linux Mint project getting a cut of the profits.

Clement Lefebvre, the honcho at Linux Mint, notes[1] that the firmware has a security vulnerability which needs to be patched. Hilariously, the manufacturer's instructions call out a MS Windows-only tool.

[1] In the comments there, Clem responds to Kim, saying that Linux Mint has the tools available to get the job done. In the comments attached to a clickbait article at BetaNews, it was mentioned that dd (sometimes referred to as Data Dump), an app that comes with pretty much every Linux distro, will also do the task.

[Ed Note: The vast majority of fit-PC's products also come in Windows flavors. They are NOT a Linux only company. - cmn32480]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by hendrikboom on Monday June 12 2017, @02:04AM (2 children)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 12 2017, @02:04AM (#524087) Homepage Journal

    On my Linux system, dd is an executable file. Specifically, /bin/dd

    Or has systemd managed to screw even that up?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:58AM (#524099)

    Hmmm, yeah. There that sucker is.
    That would seem to strike 1 of the sighs.
    (It's still possible to omit it.)
    ...as well as the assertion of another commenter about its app-ness.

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  • (Score: 2) by Zyx Abacab on Monday June 12 2017, @09:13AM

    by Zyx Abacab (3701) on Monday June 12 2017, @09:13AM (#524221)

    If systemd's `rm -r .*` walks up the entire filesystem-hierarchy, you can fully expect systemd's `dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda3` to nuke all your hard disks, flash drives, blank DVDs, network shares, and brain-cells.

    That behaviour is just an ordinary UNIX pitfall, no? [github.com]