Re: User friendly solution
"...From the article: "The fix, by the way, is to rebuild and reinstall the dynamic library ld.so and executables with gcc's -fstack-check feature"
Again, this is why flavours of Linux have difficulty being accepted in the mainstream for use by Joe Public
/ Rejects asbestos jacket for shield of truth..."
No, I don't think it is.
That's the immediate fix and it will undoubtebly be rolled out as a mainstream fix at some point down the line and is only the same as MS releasing patches before patch Tuesday - it tends to be IT pros that go looking for them, not your average user.
The two things, in my personal opinion, that have held Linux back from the desktop have been the fact that your average Jill or Joe user goes to their local PC World, and buys whatever is off the shelf that slimy salesperson with no real knowledge sells them. That'll come with a copy of Windows.
And...they are happy because that's what they use at work.
Secondly, there's been a traditionally contemptuous barrier to entry on some of the more mainstream Linux forums, such that when they hear about it and decide to give it a go, they get shot down in flames.
Now I don't know if the latter is still true today, to be honest as I've had no reason to frequent any forums for some time.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
