What perceived slight from a Linux distro community could possibly convince some loser to DDOS them?
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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Fam, people are insanely petty.... I frequent the pinephone channel rooms and I can almost predict when someone is about to post some toxic(sometimes illegal) shit there. All because someone didn't read and or doesn't have enough base Linux experience for such a janky phone and they're butt-hurt over their investment. Bless text only clients.
We must return to IRC.
Some salty Ubuntu fans, because MX is the top listed distro on Distrowatch. It would be hilarious if this is the real reason. A man can only dream. (Edit: I'm only joking off course.)
It is indeed the top listed... kudos to them (or to whomever scripted downloads).
Even EndeavourOS and Debian are above Ubuntu. (For the last 6 months.) My theory is that most Ubuntu users don't need to search in Distrowatch anyway, but people looking an alternative for Ubuntu do. Also the site counts Kubuntu and Lubuntu and all variants as separate distributions. My gut feeling says to me that most users first use for Ubuntu, even if they look for information about Kubuntu.
That would be an explanation without script kiddies. Just because I have a good heart and faith in the community. :p (my jokes get worse every day)
Somebody testing their latest botnet before trying to monetize it?
That’s what I came here to ask.
someone asked a question and the only response was
"man page"
That sounds like a Linux community.
it do, but it hurts
I start to believe that Cloudflare is the one who does all the DDOS attacks.
The mafia of the internet.
They really aren't that far off... https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website
Holy hell! They should have sued Cloudflare for that! It essentially amounts to extortion
This was my first thought as well. Then just hope you are a tru goodboi and the establishment doesn't stop taking kindly to you.
What an odd target.
What's that? Can't hear you over the din of volunteers trying to get all of the Internet Archive back online.