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  • From what I understand, xorg has fundamental security flaws. How will they remedy this?

    They won’t. Don’t download random shit and if you’re worried, run it in Flatpak

    What happens when the Linux kernel drops support for xorg? Do they intend to fork an older version of the kernel in order to keep support?

    Not really possible, since X11 is only built on top of the kernel’s graphical interface (same as Wayland). Even if that wasn’t the case, the kernel doesn’t delete any code that anybody uses (that’s why 30 year old programs still run)
















  • Assuming this is real, you can potentially get quite a bit of money off this. Talk to an employment lawyer for free consultation and see if you can get terminated for not following this procedure. You’ll need to document evidence of the company pressuring you to use the app.

    It doesn’t even have to be illegal for this to work. It only has to be unreasonably outside your job responsibilities.