Maybe the specific model of hard drive that was affected was only used in windows laptops.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Why only windows? I’d the issue was a resonant frequency for 5400 drives of a specific manufacturer, why was only windows affected? Sound is sound.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
I’m wondering if they just didn’t add Linux into their radar for the data collection at that time, so they just had no data. So, while they only had data on windows, all OSs on that hardware configuration would have been affected.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Windows was the only OS at the time
Cypher@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s right in the article, the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) meaning a company like HP or Dell was involved.
They typically only shipped Windows on their devices and Linux probably wasn’t on their radar as it was such a tiny percentage of users and didn’t bring in money.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
I’m wondering if, like you postulated, they just didn’t add Linux into their radar for the data collection at that time, so they just had no data. So, while they only had data on windows, all OSs on that hardware configuration would have been affected, since it was a hardware bug and not a software bug.