Another Linux lie: we have antivirus software

Truth: you do not.

Enter Klamav, a KDE frontend for Clamav. In you divine wisdom, you, genius FOSS developers, decided to sunset old versions of Clamav by removing its update mirrors. The idea is to force us to upgrade to the latest version. Genius is as genius does, yeah? Not so fast.

Some of us are UNABLE to upgrade because we run older versions of Linux OS. Thus you cut us off the AV software.

So what does it have to do with Klamav? Well, the message about the mirrors being inaccessible contains a URL to check for new information, and that message is non-selectable. To add insult to injury, they also restructured their web site and removed the old /doc/mirrors-faq.html that the message mentions.

The sheer disdain for your users is showing in you having them re-type the whole URL by hand instead of copying and pasting, only to find out that the information is gone, and they've been hung out to dry. Are you still sure that you are as genius as you deem yourself? You are dumb assholes, in my books.

By the way, Clamav is a product of CISCO. How considerate of you!

Posted by: LinuxLies at 05:24 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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