Follow up: How to write a Linux virus [LWN.net]

Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 13, 2009 13:31 UTC (Fri) by efexis (guest, #26355)
In reply to: Follow up: How to write a Linux virus by tzafrir
Parent article: Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

How is this an issue? When does one build their menu out of the actual applications, not links to them? Oh, and win32 (or 'PE' as is the binary object model used for their exe 'n dll's) has containing multiple icons pretty well sorted and used.

Windows just overlays the small arrow icon in the bottom left hand corner to signify that the icon is merely a shortcut to the application rather than the application itself when you're browsing the files. But hey, that's a pretty recent idea...

Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 13, 2009 19:00 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (guest, #4458) [Link] (2 responses)

Unix (and thus Linux) is a multiuser system. I.e., each of the multiple users might have very well like different graphical interfases (each with its own icon set), or just use their own icons. That Windows (which is still very much a one user operating system, with just one graphical interface) does it differently is completely irrelevant.

Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 14, 2009 11:08 UTC (Sat) by etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr (guest, #38022) [Link]

Nobody said that the icon_file_path was an absolute path, it could be "application/textmode/editor/vi.xpm" and prefixed by default with "/usr/X11R6/icon", but can be overwritten by environment variable ICON_PATH pointing to the user directory...

Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 16, 2009 9:18 UTC (Mon) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

Excuse me if I sound rude, but I would give up themeability (sp?) for security any day. Changing the vi icon is not even in my list of desired features.