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I think he meant to imply that the platform they used was common and easy for anyone to deploy.

I think it just means they used a Linux laptop.

How? The author just said they use a Linux laptop.

Or that somehow they wouldn't be qualified for this if they didn't use Linux.

Well, c'mon now. When was the last time you saw someone with a Linux laptop that wasn't a hacker? :P

Little kids with chromebooks.

You should watch them more closely. Little kids are devious.

:)

Yeah. Back in the days of 2012 when schools used Macs, some of the kids caught on to the fact that SSH and Terminal existed because I was using them. Now NOBODY is safe. :-D

Getting tired of constantly cleaning malware from my father's and sister's laptops, I've installed Linux Mint for them. No complaints so far (few years later) and I highly doubt they are hackers.