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While both Betteridge's Law and common sense say, "No," Zack Whittaker at ZDNet takes a closer look:
An analysis of the last five-months' worth of monthly software updates shows that Edge had 25 vulnerabilities shared with versions of Internet Explorer, which had a total of 100 vulnerabilities.
Earlier this month on its scheduled Patch Tuesday update offering, Microsoft released MS15-124, a cumulative update for Internet Explorer, and MS15-125, a near-identical patch for Edge. Of the 15 flaws patched in Internet Explorer, 11 of those were also patched in Edge.
According to a Microsoft blog post earlier this year, the software giant's newest browser, an exclusive for Windows 10, is said to have been designed to "defend users from increasingly sophisticated and prevalent attacks."
In doing that, Edge scrapped older, insecure, or flawed plugins or frameworks, like ActiveX or Browser Helper Objects. That already helped to cut a number of possible drive-by attacks traditionally used by attackers. EdgeHTML, which powers Edge's rendering engine, is a fork of Trident, which still powers Internet Explorer.
[...] Older versions of Internet Explorer will be retired by mid-January, giving millions of users about a month to upgrade to Internet Explorer 11, or to Edge on Windows 10.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:53AM
I don't know, I'm too busy fighting with this mother fucking Windows 10 forced upgrade bullshit that they infected my computer with! FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!!! I have a right to NOT want your free offer... That one guy at work who runs Linux is making a lot of sense right now... :-/
(Score: 2) by Common Joe on Thursday December 17 2015, @05:25AM
I just upgraded two computers at home to Windows 10. The first one went ok. The second one took about 10 days of fighting before I could get a clean-install, fully patched system running Windows 10. It was a pain.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @08:07AM
Microsoft will make sure the second one will cease operating correctly in a few weeks, don't worry.
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Thursday December 17 2015, @09:29PM
I dunno... The guy that said he didn't want to upgrade cursed a bunch and the Common Joe had a both hit and miss experience but overall didn't care.
Which is pretty much what I see from most people. Common Joe is accurately reflecting what I've seen, although it isn't a viewpoint I share myself with those that agree with Joe. There is less pushback than there was with windows 8, but it isn't because of the start button. most people I know that have it are divided into the 20% that signed up to get it right away, and the other 80% got sick of the nagging that auto updates caused.
The only ones that really care are the ones that seem to read EULAs because they want control over their hardware, their privacy, their something. Or even just an element of control that they don't want to give up since it's what little control they actually have.
No one at Microsoft even asks where we want to go today anymore. MS doesn't care, they demand you get taken now--they are the destination.
But many people are happy with that arrangement. There seem to be many that want the prompts asking questions to go away and are happy to avoid making decisions, so sure let's click next to continue whatever its FREE
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Thursday December 17 2015, @12:11PM
This was the year of Linux on the desktop for me, thanks to Windows 10. I switched to Linux, using Wine for those must-have, Windows-only applications, and never looked back.
Thanks, Microsoft! I wouldn't have done it, if it weren't for Windows 10.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @03:03PM
Which Linux? I am currently testing Kubuntu after using Windows 8 for a year. Sigh. Long story.
Zorin is next on my list to try. Just have to rip systemd out.
Kubuntu 14.04 is quite good.
I am looking for a non-systemD Linux distro when I rebuild in the new year. It is my resolution for 2016: No Microsoft as primary desktop
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @11:33PM
looking for a non-systemD Linux distro
Without-systemd.org [without-systemd.org]
Zorin [...] Kubuntu
That's going *toward* systemd.
...though Zorin -does- offer a gentle transition that refugees fleeing from Windoze appreciate.
You seem to have a fondness for Ubuntu-|Debian-based distros.
These 3 are built to be compatible with Debian software repositories:
antiX [freeforums.org] (pronounced "Antiques") can run on near-nothing gear. [google.com]
If you have recent gear and prefer a system that more closely resembles a motorhome in capabilities but has performance like a 427 AC Cobra, it'll do that too.
MX Linux is by the same bunch and might be a more direct route for a full-bodied system.
MX-14 is available and MX-15 is currently in beta.
By the time you build your system, Devuan may be at a state that does what you need.
(Some folks already find it to be at that level and are using it daily.)
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 18 2015, @01:45PM
I have a fondness for Debian, may she rest in peace.
Thanks for the Antix link. I will check it out.
If nothing else kubuntu will do the job until this systemd madness ends.
Devuan may replace Debian.. time will tell.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Friday December 18 2015, @12:38PM
I dislike systemd as much as the next guy, but coming from the Red Hat side of the Force, I use Fedora. I do maintain a Devuan VM, though, so that I can keep an eye on their progress.