• AnyOldName3
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    42 months ago

    I don’t think it’s guaranteed that Linux will be a viable kernel in a future where NT’s forced to be abandoned unless it’s simply because Microsoft refuses to maintain it. Linux is older than NT, so if age alone killed kernels, it’d die first. I think it’s a pretty safe bet that Linux can be kept viable for a long time, so if Microsoft wanted, they could keep NT viable for a long time.

    • @GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub
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      12 months ago

      I heard there were some issues with NT so I assumed it’d die well before Linux (if Linux doesn’t kill itself in the next 2-3 years of course).

      • Possibly linux
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        22 months ago

        The Windows kernel is actually pretty solid. Its is the rest of the system that’s the problem.

        • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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          12 months ago

          Except all the exceptions, like edge having memory read/write right without protection. Or so I have heard.

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            22 months ago

            Source?

            Edge is based on Chromium which is arguably one of the more secure pieces of software in existence. If it wasn’t it would be exploited immediately.

            Meanwhile Dillo is some hobby project that only has 14 contributors. It lacks the sandboxing provided by bigger browsers and has very few users let alone security testers.

            • JoshCodes
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              12 months ago

              …? Chrome had 10 critical rce vulnerabilities exploited last year alone… who mentioned Dillo?

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                12 months ago

                That’s expected given the size and nature of Chromium. You are literally running arbitrary code from a foreign server.

                The Linux kernel had more vulnerabilities

            • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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              12 months ago

              True, that was before they based it on chromium, when it was so slow it was painful.

              It wasn’t a long time ago (a couple of years), so I bet the kernel still is in that shape, which was my point even if I didn’t get it through …