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[deleted] t1_iy1tdo0 wrote

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GroundbreakingGur930 OP t1_iy1vhzh wrote

Ya, same.

I like Firefox better for desktops. But we are the minority.

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Kenneth4953Oh t1_iy9i1rg wrote

I agree with you. Firefox is even more stable now than Chrome, which constantly crashes services like Google Excel.

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ArthurWintersight t1_iy1z8z3 wrote

I stopped using Firefox for two weeks when Brendan Eich's prop 8 bullshit came out, and when he was forced out of the company I went right back to using Firefox. The homophobe was gone, Mozilla was clear about supporting gay rights, so there wasn't really a good reason to maintain the boycott.

I've been using Firefox since 2005 or so, with only those two weeks where I used Chrome, until Eich was gone.

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Krusty_Double_Deluxe t1_iy7dn8a wrote

What a virtuous signal and valuable contribution to this thread. Thank you for your effort, everyone here applauds it.

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ArthurWintersight t1_iy7tmke wrote

So you've never maintained a morally driven boycott of a company?

Let me guess, Apple can guillotine babies on live TV and you'll still go out and buy their newest iPhone?

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Ash-Catchum-All t1_iy1vbpk wrote

Surprised I haven’t heard of more Linux exploits given it’s popularity

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granadesnhorseshoes t1_iy24ayf wrote

They are common but 2 io_uring exploits for the linux kernel in this time frame don't make riveting reads about affected consumer products.

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Ash-Catchum-All t1_iy27hd4 wrote

Yeah that makes sense. Most Linux machines don’t make it into the hands of the most of us.

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happyscrappy t1_iy2epy8 wrote

> Most Linux machines don’t make it into the hands of the most of us.

As general purpose computers. So many devices you use are linux machines. And some of those security issues affect them.

For example my WiFi base station appears to be a linux machine.

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CorgiSplooting t1_iy2abso wrote

Ya, it’s generally frowned upon to check email or browse the internet from a server. Hell you shouldn’t even use the same account to access a server as you do your “normal” account.

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