Critical Security Updates Coming To Windows XP, 8, RT & Server 289
SmartAboutThings writes "On the upcoming Patch Tuesday on July 9, Microsoft is going to bring some notable security updates, that will mostly deal with fixing issues in remote code execution vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to breach in. The security updates will be applied to all Windows versions Microsoft is still supporting (from XP to Windows 8.1)"
Re:Well (Score:5, Informative)
Deleting all those NSA backdoors is a helluva job.
No, No, you don't get it. These are installing the new backdoors.
Re:Why? (Score:2, Informative)
The difference is people pay a lot of money to Microsoft to do one thing, make a good operating system. I'm not paying anything for Linux so I don't expect them to be perfect at all.
That's also why I like Win and Mac: when I pay, I get a premium OS, with less bugs, missing features and crashes, than I have with a Linux desktop distro.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Informative)
Sorry that is just not true.
First, the kernel developers have a strict policy for not breaking API or ABI with applications.
See for example: Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug [slashdot.org] "Userspace" means applications.
Secondly, the developers of low level stuff like GUI toolkids (Qt, KDE, GDK+, PluseAudio, etc) are also very strict about breaking compatibility.
On the plus side, Linux don't costs you anything. It's not like you have to pay 80 or 100 Euro to update from Debian Lenny to Debian Squeeze. When Debian Squeeze was finished you just download it and update your system. Costs you maybe half a hour time.
Re:A request... (Score:2, Informative)
http://pastebin.com/irj4Fyd5
Liar :) (Score:2, Informative)
I'm more of a platform-agnostic myself.
No your not your consistently anti-oss and there is nothing wrong with that, hell whatever floats your boat, but platform-agnostic you are not.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Informative)
So to me THAT right there is one of the big differences that takes Linux out of the running (well that and the piss poor driver model, but that is another rant) because if you don't stay pretty God damned close to the bleeding edge with most mainstream Linux? You are FUCKED with a capital F. You try skipping releases and suddenly the latest software won't run because it requires kernel X+3 and you have kernel X, it makes it a royal PITA and means that even if the devs go some way you don't want to go, like the mess that was Pulse Audio or the shit that was early KDE 4 and Gnome 3? Too bad, fuck you, you update or its shit time for you.
You really based your arguments on what you read on blogs rather than personal experience? Plenty of people still run kernel 2.2 which is about 15 years old now, or 2.4 which is about 10 years old now. And if you run something like debian, it's as simple as "apt-get distupgrade" and editing a few config files.
Or... you know, just not upgrade.
Seriously. Get over it.
Re:Uptime isn't important, lack of downtime is (Score:4, Informative)
If your "critical infrastructure" isn't hooked up to a WSUS (Free) or SCCM (Not) server for updates then you're asking for trouble; you're saying to Microsoft "I don't want to manage my own update deployment, please do it for me".
That said, I've never had a machine set not to use Automatic Updates reboot itself for an update without my intervention.