| Finding bugs is part of the process The OS where flaws aren't being found is the OS to stay away from. It most likely has as many flaws as windows(probably more) but no one is actively look for them, so they go unfounded and unfixed. And the more unknown bugs out there for an OS, the greater chance someone will find one and be able to exploit it for years before it gets fixed. |
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| "The OS where flaws aren't being found is the OS to stay away from. It most likely has as many flaws as windows(probably more) but no one is actively look for them, so they go unfounded and unfixed. And the more unknown bugs out there for an OS, the greater chance someone will find one and be able to exploit it for years before it gets fixed."
Which is one of the reasons smart people will stick with XP for now. |
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| If we learned anything from XP, it's that we shouldn't worry about vista until at least service pack 1.
And if you don't play any games, or aren't buying a new PC, there is absolutely no reason to upgrade to vista. |
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said by insomniac84:The OS where flaws aren't being found is the OS to stay away from. That makes no sense at all... For example, OpenBSD has not had a vulnerability in a default installation in something like 10 years. Applications and daemons that can be added to the operating have had problems, but not the core operating system. The reason is because OpenBSD is constantly being audited for security issues and most issues are caught before the codes is committed to the final release version.
The operating system to avoid is the one that isn't undergoing or has never undergone a code audit.
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said by insomniac84:If we learned anything from XP, it's that we shouldn't worry about vista until at least service pack 1. And if you don't play any games, or aren't buying a new PC, there is absolutely no reason to upgrade to vista. or XP for that matter, 2000 works just fine as a working O/S. I have a few games installed on mine but not many.
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That's a very valid point. Right now Vista is the obscure, least commonly used OS when considered vs. the vast number of computers running everything else in the world. Gonna have to wait and see what sort of flaws are found. I am playing with it on another hard drive but I still switch to XP when I need to get serious work done.
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Has OpenBSD gone through radical rewrites like windows? 98 to XP and XP to Vista?
If so good for them, they just need to make the OS useful enough for people to want to use it. If not, that would explain why it would have less flaws. |
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1 edit | said by insomniac84:Has OpenBSD gone through radical rewrites like windows? 98 to XP and XP to Vista? Windows 98 to Windows XP wasn't a re-write, it was an entirely NEW operating system. Windows 98 was a GUI slapped on a DOS shell. Windows XP was an NT based environment. No re-writes.
If so good for them, they just need to make the OS useful enough for people to want to use it. If not, that would explain why it would have less flaws. You have no idea what you are talking about. The usefulness of an operating system has nothing to do with flaws or flaws being discovered. Several general purpose operating systems have enjoyed much better security records than Windows because they are specifically engineered with security in mind, from the beginning.
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