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There is a surprising lack of information on the website. Here are a couple links that help fill in the gaps. "elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on U
by donpdonp 12y ago
There is a surprising lack of information on the website. Here are a couple links that help fill in the gaps.
"elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It makes use of a desktop with its own shell named Pantheon,[2] and is deeply integrated with other elementary OS applications like Plank (a dock), Midori (the default web browser) and Scratch (a simple text editor). This distribution uses Gala as its window manager..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_OS
"elementary OS Freya vs elementary OS Luna - What's new?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBS6RDLTNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBS6RDLTNA
It looks intriguing. A host of application level services built on linux leads me to think of this as a KDE-like effort to remake the desktop.
- xorcist 12y agoA browser that's not Firefox or Chrome scares me slightly, considering the amount of resources that go into securing them, yet they all fall at cansecwest. How vulnerable can I expect to be running Midori?
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoMidori is WebKit-based, so it's only as vulnerable as Safari.
- setpatchaddress 12y agoWebKit isn't the only possible source of insecurity in an app that uses it. It may not even be in the top 10 versus things like image and font rendering libraries.
- psgbg 12y agoThat's not actually true. A browser is not as secure as it's engine. The thing is really more complex than that. There are configurations concern, certificates, security layer, apps/plugins/add-ons, bugs within the ui layer...
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoSure, but the bulk of the issues are in the renderering engine, and for that they are sorted.
- psgbg 12y agoI know, it's the exposed part after all, but still I wouldn't recommend it as "secure as safari".