Opera updates in Vista/XP?
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opermo last edited by
Still 36.0.2130.75.
Does anyone know if there'll be an security update anytime this month? -
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opermo last edited by
So from a security standpoint, am I any better off using Opera than Chrome (which dropped Vista totally)?
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opermo last edited by
You answered your own question, didn't you? When was the last update for Chrome?
No. Chrome doesn't give any updates for Vista. Opera said it would give security updates (ostensibly making them safer for Vista users), but so far they haven't delivered on their promise.
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A Former User last edited by
This is probably not the place to mention this, but Slimjet 10 uses Chromium 50, and still supports XP and Vista, which just shows that Opera (and Vivaldi) did not have to drop support!
How long the Slimjet developers will be able to maintain this remains to be seen of course.
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opermo last edited by
Apparently Opera hasn't kept their word:
"We do care for our loyal users...While Opera 36 will be last one with features additions on Windows XP and Vista, we are still going to provide security and crash fixes to XP and Vista platform."
(Read the full article here)
Slimjet is a great Chromium based browser that still supports XP and Vista, I assume many will migrate to that from Opera. Thank you davehawley for informing us of it.
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opermo last edited by
Why do you say that?
Since 5/11 it didn't get any security updates, nor has the build changed from version 36.0.2130.75 to a higher number (within version 36).
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opermo last edited by
Well, as i said before i wouldn't expect frequent updates. Maybe a couple of them in a year or in a semester.
Or in a few years?
And has there been a reason to update it since then - a known exploit or crash?
So that's the standard, Opera's only going to come in with a patch after news breaks of a new known exploit or crash?
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A Former User last edited by
The Opera developers will make a judgement call as to whether any reported exploits justify a new update for 36.
Minor problems will probably not get patched as they arise, but hopefully when they do issue a new version it will contain a roll-up of all problems found since the last version. Only they can decide what problems are severe enough to warrant a new version, but they have promised that Opera 36 will remain safe, and I have no reason to think that they have reneged on that.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
So that's the standard, Opera's only going to come in with a patch after news breaks of a new known exploit or crash?
I guess it's not that easy to backport Chromium's security patches so Opera most probably will release an update with them only when there is an amount that justifies the release or if something really severe has been fixed.
They probably will not be releasing every month.
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opermo last edited by
but they have promised that Opera 36 will remain safe, and I have no reason to think that they have reneged on that.
Why's that? They haven't updated 36 for Vista in two months already.
Or in a few years?
Maybe. It may depends on the severity of security issues.
Or what they deem important enough to create a patch for (which could be nothing).
I guess it's not that easy to backport Chromium's security patches
I guess it's easier for Slimjet to do so.
They probably will not be releasing every month.
Not probably, for sure. Question is if there'll be anything this year.
Anyway, from the discussions above and the debate over how many times a year Opera will deem it appropriate to send (only major) security patches it's clear that when Opera says: "We do care for our loyal users..." we're not to take that literally.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Why's that? They haven't updated 36 for Vista in two months already.
Well, they already said that Opera Presto (Opera 12.1x) would get security updates and the first one took around 3 years.
They said that Opera 36 would get updates but they didn't say how often those update would occur.
I guess it's easier for Slimjet to do so.
Well, i don't know Slimjet so i don't know how it is build or even how reliable it is.
