Comment by avazhi

Comment by avazhi a day ago

6 replies

Man. I’d pay actual money to be able to just install security updates and nothing else indefinitely for this pile of shit. Really does suck that 90% of my workflow on my Windows PC remains Windows-only.

majkinetor a day ago

You don't have to pay anything.

Select security updates using this app:

https://github.com/DavidXanatos/wumgr

  • jfindper 17 hours ago

    If you care about security, you're shouldn't be downloading some random dudes update manager with the last release being in 2019.

    • majkinetor 14 hours ago

      First, not a random dude.

      Second, it's open source. You and your AI army can inspect the code if you wish. The same is true for literary every other software, so I don't see a point you are making.

      • jfindper 12 hours ago

        >"First, not a random dude."

        Oh, are they famous? Who are they and where would I know them from?

        >"You and your AI army can inspect the code if you wish."

        Nah. Though, if you want to pay a consulting fee, sure!

        >"The same is true for literary every other software, so I don't see a point you are making."

        The point I'm making is that if you care about security, you shouldn't install an update manager from some random dude, especially when it hasn't been touched in 6 years.

        And if you don't recognize why software that manages your updates is riskier than most software, you really shouldn't install an update manager from some random dude.

  • avazhi 21 hours ago

    Unfortunately, as I have a 12700 I’m forced to use windows 11 and downgrading to W10 is not an option.

    At this point I’ve literally just disabled updates completely. Firefox + uBlock origin + noscript is gonna have to get me by on that machine for now.