Re: Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands

On 11 Sep 2024 18:58:33 GMT, rbowman wrote:

Leaving out Apple and their trailing edge WebKit,  V8/Blink is dominant.
V8 by itself is [us]ed in Electron, Node.js, and a long list of
browsers. They are all cross platform. Brave doesn't care if it's on
Linux or Windows. VS Code uses Electron, so it doesn't care either. x86
ARM, or even MIPS, no problem.

The difference is, a web browser engine is a fiendishly complex piece of
software that requires ongoing maintenance as new bugs (particularly
security vulnerabilities) make themselves known. Unlike a dumb terminal,
that you could buy once and use for at least a few years without having to
worry about upgrades.