Linux Mint founder Clem Lefebvre has complained that too many users are slow to apply updates or run unsupported versions of the operating system.
Lefebvre used Firefox as an example. Mozilla's browser is frequently updated and has fixes for security vulnerabilities described by the firm as critical, which it defined as "can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing." The latest such update is dated 5 February 2021 (though it is a Windows-only problem).
"If you're not running the latest version, check which version of Firefox you're using and count the number of critical (red) patches you're missing," he said.
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