[wplug] ubuntu

[Zachary Uram]

Hi Pat,

Oh yeah I hadn't thought about the security ramifications! On my PC I run
Debian and on my laptop Ubuntu. I guess I should either install Debian on
the laptop or something lighter weight Ubuntu such as Lubuntu. Thanks for
the feedback!

Zach



On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:

> On 6/24/2014 12:42 AM, Zachary Uram wrote:
> > does anyone run older versions of ubuntu? i prefer ubuntu 6
> > latest ubuntu is too bloated
> > i may try lubuntu
> >
> Ubuntu 6 LTS has been out of support for almost 5 years now... Which
> means it hasn't gotten any updates (including security updates) since
> then.  If it were me, I wouldn't use a Ubuntu release that old on any
> computer that has network connectivity.  That being said, I do have a VM
> that runs Ubuntu 8.04, that I use because I have some binary-only
> software that doesn't work on any Ubuntu releases newer than that - but
> I tightly control how that VM can talk to the network.
>
> For your use, given that your preference is for Ubuntu releases that old
> (and so don't have a lot of the "new stuff" they've added in later
> releases), what would be the primary difference between using Ubuntu,
> and using some kind of minimal installation of Debian?  I'm not
> challenging your preference for these releases - I have some things I
> run where I still use operating systems that have been out of support
> since the mid to late 1980's.... - but I just wonder if there's a better
> plan available to you, given what you're trying to do.
>
> --Pat.
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