[Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

[Yorvyk]

On 29/04/13 09:46, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>  <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello amjjawad and everybody else reading this mail,
>
> Hello Nio :)
>
>> I think everybody can decide to run a linux version, that is not
>> supported or only partially supported with security updates. It
>> probably works well without any intruder stealing information or
>> using your system for other illegal purposes. But I would never
>> recommend it for somebody else, because there is an increased risk,
>> that the system might get compromised. And Lubuntu 12.04 will be
>> only partially supported after October 2013.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not a System Security Specialist/Expert so that I
> can give an accurate answer for that. However, from my understanding,
> and I could be wrong: As long as the Core System is an LTS (12.04)
> and as long as this LTS Core System is supported for 5 years and as
> long as I'm receiving the important security updates from the
> repositories, and as long as I can still run: sudo apt-get upgrade
> without any error/issue so my system is up to date ... I would NEVER
> be worried about anything whatsoever. I would never think my system
> could be compromised.
>
> I have attached two text files, please have a look.
>
> Also: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/lubuntu-desktop
>
> If one of these packages is related to System Security and won't be
> updated after 18 months from releasing 12.04 then ONLY that time, I
> might be a little bit worried.
>
I would suggest you have a look at [1] to see the packages that have had
security problems in the past.  Some, such as the kernel, firefox or
flash, are obvious candidates for exploits, but others aren't so
obvious. Who'd have thought inkscape [2] could be used to exploit a machine.

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce
[2]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2013-January/001979.html


-- 
Steve