[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Intrepid 8.10 Kubuntu - disaster

[alan c]

Lucy wrote:
> On 08/11/2008, alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>> one of  the elderly people I help with ubuntu/Kubuntu (aged 85) did on one
>>  occasion click the Version upgrade innocently going from LTS 6.06 to
>>  the next version, and there were a few problems - which I later caught
>>  up with ok, but it did make me think.
>>
>>  My current inclination is to consider getting such users to have a non
>>  sudo account, but I would still wish them to do security updates
>>  themselves, but not version upgrades.
> 
> It's possible to turn off the notification for the availability of a
> new version.
> 
> Just go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources, select the
> updates tab and the option is at the bottom of the window.
> 

thanks!

-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user
Linux user #360648