Hi CMM, I'm not quite sure I understand your post. Do you mean 'stability' as in 'won't break', or security as in 'no one can break into my machine'?
It seems to me that you're discussing two different things: 1. My update broke my machine - when you rebooted, what actually happened when you tried to reboot? What messages did you get? Any? >I grabbed all the upgrades from the Ubuntu Hardy repository with > synaptic and while everything seemed to install OK the system did not > survive a reboot. Broken doesn't begin to describe it. 2. The kernel used for Ubuntu 8.04 has known security vulnerabilities. I'm mostly running Vector because I don't see how to secure > gOS. Regards, Patrick CMM wrote: > Hi, > > My Sylvania g netbook is currently dual booting gOS 3.0, the version > downloaded from the Sylvania Computers website, and Vector Linux 6 > rc1. I'm mostly running Vector because I don't see how to secure > gOS. I grabbed all the upgrades from the Ubuntu Hardy repository with > synaptic and while everything seemed to install OK the system did not > survive a reboot. Broken doesn't begin to describe it. > > gOS has no repositories of its own, right? OK, that means I have to > use Ubuntu. What can I safely upgrade and what is likely to be > problematic? Do I have to run a kernel with a known security > vulnerability? I can't take gOS seriously (or use it online at all) > if the answer to that last question is "yes". > > BTW, I did install the backport (kernel patch) to a stock 3.0 install > to get CPU frequency scaling working and I did install the latest Via > driver to get 3D graphics acceleration working with no problems. > Security is the last hurdle for me. > > Thanks in advance for any input. > > > -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
