On Monday 17 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:05:30 +0530 > From: Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [LIG] [LONG] [RANT] Ubuntu and Quality .... snip ...
> I have used Ubuntu's many versions, from 5.10 onwards and they do > whats expected of them. I hardly update them and if so, just after > the installation, when the system is still fresh and not customized. > Another way is to keep the net running so the latest packages get > installed during the main installation itself. After that the door is > closed for further updates. I never upgrade a distro. I prefer to > clean install a newer version if necessary. .... snip ... The above philosophy may work for a desktop setup in a "closed" LAN. For a server visible on the 'Net this is not an option. If it is running a service that needs to be patched with a security fix - it needs to be patched. Otherwise face the consequences of a compromised box. As for using Ubuntu on a server, I concur with other posts. Ditto for the "community" versions sponsored by the commercial linux distros. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
