As one of the 'best' ways to install malware is via the browser, simply add a stable ppa for updates to it. the kernel updates and other core functions will continue to be released until the EoL.
Regards, Phill. On 30 April 2013 14:53, Nio Wiklund <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Iberê, > > Different persons have different advice about Lubuntu 12.04 after > end-of-life in October 2013. My advice is to get something else, for > example Xubuntu 12.04 LTS, that is receiving security updates for all > the packages until April 2015. Lubuntu will not get it for the Lubuntu > specific packages (those not included in any of the LTS versions). So > there is an increased security risk, probably very small, but increased. > > - If your son is not connected to the internet, no worries. > > - If your son is very careful with the internet, probably OK > > - But if he is curious and might open pages and files, that might carry > an infection or trigger an infection, the defence might not be > completely up to date in Lubuntu 12.04 after October. > > Nobody knows (it does not help much to be a developer, maybe helps more > to be a security expert) and in the end it is your own decision if you > can live with that slightly(?) increased risk. > > -o- > > I have a Lubuntu Raring instance to run with at least the later Pentium > M cpus. I will try to describe it and upload somewhere within the near > future. Right now it is on a USB 3 pendrive, installed from the Lubuntu > Raring desktop iso in a modern computer and tested in my IBM Thinkpad > T42 with Pentium M 1,7 GHz. > > I'm not sure if a Celeron M banias 1200 mhz can run well with it. You > would need to check, that > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > reports 36 bit physical address size > > But we are not there yet. > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-04-30 13:59, Iberê Fernandes wrote: > > this a very interesting thread, specially for me. i myself run lubuntu > > 12.04 on 2 laptops and i'm very interested in lubuntu pae support. > > > > btw, i am stably, productivily, happily, and proudly using lubuntu since > > 11.10 thanks to all your hard work! huge thank you to all of you that > > work hard on this fast, secure and stable system! > > > > my systems: > > 1) core2duo T7300, which supports pae: main laptop for work, and study. > > > > 2) celeron M banias 1200 mhz, which does not support pae: my kid's > > laptop to play gcompris, supertux, frogatto and other kid's stuff. > > > > so, although i was already aware of Ali's post > > at http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/03/to-be-or-not-to-be.html, i > > myself am not sure what to expect when Lubuntu 12.04 reaches reaches > > EOL sometime this year. > > > > I'm a little confused: will Lubuntu 12.04 keep getting security updates > > after 2013 once it run Ubuntu LTS core? I'm not a developer. I'm just a > > Lubuntu user extreeeemely happy with this system speed and stability, ok? > > > > tks to all! > > Iberê > > > > > > > > > > 2013/4/28 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > Hello guys :D > > > > Time for me to speak my mind ;) > > > > I don't know why until now, we can't come to an agreement about this. > > > > May I be extra honest with all of you? > > FOR ME, and I speak only on my behalf, I think Lubuntu 12.04 is 90% > > an LTS release. Why? please read this: > > > > http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/03/to-be-or-not-to-be.html > > > > KEEP IN MIND, PLEASE ... that I'm not a developer, not even close. > > However, If the chart on my link is wrong, please speak up now :) > > > > Having that said, I would not bother to find any solution for this > > issue. We have a lot of work ahead of us and IMHO, if I may to state > > that, why to fix it if it is not broken yet? > > > > IMHO, yet again, if Lubuntu 12.04 can already breathe new life into > > these machines because The Linux Kernel in Lubuntu 12.04 is NON-PAE > > Kernel + Lubuntu 12.04 CORE SYSTEM is the same as Ubuntu 12.04 CORE > > SYSTEM = LTS ... then everything is already fine :D > > > > The reason why I installed Lubutnu 10.04 on my test subject and sent > > an email about that 2-3 weeks ago, is to monitor this issue. To see > > how much impact could happen when your base/core system is updated > > but others parts are not. > > > > I HAVE NO IDEA why we can't call Lubuntu 12.04 an LTS but if you ask > > me, it is unofficially an LTS version but again, I'm not a developer > :) > > > > On the other hand, why to go: Mini ISO + whatever package since > > Lubuntu 12.04 offers everything one could need? > > > > For me? I would go for Lubuntu 12.04 on my old machine (which > > doesn't work with other systems, such us Lubuntu 12.10 and later) > > and stick with that. For how long one can expect these machines will > > work? above all, it is an old machine running a system made in April > > 2012 :D > > I mean, COME ONE GUYS :D why we always want to go "Latest Release" > > even on very very old machines? :D > > > > I'm looking forward to see a unique and masterpiece release after a > > year from now. Let's save each and every energy to achieve that. > > > > Also, if you guys really like this: > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartLubuntu > > We should start discussing it. > > Clock is ticking :D > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Nio Wiklund <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi Julien, > > > > Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking > > about the > > future of Lubuntu :-) > > > > One thing that I hope we can achieve, is to make the next > > version able > > to cooperate with Pentium M, that has no pae flag, but still the > > ability > > to run i686-pae kernels of *ubuntu. > > > > I have verified that it works for me in an IBM Thinkpad T42 to > > use the > > fake-pae method for Pentium M CPUs by 7bit according to this link > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113826 > > > > This is good, but it would be great if this feature could be > > included in > > Lubuntu, so that people can install a new version directly, and > > avoid > > installing 12.04, add the fake-pae and upgrade to newer versions. > > > > *I hope you know whom to ask about the details, where and how > > the pae > > feature is checked* > > > > I'm prepared to use my Thinkpad for testing, but I don't know > > enough to > > find and change the code in Lubuntu. > > > > Maybe I can even try to compile the crucial package(s), if > > someone can > > hold my hands until I get the tools installed to do it > (compilers, > > makefiles, source code packages etc.) > > > > -- > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Best Regards, > > amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>* > > Start Lubuntu > > < > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > abs e bons estudos! > > iberê > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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