the It's good that the security and privacy concerns have been addressed for now, but many of us are worried where Mark Shuttleworth's new attitude will lead in the long run.
Cheers, Elcaset On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:47 PM, C W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mint does need to make some changes on its security approach, in my > > opinion, but Ubuntu is not free from controversy, either. Read this > > article: > > " > > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2207679/mark-shuttleworth-defends-ubuntu-1210-amazon-integration > > ". > > > > > I was actually one of the people who brought up the initial privacy and > security concern notably this was all during beta testing so it was not by > means a stable or final release and as we approach 12.10 release today the > security and privacy concerns have both been addressed. > > Notably I am a Ubuntu Developer (I do not however work for Canonical). > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Elcaset > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > On Oct 17, 2012 8:04 PM, "Dale Snell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:36:01 -0700 > > > > John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:06:27 -0700 > > > > > Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > > > > > > > > >I would suggest against Mint.... Not because of the politics their > > > > > >found brings in that I personally dislike but instead because by > > > > > >default they disable Kernel Security Updates and also do not > > announce > > > > > >CVE's to their users. > > > > > > > > > > What are CVEs? > > > > > > > > CVE is an initialism standing for Common Vulnerabilities and > > > > Exposures. Basically a system of reporting security exploits and > > > > their fixes. A lot of the bugfixes I see for Fedora are CVE security > > > > fixes. > > > > > > Yeah Red hat does a lot of CVE fixes they have a lot of developers but > > > Ubuntu and Debian do their fair share. Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora > publish > > > CVE reports to keep their users aware of security issues affecting apps > > > which Mint does not and further they disable Kernel Security Updates > > > because they feel they are a threat no other distro does this. > > > > > > > > > > > Check out <http://cve.mitre.org/> if you want more details. > > > > > > > > --Dale > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate it when you do that. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy > > http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ > > https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en > > > > K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness > > http://kde.org/ > > > > Free Lossless Audio Codec > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac > > > > Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at > > http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > -- > *Benjamin Kerensa* > *http://benjaminkerensa.com* > *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
