Re: Longest LTS - still SL/RHEL?

2014-12-18 Thread Ian Murray
On 18/12/14 20:16, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:51:19PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >> Again - the reason for 32 bit is not that I cherish old CPUs ... >> And that is why I ask here; if anybody runs old machines for >> compatibility reasons, it would be experimental sci

Re: Any 7 rumors?

2014-05-16 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - > From: Dag Wieers > To: Connie Sieh > Cc: SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@LISTSERV.FNAL.GOV > Sent: Friday, 16 May 2014, 17:03 > Subject: Re: Any 7 rumors? > > On Thu, 15 May 2014, Connie Sieh wrote: > > >> On Thu, 15 May 2014, Dag Wieers wrote: >>>   On Tue, 8 Apr 20

Re: SL 6 vs. other RHEL clones: security advisory comparison

2012-08-21 Thread Ian Murray
  >> FUD >> > > F = fear > U = uncertainty > D = deception > > what did I say that qualifies? There is no "S" there for > "stupid" or "O" for "obvious". > Erm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

Re: SL 6 vs. other RHEL clones: security advisory comparison

2012-08-21 Thread Ian Murray
> Yeah, I did. I'm bouncing around mal  clients and browsers lately. > (Working with a hot new MacBook., got some virtualized Linux OS's on > it, inlcuding Scientific Linux.) > Np, I did it myself earlier. > Even if it's the point you meant, it's not the point you made. Our > upstream vendor,

Re: SL 6 vs. other RHEL clones: security advisory comparison

2012-08-20 Thread Ian Murray
> to myself in private. Do *not* send it to this mailing list unless your > message is specifically about Scientific Linux. Please do not start a Firstly, I don't really like being told where I can and can't post. If the discussion is off-topic, then so is the topic IMHO. Anyway, I don't real

Re: New Members of the SL Development Team

2011-03-31 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - > From:Troy Dawson > To:scientific-linux-users > Cc: > Sent:Thursday, 31 March 2011, 21:08 > Subject:Re: New Members of the SL Development Team > > Hello, > There are two new members of the Scientific Linux Development Team. They are > Jason Harrington and Tyler

Re: cpqarray.ko is missing from SL 6 Beta net install CD

2011-01-24 Thread Ian Murray
Hi, A case of RTFM. Sorry and thanks. It's quite odd because Fedora 14 still has support... I think this steered me in the wrong direction. Thanks again, Ian. - Original Message > From: Troy Dawson > To: Ian Murray > Cc: "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@listserv.fnal.

cpqarray.ko is missing from SL 6 Beta net install CD

2011-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
Hi All, Is the above a bug or has support been dropped? Thanks in advance, Ian.

Re: How can I access a possibly corrupted hard drive

2009-10-17 Thread Ian Murray
If you happen to be near Coventry in the UK on Tuesday evening, the local Linux User Group is having a data recovery specialist/police forensics consultant do a presentation on recovery techniques, using Linux. Email me off list for details. Regards, Ian > >From: William Shu >To: ws...@

Re: kernel security

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Murray
Is this issue only exploitable locally, or can it be done remotely? Thanks - Original Message > From: Urs Beyerle > To: Stephan Wiesand > Cc: Dr Andrew C Aitchison ; > "scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov" ; Gasser > Marc > Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2009 14:00:13 > Subject: Re: kernel

Re: Security Updates Question

2009-08-11 Thread Ian Murray
find any. My complication is that I use Xen 3.3.1 from the gitco.de repository. Thanks for the information, Ian. From: Troy Dawson To: Ian Murray Cc: "scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov" Sent: Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 17:03:24 Subject: Re: Security U

Re: Security Updates Question

2009-08-11 Thread Ian Murray
re the same. ;o) Thanks for the responses, Ian. From: Akemi Yagi To: Ian Murray Cc: Dr Andrew C Aitchison ; scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov Sent: Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 15:59:27 Subject: Re: Security Updates Question On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Ian Mur

Re: Security Updates Question

2009-08-11 Thread Ian Murray
t. I am quite happy to wait a few days for a security updates, but I do take issue to an unknown exposure where security updates are delayed for an unspecified length of time. So, does SL work the same way? Thanks again. ________ From: Dr Andrew C Aitchison To: Ian Mur

Security Updates Question

2009-08-11 Thread Ian Murray
Hi, I'm new to the list so please be gentle with me! I am a user of another well known Redhat Rebuild distribution and it has come to light that the maintainers don't/can't release interim security updates while they are rebuilding a new dot release from upstream, as far as I can understand. T