Tim:
> Fedora 11 is the last version that I've tried on the
> laptop that runs well, but I don't really like it.
Reindl Harald:
so you stay on a HORRIBLE unsecure system forever?
Do you want to point out actual insecurities, or just presume that
merely reading internet emails or viewing webpages actually does put me
at risk?
This isn't Windows. I don't run as root. I don't expose my computers
as services available to the internet. And I don't subscribe to the
wild paranoia that some people do when it comes to computing.
boy you are using simply the wrong distribution
go and install CentOS5
Tried that, at times. Unfortunately, last time I tried it, it wasn't
good enough. And, as I've said, changing an OS on a system that you
want to use, keep using, don't want to stop it from doing what it's
currently, successfully, doing is a pain.
> And it's a major pain to update an OS and keep data (backups,
> restores, fiddly installs trying not to delete data, or the
> disastrously risky and messy to
> clean-up afterwards "upgrade over the top").
come on i am doing it twice a year for around 30 setups
most of them are production servers, the rest workstations
I don't care what *YOU* do with your systems. I find it a pain changing
a running system, and have it still do what I want it to, on the new
system. I don't do it unless I really have to. I've not been convinced
that I need to.
Something tells me that these servers and workstations that you change
are probably not ones that *you* use, too. You probably don't care, or
are unaware, of any inconveniences that presents to those who are using
those systems.
> On this laptop, Fedora 9 works how I want it to, and so does
> the software I'm using with it. There really is no need to
> change it, until web browser incompatibilities become too extreme.
this is bullshit, as long as you are connectd to the internet
you have to take care about security because this is no
longer your private thing if your crippled machine is used from
third parties to attack others
Again, I repeat. Be factual about this, not all "I'm scared of the
bogeyman" about it.
> the Fedora 9 software I'm using seems to be
> fairly stable and bug free, as far as any software goes.
BUG FREE?
the F9 kernel has security bugs as big as a house
the browser has security bugs as big as a city
And so does nearly every single bit of software, ever released. As far
as I'm concerned, it's as bug free *as* another system. And the current
one is as bugged and as dangerous old ones, as far as I'm concerned.
--
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
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