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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

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) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>>
> 
>     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 <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> 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.)
> 
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> 
>     -- 
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