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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> 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) <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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> >
> >
> >     --
> >     *Best Regards,
> >     amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
> >     Start Lubuntu
> >     <
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu
> >
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