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[Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/02/2013 12:53 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:

> I'm now typing this email from Lubuntu 10.04:

> Okay, we all know that Lubuntu 10.04 wasn't LTS.

> Is this a secure system? is this an LTS system? what are the risks of
> running this?

Because you do not already have the security and system administration
expertise and experience to KNOW the answers, then for you, the answers
to your three questions are:

 (1) "NO, this is not a sufficiently secure system for you".

 (2) "NO, this is not a supported LTS release".

 (3) "The main risks are not getting updated software, and so getting
     hacked or infected or otherwise running malicious code".

That's as simple a set of answers as I can give.

Jonathan

(NOTE: I am typing this on a Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS machine, my primary
Ubuntu desktop at home, which I tried and failed to upgrade to 12.04
recently -- I need to fix that ASAP!).