Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T

From	Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T
Date	2017-09-23 23:00 +0200
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On 09/23/2017 10:22 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> On 09/23/2017 05:04 AM, Felix Natter wrote:
>> hi Jimmy,
>>
>> I am writing you because you are running the same old(!)  Ubuntu 12.04
>> LTS release for which support has run out as my father's computer does.
>>
>> What strategy do you have to update this?
>> I think the best way is to update to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" by
>> (supported until April 2019):
>>
>> - changing "precise" to "trusty" in sources.list
>> - apt-get update
>> - apt-get upgrade
>> - apt-get dist-upgrade
>>
>> What do you think?
>> (I am a Debian user, and don't know that much about Ubuntu)
>>
>> Thanks and Best Regards,
>> Felix
> 
> Hi Felix, I run 12.04 + 14.04 + 16.04 and Stretch + Buster + Sid/Testing 
> too and other systems too like Wheezy, Jessie, 17.04 and more.  Maybe 
> your Father knows what I know and that is: Don't listen to the hype, 
> 12.04 is still supported, Ubuntu says by subscription but you can ride 
> the subscription train for free if you have the sources. If he's using 
> KDE 4.8.5, it's one of the best for looks and feel and most of the bugs 
> have been fixed too.
> 
> I'm on list so please don't send me personal email.
> 
> Thanks,


I need to add, I don't know your experience, but my recommendation to 
both you and your Father and with the state of World Order these days 
would be to run Stretch fully updated with security in mind.  Why 
Stretch, it's going to be the system getting the most eyes on security.

Cheers!
-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda6
Registered Linux User #380263

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