Isn't " use on your own risk" implied with Linux software. I don't know about a OS company "put whatever giant's name here" to sign under several thousands packages.<div><br><br>On Monday, April 25, 2016, James Sumners <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Nope. I meant it just as I wrote it. It had not other meaning. But you<br>
can read it however you like. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.<br>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Jerald Sheets <<a>questy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Except the little statement “people with a clue”… implying anyone using the<br>
> product must NOT have a clue. It is indeed insulting.<br>
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> On Apr 25, 2016, at 12:26 PM, James Sumners <<a>james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I wasn't. Except to the distro.<br>
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> On Monday, April 25, 2016, Todor Fassl <<a>fassl.tod@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> No need to be insulting, guy.<br>
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>><br>
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>> On 04/25/2016 08:21 AM, James Sumners wrote:<br>
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>>> Why Ubuntu is used by people with a clue is beyond me. Well, except to<br>
>>> throw it at a family member who doesn't have one. But this even makes<br>
>>> that seem like a silly notion. There are better distributions out<br>
>>> there. Some even forked from Ubuntu.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:02 AM, DJ-Pfulio <<a>djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In Ubuntu LTS, there's an issue with many packages not receiving<br>
>>>> security updates.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a href="https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ubuntu-lts-many-vulnerabilities-despite-long-term-support.385386/" target="_blank">https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ubuntu-lts-many-vulnerabilities-despite-long-term-support.385386/</a><br>
>>>> ====<br>
>>>> $ ubuntu-support-status --show-unsupported<br>
>>>> Support status summary of 'lubuntu':<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> You have 196 packages (8.0%) supported until February 2015 (9m)<br>
>>>> You have 12 packages (0.5%) supported until January 2017 (9m)<br>
>>>> You have 1679 packages (68.8%) supported until May 2019 (5y)<br>
>>>> You have 148 packages (6.1%) supported until May 2017 (3y)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> You have 101 packages (4.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded<br>
>>>> You have 304 packages (12.5%) that are unsupported<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> No longer downloadable:<br>
>>>> <insert huge-ass-list> .......<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Unsupported:<br>
>>>> <insert even-huger-huge-ass-list> ...</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br>Sent from Gmail Mobile<br>