[ale] contradictions in the world of patching

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

You have a point there.  It's just something I haven't allocated a day to do.  I'm worried that I'll lose all my apps and data and have to reinstall and reconfigure them.  I've heard that rooting the device can reduce security since attackware may be able to use higher privileges.

Are these things not a problem?

Sincerely,

Ron



James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:

> Acer Iconia A500 dev area.
>
>http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1136
>
> 
>>>> "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> 10/10/2013 3:19 PM
>>>> 
>Root the tablet, install a well supported android distro for it, and
>stay current on versions and patch levels.
>-jt
> 
> 
>
>James Taylor
>678-697-9420
>james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>
>
>
>>>> "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> 10/10/2013
>2:56 PM >>> 
>Hi all,
>
>I was just sitting here having the "fun" of doing the monthly ritual of
>installing patches on my Windows laptop.  Last Tuesday was the 2nd
>Tuesday, patch day.  There were 23 this time.  Next, I get to have the
>fun of replicating that procedure on my other computers and vm's,
>which, all combined, is a fair number of machines.
>
>Linux Mint is not much better.  Since patches are continuously
>released, it's not uncommon for me to patch Mint every time I boot it. 
>If I ignore either OS for a couple of months, it's not uncommon to have
>to install almost 100 patches.
>
>Now, I think it's a good thing that the OS's are being kept as secure
>as possible, assuming this is the best way we have to do this.
>
>Here's the contradiction I thought of.  My Android tablet NEVER gets
>updated by Acer.  They did bump me from Honeycomb (Android 3.??) to Ice
>Cream Sandwich (Android 4.??).  But, aside from that, as far as I know,
>there are no updates.
>
>So, is it necessary to do all this patching or not?  If it is, why does
>Android get left out in the cold?
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ron
>
>
>
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Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.

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