[wellylug] Linux Server version

[Daniel Pittman]

Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> writes:
> John Durham wrote:
>> Cliff Pratt wrote:
>>> John Durham wrote:
>>>> Cliff Pratt wrote:

[...]

>>> Ubuntu 4.10 is  very old:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_Warthog
>>>
>>> It is not supported, hence there will be no more patches for it.
>>
>> So you are really saying when it updates it becomes a differently
>> named version? Interesting, but probably not too significant.  Just
>> another flavour to try.

Each version of Ubuntu has a code name; the name is no more significant
than the version number, really.

> No, I am saying that you will get no bug or security patches for
> it. It's like Windows 98/Windows 2000/Windows XP. While the prior
> versions are supported for a while, they will not be supported for
> ever.
>
> For instance your Apache is version 2.0.50, while the current version
> (in Dapper Drake 6.06) is 2.0.55, your mod_Perl is 1.99 while the
> Dapper version is 2.0.2, your Perl is 5.8.4 while Dapper has
> 5.8.7. and your php is 4.3.8 and the Dapper one is 4.4.4.

More importantly you will have security holes, probably including some
that are remotely exploitable, in the versions of the software you run.

> You *should* upgrade, though how you do it is debatable. As with
> Windows things may break in an upgrade.

If you intend to have this system connected to the Internet you *must*
upgrade.  If you don't you will, eventually, have the machine broken
into and taken over by third parties.

Upgrading to ensure you get security fixes is important.  It doesn't
just hurt you when your machine is broken into -- it hurts the people
that your machine sends spam to, who have their systems attacked from
your machine and so forth.

Regards,
        Daniel
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