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Security fixes are back-ported regularly for Ubuntu releases and if you are really concerned then use the LTS version that will have 3 years of support. https:
by cas 15y ago
Security fixes are back-ported regularly for Ubuntu releases and if you are really concerned then use the LTS version that will have 3 years of support.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
- regularfry 15y agoSo if I'm on 11.04 and don't want Unity, my best bet is to downgrade to 10.04?
- cas 15y agoWhy do that when 11.04 is supported until the end of 2012 and 10.04 would only extend that by 6 months. A lot can happen in a year and I'm sure someone will create a flavour of Ubuntu to you liking based on 12.04 LTS.
- regularfry 15y agoDo I have this straight? Your response to someone complaining that they are being forced to upgrade would be that they should upgrade?
- cas 15y agoWhich, as I said, would be at least another year away. My response was to you bringing up the topic of security so I simply addressed that with details of Ubuntus LTS. Other than that there would be no reason to upgrade however even then you could update any software package found to have security issues on an individual basis through PPA, debs or source. That is the flexibility of opensource. No operating system can be supported forever but funnily enough Ubuntu have just announced an extension to 5 years for 12.04 LTS.
- kleiba 15y ago11.04 still allows you to switch back to GNOME.