On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 22:28, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > Subject: Wonderful! I discovered that UniFi Cloud Key Gen 2 Plus is > powered > > by Debian Linux 9 > > > > UniFi OS UCK G2 Plus 2.5.11 > > ... > > > Linux is everywhere! This also shows that Debian Linux is very stable for > > it to be used in a commercial network device. > > This has a bunch of problems. > > - Ubiquiti frequently ignores the GPL. They don't make source > available for their changes. > > - They also fail to make build tools available for their > deployed software. As a user of their products, there are some > things that you can't rebuild yourself. > > - They don't update quickly. The current stable release of > Debian is Bullseye, version 11. It has been stable since > mid-August of last year. You don't get the benefit of security > improvements Debian has made, and you don't get to extend the > useful lifetime of your machines once Ubiquitu stops supporting > them. > > Overall, Ubiquiti's use of Debian is not to their users' > benefit, and that's Ubiquiti's fault. > > -dsr- > Ooooops. I am not aware. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore
