On May 20, 2007, at 7:44 PM, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
"No longer supported" just means you will have to keep an eye out for security problems and perhaps recompile stuff yourself from source.Is the casual home user going to do this? Is the casual home user going to run backups? The answer to both is NO.
Is the casual home user usually trying to do something on the Internet? Yes. Is putting an old, unpatched Linux box on the 'Net a good idea?
Unless you allow _NO_ incoming connections with a host-based firewall, I certainly wouldn't recommend it.
Debian is still my choice for running a trim system, regardless of age. Gregory -- Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key ID: EAF4844B keyserver: pgpkeys.mit.edu
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