> The only extra security measure I think is worth debating is full disk
> encryption.
I assume that by "full disk", you mean the areas that may have
personal data. Several places discuss this concept and I understand
that there is already an option in the Alternate CD to encrypt /home/.
Have a l
On 11/10/07, Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06
>
> <<-snip->>
>
> > Thanks for the pointer.
> > But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone
> > to edit boot parameter and become root?
>
> because it´s as easy
On 11/11/07, Chris Warburton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 17:41 +0100, Thilo Six wrote:
> > Milan wrote the following on 10.11.2007 16:56
> >
> > <<-snip->>
> >
> > > All in all, I'd rather suggest to activate password-locked GRUB, but I
> > > understand this question is har
On Saturday 10 November 2007 21:49, Peter wrote:
> I understand the point of view of not fixing bugs at the end life of
> a cycle, but certain software updates aren't in Ubuntu yet while new
> version have been out for a while now. Azureus for example is still
> 2.5.0.0 in the official repo while
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:50:27 +0900
"Emmet Hikory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 PM, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So what is it that an Ubuntu developer develops for Gimp? I thought
> > it was the Gimp developers who developed Gimp. If I find a bug in
> > Gimp I will add
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Greg K Nicholson wrote:
> Toby Smithe:
>> There seems to be some confusion here: regardless of the content of the
>> version string, bug fixes from upstream will have been ported back to
>> the current Ubuntu package. The two releases are functionally
Toby Smithe:
> There seems to be some confusion here: regardless of the content of the
> version string, bug fixes from upstream will have been ported back to
> the current Ubuntu package. The two releases are functionally identical,
> the only difference is the content of a string.
So we're actua
> On Nov 11, 2007 5:28 AM, João Pinto wrote:
> > if you do believe that potentially this change from RC->Final is only with
> > the splash screen logo, which if it's the case would resolve the problem
> > from the user's expectation perspective, why bringing generic theoretical
> > regression conce
On Nov 11, 2007 5:28 AM, João Pinto wrote:
> if you do believe that potentially this change from RC->Final is only with
> the splash screen logo, which if it's the case would resolve the problem
> from the user's expectation perspective, why bringing generic theoretical
> regression concerns withou
Hello,
I am sorry for the LONG mail, but I had no volunteer time this week and this
thread is related to my main commitment to the Ubuntu community so I would
like to provide my input.
Ubuntu developers perform three major activities (and lots of
> others), specifically packaging available sof
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 12:30 -0700, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
> And lastly, what are the Ubuntu devs *developing* in the case of
> compiling existing source code from the GIMP? As far as I can tell
> there is nothing different between the version of the GIMP shipped with
> Ubuntu Feisty as t
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 23:22 -0700, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
> Emmet Hikory spake thusly:
> > On 11/9/07, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
> >> Scott Kitterman spake thusly :
> >>> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:48:55 -0700 "Scott (angrykeyboarder)" wrote:
> Gutsy shipped with a *non-final* releas
Emmet Hikory spake thusly:
>If an issue is
> encountered with a package, it is much preferable to report it to
> Ubuntu, as it may or may not affect the upstream package (and the
> Ubuntu developers will forward the report if it does).
I often report it to both Ubuntu and Upstream. Things tend to
Aaron C. de Bruyn spake thusly on 249490952 ::
>> Aaron C. de Bruyn:
>>> Upgrading simply because there is a newer version number is the wrong
>>> attitude.
>> It's not that fact that it's a newer version (number): it's that it's a
>> final, stable release versus a non-final non-stable release.
>
Greg K Nicholson spake thusly :
> Aaron C. de Bruyn:
>> Upgrading simply because there is a newer version number is the wrong
>> attitude.
>
> It's not that fact that it's a newer version (number): it's that it's a
> final, stable release versus a non-final non-stable release.
BINGO!
--
Aaron C. de Bruyn spake thusly:
>> Wouldn't logic dictate that if their latest release was for bugfixes,
>> that they would recommend an update? Or do developers update software
>> "just for the heck of it"?
>
> I haven't done an official study or anything, but I'd be willing to bet that
> a mont
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 17:41 +0100, Thilo Six wrote:
> Milan wrote the following on 10.11.2007 16:56
>
> <<-snip->>
>
> > All in all, I'd rather suggest to activate password-locked GRUB, but I
> > understand this question is hard to decide. Does anybody see other
> > agruments on both sides?
>
>
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 16:38:28 Ian Jackson wrote:
> One of the things I did in gutsy that will now have to be taken over
> by someone else is my disk full testing.
>
> The glibc patch I developed can be used to test the response of the
> whole system, or parts of it, to lack of disk space.
Milan wrote the following on 10.11.2007 16:56
<<-snip->>
> All in all, I'd rather suggest to activate password-locked GRUB, but I
> understand this question is hard to decide. Does anybody see other
> agruments on both sides?
against:
helping users on mailing lists or irc, with boot problems.
The issue for now is clear: you can't let your, say, laptop to anybody
for an hour or even less without risking ha may easily get root access
and maybe change your password or modify your system. It can simply be
used to read "confidential" files, like personal mail, not like military
secret but ju
Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06
<<-snip->>
> Thanks for the pointer.
> But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone
> to edit boot parameter and become root?
because it´s as easy as to plugin a LiveCD and overcome that.
--
Thilo
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On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 PM, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So what is it that an Ubuntu developer develops for Gimp? I thought it
> was the Gimp developers who developed Gimp. If I find a bug in Gimp I
> will address it with the Gimp developers and not with an Ubuntu
> developer. That's like sayin
On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 21:03:20 -0800
"Aaron C. de Bruyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Aaron C. de Bruyn:
> > > Upgrading simply because there is a newer version number is the
> > > wrong attitude.
> >
> > It's not that fact that it's a newer version (number): it's that
> > it's a final, stable rel
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