I'm running Raspbian 7/Wheezy and want to continue for as long as possible because I need the openct package and that doesn't look like it's going to be made available for 8/Jessie.
So, has Raspbian 7 acquired 'LTS' support like Wheezy and will thus be supported until 2018?
-- Chris Green
Op Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:15:15 +0100 schreef Chris Green:
Where do the numbers 7 and 8 come from? Never seen them.
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Debian major release numbers. I think it would be more precise to say Raspbian/Wheezy and Raspbian/Jessie since Raspbian doesn't seem to track the number per se.
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If it's working just fine as it is, is there any need for "support"?
I replaced my (*86) server last year. It was running 'sarge' I think
When running well, leave well alone...
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security patches for example.
Bye Jack
-- Yoda of Borg am I! Assimilated shall you be! Futile resistance is, hmm?
The number is in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. Whether you ever see those will depend on how you usually log on to the system.
:-) I like to keep up with security and bug fixes which is what the ongoing long term support provides.
-- Chris Green
... and I still don't have an answer to my original query! :-)
Will Raspbian Wheezy simply track Debian Wheezy for as lonmg as it's supported?
-- Chris Green
If its on the pub(l)ic Internet, maybe.
On a home network, the only reason to upgrade is either that the old hardware fails and the new hardware isn't supported by the old code, or you need to add some app that doesn't run on the old OS.
-- "I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".
Well yes, but depending on the exposure that the system has that may not be an issue.
Right up until someone finds a way past the firewall and finds a nice easy target to set up in.
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Oh purlease. I have never seen anyone get past a properly set up domestic firewall that didn't have incoming ports open
-- "Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them" Margaret Thatcher
That give people the false sense of security that the firewall would have to be compromised for any attack to take place. Far more likely is that you the user visits a website which pulls down a bit of malicious code. It doesn't have to be a dodgy site either, plenty of popular legit sites have had malware ridden adverts included on the page.
---druck
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is 'openct'? If it has to do with smartcard readers, this may be of interest to you:
If you do an in-place OS upgrade, it may not even remove 'openct'.
malware written to run on an ARM processor running Linux?
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If it has to do with
-- "Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.) " Alan Sokal
Yep that's an easy way past the firewall, plugging in the USB stick you found in the car park is another one.
-- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
Really ? I get a bucket load of malware of various kinds delivered to the inside of my firewall by email just waiting for someone silly enough to run it. If *any* of that lands on *any* machine on the LAN then the firewall is potentially bypassed. Office networks with draconian firewalls have been compromised by the simple expedient of scattering a few USB sticks in the car park.
I don't think anyone can get through my firewall, but getting past it requires only social engineering.
-- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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