Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-15 Thread Josep M. Gasso
Hello. These is one of the reasons for what I want experiment with selinux in my desktop machine:) Josep El dom, 13-03-2011 a las 19:30 -0400, Dan escribió: > Hi, > > I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning > to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 14 mar 11, 11:53:27, Dan wrote: > > I guess that you are right Ubuntu might be a better choice for a > desktop as you don't have to fight with the drivers. Is there still a > problem in Debian with the drivers for the graphic cards? I remember > that last time that I used Debian that was an

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-14 Thread Dan
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:30:30 -0400 > Dan wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning >> to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two-year release >> cycle which is more reasonable. >> >> My w

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-14 Thread Joe
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:30:30 -0400 Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning > to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two-year release > cycle which is more reasonable. > > My worried is related with the security of the browser. The

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread Dan
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 mar 11, 20:11:22, Dan wrote: >> Yes I think that I was using woody or sarge and it took for ever to >> update. Then I switched to Ubuntu. > > Sarge was released almost 6 years ago, hence my wondering ;) AFAIK sarge > was also the b

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 mar 11, 20:11:22, Dan wrote: > Yes I think that I was using woody or sarge and it took for ever to > update. Then I switched to Ubuntu. Sarge was released almost 6 years ago, hence my wondering ;) AFAIK sarge was also the big exception in Debian release history. > > You seem to assume

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread John Hasler
Dan writes: > The Debian approach is to freeze the version and apply themselves the > patches. In my opinion this is worse because the mozilla/chromium > project should know better the problems/security issues related with > their browsers right? But do they care as much? They seem more intereste

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread Dan
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 mar 11, 19:30:30, Dan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning >> to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two-year release >> cycle which is more reasonable. > > Debian

Re: Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 13 mar 11, 19:30:30, Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning > to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two-year release > cycle which is more reasonable. Debian does not have a fixed release cycle, and probably never will. M

Security of the browsers

2011-03-13 Thread Dan
Hi, I have been using Ubuntu for a while for my desktop and I am planning to come back to Debian stable because there is now a two-year release cycle which is more reasonable. My worried is related with the security of the browser. The Ubuntu approach is to use the latest version of mozilla or th