|
|
| Applications |
| Mailing Lists |
| Miscellaneous |
| Operating Systems |
| Programming |
Re: secure installation
Date: Tue Aug 21 2007 - 16:16:33 EDT
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:13:43PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> >
> > Educating users also involves raising awareness that they *have* to keep
> > their system up-to-date with security patches both to prevent local and
> > remote exploits. The fact that KDE (or Xfce) does not have an equivalent to
> > the update-manager is IMHO, worrisome, as users of that Desktop environment
> > might not be as aware of this need as users of GNOME.
>
> I agree with the first half of that statement, but I fail to grasp why
> kde users (including, say Linus T.) should be less aware of security
> than gnome users. Are you just trying to start a flame?
I didn't say what you put here and do not have any intention to start a flamware. I'm just saying that Debian KDE users with no update-notifier *might* not be *as* aware of available security updates as users of GNOME with it. That's it.
(Notice the use of 'might' in both of my statements)
> Maybe the lack of an update-manager for kde just reflects the fact that
> kde users are more security aware and don't need as much automatic
> nagging. (I am not claiming that this is the case, I am just claiming
> that it is just as legitimate to claim the opposite of what you have
> been claiming. )
Actually, I've just found that there is actually an update-notifier for KDE, it's provided by adept (a package management interface similar to synaptic). Try installing adept-notifier.
Regards
Javier
-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.orgReceived on Tue Aug 21 16:17:23 2007
- application/pgp-signature attachment: Digital signature
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Sun Oct 07 2007 - 07:52:53 EDT
|
Contact Us Legal Notices Order Services Online Pantek Home Privacy Policy IT news Site Map Pantek Library |