Canonical Outs Major Kernel Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Linux OSes

[TWPonKubuntu]

Available for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 17.10, 16.04 LTS & 14.04 LTS

https://news.softpedia.com/news/cano...s-521853.shtml

This is a Security update, look for it in your download manager.

[chimak111]

Here's a Q&A worth looking at
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1052...from-the-repos

[TWPonKubuntu]

chimak;

I'm running 16.04 LTS with the 4.4.0-x kernel. I've not had the problems reported in that link (yet?). Keeping my fingers crossed...

[oshunluvr]

Did I read "kernel floppy driver" in there? Does anyone still have a floppy drive? Probably the same people that take portable DVD players on airplanes

[TWPonKubuntu]

Did I read "kernel floppy driver" in there? Does anyone still have a floppy drive? Probably the same people that take portable DVD players on airplanes

I'm so relieved that they will still support my floppy drive. Now I don't have to toss the 1400+ floppies that hold my latest backup.

[oshunluvr]

I'm so relieved that they will still support my floppy drive. Now I don't have to toss the 1400+ floppies that hold my latest backup.

LOL. Believe it or not, my first Linux install (Mandrake something-or-another, circa 1996) came on 3.5" floppies - about 8 or so it seems. I booted to the first one, then it prompted me to insert each additional one in series until the all had been read - presumably it assembled a zip file or similar, then the installation started. It actually worked.

[GreyGeek]

LOL. Believe it or not, my first Linux install (Mandrake something-or-another, circa 1996) came on 3.5" floppies - about 8 or so it seems. I booted to the first one, then it prompted me to insert each additional one in series until the all had been read - presumably it assembled a zip file or similar, then the installation started. It actually worked.

I heard that Slackware 1.0 came on 24 floppies! I tried a floppy install of Debian for grins and giggles, around 15 years ago, but gave up on the idea because my floppies kept failing. I don't remember how many floppies it was on. Perhaps 12 or so Luckily, my first Linux distro, RH5.0, came on a single CD.

[jpenguin]

Did I read "kernel floppy driver" in there? Does anyone still have a floppy drive? Probably the same people that take portable DVD players on airplanes

I think have a floppy drive in the attic

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[notabug]

Reminds me of the OS/2 install I had...on 21 floppies.

[SpecialEd]

24 disks of Adobe Pagemaker, running on a 286.

[TWPonKubuntu]

Reminds me of the OS/2 install I had...on 21 floppies.

I really liked OS/2. It worked... But IBM failed. I went back to Windoze and then found Linux (Red Hat). Then back to Windoze and finally, after Win XP was committed to the asylum, Linux again. Not going back again, ever.

[jpenguin]

I once did a Win95 install from floppies

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[dibl]

I really liked OS/2. It worked...

So true -- it was on an OS/2 system connected via AOL dialup that I first discovered the WWW. What an eye-opener that was!

[oshunluvr]

I loved OS/2 and used it until IBM stopped supporting it for non-commercial use. Then I switched full time to Linux

[GreyGeek]

The ONLY way to run Windows 287 to Win3.11FWG was inside the OS/2 DOS box. When Windows crashed, which was often, OS/2 would gracefully restart it. BUT, one still had to save their work often to avoid loosing a lot. I was lured away from OS/2 to Win95 on the hope that stability would improve. It got worse. Win95 was MUCH more unstable than Win3.11FWG. In fact, compared to Win95, Win3.11FWG was almost a rock of stability. I fought with Win95 from Dec 29, 1997 to May 1, 1998. That's when I decided to go back to OS/2. While at Barnes & Nobel (where one bought OS's at the time) I happened to see a paperback book titled "Learn Linux in 24 Hours". It had RH5.0 in the back. All for $25. At the time OS/2 was over $200, IIRC. What could I lose? The rest is history. Good history!