Much appreciated, @40GrandBattery

Yep, and all that was pulled from upstream Debian, and done according to Debian’s policy manual…so if anything, the complaints should be directed at Debian. This also means that Lynis absolutely did give a false positive - if they don’t want to consider that a false positive, then they shouldn’t claim the ability to analyze Debian package version numbers.

Sounds like the devs are lazy to me. You can always fix a version number, the question is will they go through the proper amount of effort to do it.

@@CyberGizmo sure, you can always fix a version number, the question is how fast. Eventually the upstream maintainer has stated that they will release xz 5.8, where the 5.8 version number indicates the fixed version.

me too stuck on how to get too 24.04 through Ubuntu. Im a noob

Idle at 400GB of RAM??? I presume you mean 400 megabytes lol. What sort of mods you running with OpenBox for 400 GB idle usage 🤯

@@masterTigress96 Yeah, mistake corrected.

Speed difference, there used to be a first time start up difference, but that was corrected awhile back, no difference in speed, but some users have reported lack of features in snaps. I agree its always better to wait for the first patch release of any new OS, unless you really want to try out the new stuff :)

Ubuntu Core Desktop was originally supposed to release around 24.04 but that fell through. Ubuntu Core Desktop basically snap-ifies the whole system, desktop and below. Not just programs. It might be the only way Snaps are used to their fullest potential, by having all of the individual stacks of the operating system put into their own isolated snap package bases.

Use a COW and a backup strategy (which you should there as well) and you don't need to go through the hassle of immutable

Hah, I was looking at the list of updated "big packages" and saw LibreOffice 24, I thought "That can't be right, I've got 7...?" Now it makes sense. I guess.

But... it is a false positive. Distributions often use conventions like majornum.minornum-packagever to issue hotfixes. That version installed does not have the bug, so... it's really neither lynis's "fault" or Ubuntu's, it's just a limitation, it's just a consequence of a non-Ubuntu-specific tool, using a.rather blunt-force method of "detecting" issues with your system. Distributions also have their own infrastructure and calendar, and often must make choices when including an unexpected hotfix to a package. I doubt their benchmark for naming conventions is "Does lynis understand it." I guess I understand the emotional satisfaction of seeing a high number, but if you're getting a lower score than your system "deserves" due to a distro-specific naming convention issued for a "quick fix"... well, I dunno what else you'd call it. Many tools require a rational actor at the keyboard to interpret results. :-)

I never look at GUI tools for software installation... but if Ubuntu ever goes strictly snapd, I'm moving back over to Fedora.

I have not done any analysis of the xz package, I've been working on adding some new capabilities to the home server farm.

does not have the apps that are included in the testing i guess

Fedora always seems to be buggy to me. Ubuntu has always been reliable since the last two months of using it. Btw, I'm a newbie using Linux. How can you call an OS targeted for professionals if its not reliable?

Fedora tends to release more often, and have newer (read: less tested) packages, because it is the staging ground for RHEL. I used Fedora for many many years; it is a fine system. For my desktop I use Ubuntu for the last few years, for various technological reasons that may or may not apply to anyone else.

Enterprise prefer LTS because you can skip distro version upgrades, and it's theoretically more stable.

Yes its official

i have a pronunciation spinner I use.

Oo-boon-too, is the legit real african way of pronouncing it. Anything else is corruption by others.

Its "oo-boon-tooo" - all three "u" sounds are the way he pronounces the last one. Like you would say "goose" - the last syllable is a little longer.

edited: OO-boon-too, @pietskiet3595 is absolutely correct! They made a big deal teaching user how to pronounce it way way back when the first version was release and you could order an actual CD from Canonical and they would mail you an envelope with 5 or 6 copies to distribute to your friends and family. God that was a long time ago...

@@pietskiet3595 its a dumb name anyhow lol

True, but I can understand it.

kde is not stable in general it has a copy and paste bug since the 4x days and still remains in kde 6x. I use kde a lot and daily drive this DE, but i will say it is one buggy DE. Hopefully finger cross a lot things get iron out in 6.1. I know it suppose to fix explicit eync rendering for the nvidia gpu so hopefully that fix issues i have on one of my box. Though AMD gpu are also not the solution either as I have bugs with that gpu as well and as well as my thinkpad with intel graphics.

@@CRYPTiCEXiLE Kubuntu 23.10 is the most stable desktop ive ever used. And i'm using it on my work laptop and and home for gaming

Didn't notice great difference while using plasma 6 for almost 2 months, so I don't really mind.

I too found Kubuntu to be one of the better flavors. I actually had to install Kubuntu and then add Cinnamon in order to get function, installing Cinnamon flavor would never work correctly with GTX-3050, for what reason I have no idea...

I thought the bot that corrects the pronunciation of Ubuntu would have hit first....LOL

Well, I'm never using Ubuntu again. Sticking to Fedora for workstation and Debian for server.

To be fair, Windows 11 doesn't show ads on startup.

@@Omar-jn9zf About the only place it doesn't. 😆

You can literally see the first report that would be sent. It's a bare minimum of hardware information. There is absolutely no comparison between that and the and highly invasive data collection done by Microsoft.

@@kneppernicus "I'm never using Ubuntu again, btw" moment. Cringe

usually i go for Ubuntu Studio but all ok