Re: [opensuse] seems like we're about to get a flurry of end of life's due to new support cycle.

On 07/26/2010 03:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 7/26/2010 4:00 PM, Leen de Braal wrote:

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 15:29, Greg Freemyer wrote:
11.0 was EOL today
11.1 will EOL in December
11.2 next May (I'm pretty sure).
/snip/
Eeeep :-P Thanks for clarifying this Greg. It was something lurking
in my mind, but I hadn't taken time to look into it yet....

Not so much a problem to keep well running servers running, until you need
something new (like clamd now has the habbit to stop working when the
version is too old).


C.

The deal with clamd (whatever it is) is exactly what drove me to look
at Linux in the first place--the idea that M/S would implement something
like this to force you to upgrade at their ridiculous prices, or to
pay a rental payment after a certain period of time. It's now the
anti-malware programs that do that, and of course, you can't run M/S
without anti-malware. But for Linux to start down this bitter path
is atrocious! (Another thread has already illustrated this problem
vis-a-vis KDE-3.)


But Doug, Clamav is OpenSource and free. It's an antivirus package
for Linux and, while it can be used on a single-user desktop, it's
really intended for use on SMTP MTA servers. Clamav's end-of-life
process merely enforces good security practices, since older
versions might not flag current malware.

Further, even if you run your installation past your distribution's end-of-life
you can always download and install Clamav manually. Hint: It's trivially
easy to do. Hardly a bitter and atrocious path. Relax and accept the Tao
of OpenSource.

Regards,
Lew

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