Re: Apres virtual meeting of Sunday the 14th

["'Christian Peeples' via BerkeleyLUG" <berkeleylug@googlegroups.com>]

Dear All:

As soon as the thumb drives I ordered from Fry's get here (long story, but I am stuck at an assisted living place without my tools or equipment), I am going to burn an iso of 20.4 LTS and upgrade.

-- Chris Peeples --

On Thursday, June 18, 2020, 09:43:25 PM PDT, 'Rick Moen' via BerkeleyLUG <berkeleylug@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Supplying omitted footnote:

> Most important thing (IMO) is that Chris was still running Ubuntu Linux
> 14.04 LTS 'Trusty Tahr' -- which means he is running a six-year-old
> (2014) distro whose support ended for almost everyone[1] 14 months ago.
> So, yeah, its HPLIP drivers package probably wouldn't support recent HP
> multifunction printer/scanners -- but the bigger concern is very
> outdated software with accumulating security holes.

[1] After April 2019, they're offering 'extended support' for a while,
which IIRC means _only_ to people who pay significant money for support
contracts.

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