On 1/1/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to > > > Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going out > > > of my way to protect the OS. > > > > > > A pop up appeared and told me that my AVG free anti-virus 7.1 will not > > > be updated ever again after Jan 15th, and that I should update to 7.5. > > > Without this pop up, however annoying, I would not have known that I > > > will not be getting any security updates. That would leave me vulnerable > > > to everything out there... > > > > > > I think our end-users who do not like to go out of their way to learn > > > about what's going on in the community could really use such a feature. > > > > > > This idea was discussed before, but nothing happened. So I wanted to > > > attract your attention to this issue again. > > > > > > At the least, if it is do-able, for desktop users, you could change the > > > background picture to something that says "upgrade because your current > > > version will not get security updates within 1 month."... or maybe a pop > > > up by update-manager? I suspect that server users are more > > > security-savvy and don't need such intervention. > > > > I don't think that a large-window pop-up or changing the background > > image is the way to go though; why not just a notification area icon > > like when it informs us that updates are available, with a balloon > > similar to how it informs us that a restart is required? > > > +1 to that. When you click on the bubble, it should send you to a page > telling you about how to upgrade and which version to upgade to (eg > stable or LTS).
Wouldn't it be better just to have it run update-manager and if they need more info, they can click the help button or maybe offer a 'more info' button? CK -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
