What if I don't upgrade...

[confubar]

I am using Lucid Lynx. What if I don't upgrade by this coming April. How will it hurt me if the version is no longer supported?

[DukeOfMixture]

If you no longer receive security upgrades, wouldn't that put your OS at risk?

[Pjotr123]

It would *indeed* put your operating system at risk. Expect being hacked and/or being taken over by a botnet. And so forth and so forth...

In short: upgrade in time to (for example) the excellent 12.04 LTS. If you don't like Unity, consider Xubuntu 12.04:
https://sites.google.com/site/easyli...roject/xubuntu

[confubar]

If you no longer receive security upgrades, wouldn't that put your OS at risk?

Would it really or is this an empty threat?
Software I use often.. Blender 3d graphics .. works well on Lucid, and I have had problems in the past.
I don't want Unity, and and am so disgusted by the idea of the Amazon suggestions crap that I might look for another flavor of linux.
I will go back to Gnome as fast as I can run, if I do upgrade.

[Bashing-om]

I too had reservations about 12.04; I installed it a few months back just to see what all the foo-fer-all was about. Never went back to 10.04.

12.04 is faster and cleaner, just takes a readjustment of mind set. And remember, this is ubuntu, all things are configurable (can opt out on the Amazon thing).

Unity is the wave of the future, not only in ubuntu but numerous devices; May as well start developing that mind set now !

just my humble opinion < == BDQ

[snowpine]

Gnome runs fine in 12.04 (you don't have to use Unity if you don't want to) and they've actually changed the desktop LTS support policy from 3 years to 5 years (thru April 2017 for 12.04).

Lots of people run obsolete end-of-life operating systems, browsers, and other applications, and most of them don't have their security/data/identities compromised. It is your decision whether you can live with the risk. (Possibly taking steps to mitigate the risk such as manually keeping your browser up to date.)

Keep in mind "end of life" means not only "no more security updates from Canonical" but also "continued support from PPA's and 3rd-party developers is unlikely, and you will get less support on UbuntuForums as the majority of users will move on to supported releases."

[DukeOfMixture]

Would it really or is this an empty threat?

What? Do you think I was threatening you?

[kurt18947]

Gnome runs fine in 12.04 (you don't have to use Unity if you don't want to) and they've actually changed the desktop LTS support policy from 3 years to 5 years (thru April 2017 for 12.04).

Lots of people run obsolete end-of-life operating systems, browsers, and other applications, and most of them don't have their security/data/identities compromised. It is your decision whether you can live with the risk. (Possibly taking steps to mitigate the risk such as manually keeping your browser up to date.)

Keep in mind "end of life" means not only "no more security updates from Canonical" but also "continued support from PPA's and 3rd-party developers is unlikely, and you will get less support on UbuntuForums as the majority of users will move on to supported releases."

I'm running 12.04 with gnome shell and 12.10 gnome remix/Unity-free. Xubuntu 12.04 seems to work very well as does Lubuntu12.04 though I don't know about the support duration for Xubuntu & Lubuntu. Remember that Unity is really just a compiz plugin, there's a lot more to Ubuntu than Unity. There's also MATE desktop and Cinnamon. Cinnamon seems like a nice option, didn't care for MATE. Lotsa non-Unity choices.

[uRock]

Would it really or is this an empty threat?

I think it depends on your browsing habits. If you don't mind installing Firefox manually, then you can have a secure system for years to come. Close all listening ports and keep all internet facing applications up to date.

[jerome1232]

I am using Lucid Lynx. What if I don't upgrade by this coming April. How will it hurt me if the version is no longer supported?

Is there any compelling reason to not upgrade?

As mentioned, if it's gnome3 (gnome-shell or unity) you don't want, then just use XFCE, or one of the gnome2 forks (mate, cinnamon).

12.04 LTS doesn't have the unity-shopping lens installed by default, even if it was you can always remove it or disable it via privacy settings if you have privacy issues with it.