From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 10/21/2012 10:52 PM, Adam wrote:   
   > Bit Twister wrote:   
   >> You are absolutely correct on the vendor side. My point was about slow   
   >> distribution turnaround for security patches.   
   >   
   > Thanks VERY much, Jim, TJ, Dave, Bit Twister, Moe, and anyone else I may   
   > have forgotten to name.  I hadn't realized that distro packages vs.   
   > vendor packages was controversial.  (Okay, it's not a big controversy,   
   > but there are arguments in favor of both sides.)   
   >   
   > The only apps where I've used the vendor package over the distro package   
   > were exactly the ones mentioned, Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey and   
   > VirtualBox, mainly because those are the ones where Bit's been posting   
   > update notices.  Security (also stability) is much more important to me   
   > than whatever new features they're adding, but I can see that even   
   > there, there's disagreement over which package is more likely to have   
   > recent security updates.  I hadn't even realized it was distro-dependent   
   > (or rather distro-maintainer-dependent).  Definitely something to   
   > consider when choosing a distro.   
   >   
   > After some consideration, I've decided to go with the majority opinion,   
   > and on my "production" system I'll be reverting to the distro packages   
   > for those applications if possible, at least for the web apps.  I'm   
   > still deciding about VirtualBox.  (I also haven't decided what to do for   
   > each distro on my "test" system.)  Thanks very much, all of you, for   
   > your help and advice on something that wasn't as simple and clear-cut as   
   > I thought it was.   
   >   
   > Adam   
      
   There are two more to consider, two that won't necessarily be provided   
   by the distro: java and the flashplayer plugin.   
      
   Because of licensing changes, most distros will not be providing   
   Oracle's JDK/JRE packages beyond 1.6.x. Instead, most will use the open   
   source openjdk and icedtea-web. They are incompatible with each other,   
   so if you use one you won't use the other. You have to download Oracle's   
   version from Oracle.   
      
   Adobe has announced that the general flashplayer plugin for Linux will   
   not be developed beyond 11.2.x. For Linux, the latest and greatest is   
   integrated into Google's Chrome. Not Chromium, Chrome.   
      
   TJ   
      
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