From: John A. <JAn...@sc...> - 2002-05-22 19:08:18
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On 21 May 2002 at 17:30, Tom Eastep wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Paul Gear wrote: > > > > > If you are pretty new to Linux and have limited knowledge, make sure > > you sign up for the Red Hat Network. > I also think that this is a valuable service -- in fact I pay for it (I > download the software and burn my own CDs so I think that it's only > reasonable that I pay RedHat for the update service). I used to manage > my own downloads for updates and it's a PITA if you have four Linux > systems > as I do (one uses i586 rpms, one is an athlon and two are i686's). Much Suse has the same capabllity with YAST2 (gui or text mode). It will only install security patches when used this way. There may be many newer packages out there on their site but only the security patches will be automatically updated. And it has never once put me in RPM hell (chaseing dependencies). ______________________________________ John Andersen NORCOM / Juneau, Alaska http://www.screenio.com/ |