Hi, Well, I upgraded from RH 7.2 to 8.0 with no trouble! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig White" To: Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: re: KLEZ Virus > On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 14:12, Phil Mattison wrote: > > As I expected, lots of folks disagreed with my assertion that > > too many updates are a bad thing. I agree that updates are essential > > for some users, and would not suggest eliminating them. > > Still, there are many users for whom the only updates are new > > releases of Windows. That happens once every couple of years, > > and that is too often for some. We may look down our noses at > > such illiterati, but they still represent the bulk of the consumer market. > > What I would like to see is a level of ease-of-use closer to that > > offered by Windows. I just bought a copy of RedHat 8.0 to upgrade > > from 7.2, but I suspect I will have to start from the disk partition > > step and repeat the entire install and configuration process, which > > is much harder than with Windows, even if you know what you're doing. > > I know I could upgrade the kernel and each little piece every time > > a bulletin comes out about some new security vulnerability, but not > > every update is necessary and its a pain in the @$$ to be tinkering > > with all the time. Its like having a car that needs a tune-up three > > times a week. I think RedHat and the other major commercial > > distros have the right idea, but just don't go far enough. Maybe > > I should just stop whining and accept the fact that using any OS > > is a recipe for exponentially increasing complexity. That's why > > we get the big bucks, right? ;-) > > -- > ----- > up2date -u > > It's been in Redhat distro's since 7.0 > > It completely handles installing updates - by default, all except > kernel. > > you can set it up as a cron job once a week and you'll never know that > the updates are being downloaded & installed unless you check the log. > > Of course the debian folks had to sound off about the apt-get, which is > available for redhat but it is 3rd party. > > Craig > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss