Yeah, I do have to admit that Redhat has done a good job of automating system updates. Amazing what you get for $349/year/machine ;) On 6/4/06, Nathan England wrote: > > We installed a RHEL4 system before all the updates that are currently > available and have never patched any of the software. This machine has been > in production ever since. We finally decided to let it update almost 1000 > packages and it did them all, without rebooting and never skipped a beat! > We should have rebooted for the kernel, but we're running a custom kernel > anyway, so there was no point in it. > > I love linux... > > nathan > > > On Sunday 04 June 2006 20:06, Jeff Garland wrote: > > > In case no one noticed, this is a place where Linux has a major lead on > > MS right now -- yes, you can get 64bit Windows, but try to find device > > drivers and applications -- it's tough. On top of that, the idea of > > installing a major OS upgrade and having it automatically upgrade all > > the apps -- well, that just can't happen on Windows. Anyway, many thanks > > to all the folks that made this one fleeting moment of software euphoria > > possible :) > > > > Jeff > > --------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > PaysonLinux User Group > Community Based Linux Support > http://www.paysonlinux.org/ > > Business Consulting Services, > Advanced Network and Server Design, > Security Solutions, > Process Management and Efficiency Consultations > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- 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