Author: Chip Piller
Date: 10:45:22 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 09:22:09, Dan Homan wrote: >I use redhat myself, but one drawback is that there is no >automatic updating facility (As bugs and security holes are found in >certian parts of linux, the fixes are posted on Redhat's website and >you have to download and install them yourself). I think the mandrake >distribution has an automated update facility. > >I've heard good things about Calderra's OpenLinux and Corel's Linux >distribution. Both are supposed to be very easy to install and configure. > > - Dan If you buy the Official RedHat you can get priority package updates using RedHat's up2date tool. If you don't buy Official RedHat you can update the packages on your machine using a single rpm command with the freshen option. It is very easy to do and you can set this up in a cron job to automatically update your machine if you like. Chip
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