Author: Dan Homan
Date: 13:02:29 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 13:45:22, Chip Piller wrote: >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 Cool, I didn't know about the up2date tool. I'll check it out, thanks. - Dan
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