Kerin kerin.westgate@virgin.net writes:
a lot of us are switching over from "Windows" were much of this is done for you
This is simply not true. Windows requires you to download and install security updates from Microsoft, doesn't it? Well, if you've got Redhat, you should download and install updates from them on a regular basis, just the same. If you have Debian, you should set apt to get them for you and use it on a regular basis. etc SuSE etc Slackware etc
Like I said, other mailing lists are for security alerts. We have neither the time nor the expertise to check and handle all of them on a LUG list. This place is really for the LUG and things affecting LUG members which are best dealt with by other members. We seem to handle most general problems quite well, but I don't want to see it drown in real and fake security warnings, as it surely will.
And if you think I'm being harsh, please just imagine what posting your message to the uk.comp.os.linux newsgroup would have been like.
I'm quite friendly really.