FWIW.(Maybe not much but anyway...) Yes, it would be helpful if the Ubuntu update dialogue box gave more information about what was being fixed (when there is something to fix.) Mildly ironic given how user friendly it is. For relative newbie like myself the tech speak is not helpful so unless it actually looks useful I don't install it. On the other hand, most of the time you don't have to faff about configuring anything as it does it for you, although there are exceptions. I have had to venture into apt (with assistance) to get a program I wanted installed. Bev.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Srdjan Todorovic" <todorovic.s@googlemail.com> To: "ALUG ML" <main@lists.alug.org.uk> Subject: Re: [ALUG] How do people here manage updates (or not)? Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:27:37 +0000

On 05/11/2007, Brett Parker <iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk> wrote:

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On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:45:59AM +0000, Chris G wrote:

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Is there a distribution which offers pretty close to latest versions of everything when it releases but then just maintains things with only security updates and such until the next release?

I believe that is the goal of most of the Enterprise versions out there...

But Slackware's been doing this for ages. Also, doesn't Ubuntu do this already? I can't believe that Fedora Core would not have this capability.

What I've found frustrating with Ubuntu (well, Kubuntu really), is that when doing updates, there is very little information about what's been fixed. Adept just doesn't seem to list the security CVE codes. Maybe I've missed it and need better glasses. Don't know much about Fedora's update mechanisms.

Srdjan

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