[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 25 May 2009 12:35:02 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

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> 
> On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> > Behalf
> > >Of William L. Maltby
> > >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM
> > >To: CentOS mailing list
> > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
> > >
> > >> >Probably not the best distro for Laptops,
> > >> >but many people on this list are using CentOS on their laptops.
> > >>
> > >> So what's considered to be the "best" choice for laptops? I understand
> > >> mileage may vary and so on, but I think there might maybe be a general
> > >> consensus at least?
> > >  ^^^^^^^^^
> > >
> > >Not likely on this list. More likely, a "preponderance", maybe even a
> > >"majority", but I wouldn't be surprised if even those aren't achieved.
> > >BTW, "general" is redundant with "consensus".
> > 
> > I'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker or writer.
> > 
> > Ok, so what would you guys suggest using on a laptop, if CentOS was not an
> > option? I read in an earlier post where somebody suggested chosing distro
> > based on the hardware. Suppose this hardware is a Dell Latitude a few years
> > old, with no built-in wifi, but rather either a Dlink DFE-680TXD or a 3com
> > 3CRWE154G72.
> ---
> What do you mean a few years old? I have 2 Dell Latitude LS's that work
> work fine out of the box with CentOS 4.7 and 5.3. They barely meet the
> i686 cutoff date.

What is the 'i686 cutoff date'?

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