[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?

[Ralph Angenendt]

Frank Thommen wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Like a previous poster, I'd also suggest, that you use an other 
> >> distibution in this case.  Ubuntu might be a good choice or maybe SuSE. 
> >>   Both are probably better suited for non-commandline techies :-).
> > 
> > That is utter bullshit. The neat thing about CentOS as a Desktop is that
> > the system (mostly) stays the same over 7 years. 
> 
> I was referring to the ease of use regarding updating etc.  Not the 
> desktop itself.

Ummm. yum? pirut? puplet? yum-updatesd (when it works)?

> >> Both distributions offer easy-to-use update tools.
> > 
> > Oh, CentOS doesn't?
> 
> Not in such an integrated way as e.g. SuSE (yast).  Or maybe I just 
> don't know them?

yum? pirut? puplet? yum-updatesd? yumex?

>>> I'd also suggest not to use Fedora or OpenSuse.  They have both very 
>>> fast release cycles, forcing you to updating very often.
> > 
> > Ermm. You advise to use SuSE, but then suggest to not use it? Or were
> > you talking about the Enterprise version?
> 
> exactly.

Two years less support than CentOS for several thousand times the price
:)

Ralph
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