[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
Ralph Angenendt
ra+centos at br-online.de
Wed May 20 13:52:57 UTC 2009
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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