[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?

[JohnS]

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.
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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.

JohnStanley