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Re: http://www.linux.org.il/ rants
Shachar Shemesh <linuxil@consumer.org.il> writes:
> On the other hand, I have a system running Debian Potato, and doing
> apt-get dist-upgrade to keep it up to date, and while updates are
> very scarce, I have yet to see a security problem go unpatched for
> more than a few days, and no noticable ill effects (as well as using
> the same mechanism at home for desktop computers).
To tell you the truth, I am simply subscribed to RH mailing lists and
as soon as they have an update (which is scored high up by my mail
reader) I download it and install by hand, both at home and at work.
I am paranoid enough to let the system take care of updates
(especially security) all by itself. So my home and office systems are
never unpatched for any significant time either. I find prominent
notification much more important and valuable than automated
download/install.
> So, while redhat's up2date may be slightly supirior technologically wise (and
> I am not even sure about that - you are sending your entire system's config
> for safe-keeping on RedHat's systems), Debian careful updates policy is
> unmatched.
I am not arguingn against this - I don't have experience with it.
I only objected to "ssh on the IGLU server is out of date - you must
switch to Debian" statement.
Disclaimer: I am a Red Hat user but hopefully not a zealot.
--
Oleg Goldshmidt | ogoldshmidt@NOSPAM.computer.org
"If it ain't broken, it has not got enough features yet."
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