Erik Espinoza wrote: > <sarcasm> how bout we just go to windowsupdate.com like the > rest of the world </sarcasm> Don Russell replied: > I know you're being sarcastic, but, yes, I want an up2date > service that gets all the available updates and installs them > in one try. Markku Kolkka commented: > Then you want Red Hat Professional Workstation or Red Hat > Enterprise Linux with the paid RHN service. And, honestly, you *don't* want Windows Update. It needs at least three attempts before it will get you fully updated from a fresh install (with reboots in-between), and it has a known tendency to break both MS and non-MS software. And you can't revert all the updates without reinstalling. It's fashionable to knock Microsoft because it's Microsoft. But in this case, we don't need to: the world's most powerful software firm has placed a large amount of their credibility (and a lot of money) into the running of this service. In up2date, yum and apt, Red Hat have *three* different update mechanisms, all of which beat Microsoft's finest. Of course, it could always be better. James. -- E-mail address: james@ | "There are some benefits to high blood pressure", westexe.demon.co.uk | Bob mused as another mosquito exploded.
