On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 10:28 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > When I used to be on the wrong end of a slow, expensive link, I wouldn't have > dreamed of firing up "yum update". Why? The opposite is true: Updating/upgrading with yum/apt is by far means less expensive than downloading the iso's, so it actually helps you spare bandwidth, even on slow links. Ralf