> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:07 -0500, Michael D. Berger wrote: > > Which to use? The fedora web page recommends yum, > > and it sounds yummy, but up2date blinks attractively. > > What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? > > up2date (or to be more accurate, rhn-applet) may blink > attractively, but > in FC4 its default (and most useful) configuration simply > doesn't work, > so it can't tell you whether your system is up to date or not. > > Yum is the thing being actively developed so I'd go for that. > > Paul. > > If you look at other e-mails by me in the last day or two, you may agree that my attraction to the blink may have contributed to my having been turned into a pillar of salt. I think that my next activity with fedora will be to recreate the universe. Thanks for your help. Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx