Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 09:29 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Of course going from such an old version of firefox to a new version >>> may cause problems....nothing to big I hope. >> The old version was 1.5.0.8, it was not a fedora sourced rpm. Once you >> have installed the real firefox by their installer, updates are automatic >> anytime there is one available. > ---- > most people have the good sense not to run GUI as root > > Craig > I usually open a terminal, su to root, and run Firefox when I want to do an update. I also root's home page set to a blank page. So I can click on Help --> Check for updates to get the updates. There is still some risk, but I find the risk acceptable. The only web site root gos to is the Firefox site. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
