[PLUG] Which new distro?

Guy Letourneau guy1656 at opusnet.com
Fri Apr 17 17:53:06 UTC 2009


John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
> Joe Pruett <joey at clean.q7.com> dijo:
> 
>>> That "is* one annoyance, the red 'zomG if you don't download your system
>>> will be COMPROMISED' arrow does NOT let you ignore upgrades to software
>>> you don't even use. I use Thunderbird but if I uncheck all the EUDORA
>>> stuff the arrow stays on - I have to download megs and megs of stuff
>>> just to make it GO AWAY.
>> if there are packages you don't use, uninstall them.  that will eliminate 
>> the update notices and make your hard disk lighter :-).
> 
> Excellent advice, but not as simple as it sounds. E.g., I don't use
> Evolution for mail, but I think that other applications use parts of it.
> Personally, I just make sure I have a big enough hard disk and leave
> alone the stuff that ain't broke.
> 

This is EXACTLY waht I was talking about.
I'd like to 'leave alone the stuf I ain' unsing, broke or no,'
but I get nagged into maintaining it...



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