[PLUG] Which new distro?

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 19:45:35 UTC 2009


There is a security mailing list that is low volume. I believe there
have been maybe 6 updates since the release of 12.2. Slackware doesn't
generally do kernel upgrades after the release which keeps downloads
low.

On 4/17/09, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Larry W wrote:
>
>> Slackware can be set to prompt you about each and every potential package,
>> which makes installations tedious, but your system will be much cleaner.
>> Of course, you may also need to manually check for bug fixes and
>> procrastination can lead to unprotected vulnerabilities.
>
>    Nah. Each time a patch is released an e-mail message is sent to everyone
> subscribed to the announce mail list.
>
> Rich
>
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