Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:42:22AM +0900, burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote

> If a person does not wish to stay up to date, if they simply wish
> to have a stable system, is getting busy really a reason to change
> operating systems?

  If you're connecting to the internet, you *MUST* keep your system up
to date, to maintain security.  Yes even linux systems have some
security problems.  A lot fewer than Windows, but it does happen.
Problems with the actual kernel are only a small part of the problem.
Flash, Adobe PDF, Java, etc, have had a few problems which can occur on
all platforms they run on.

  What's so time-consuming about once-a-week...
  * emerge --sync
  * emerge --ask --deep --update --world

  The update world can be started just before going to bed <G>.  Update
kernel once every couple of months or when a GLSA requires it.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security?
A. I think it would be a good idea.
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