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* Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
  @ 2007-05-30  0:16 99% ` Tim Allinghan
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From: Tim Allinghan @ 2007-05-30  0:16 UTC (permalink / raw
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Denis wrote:
> I'm curious to know your approach to keeping your Gentoo box current
> without it becoming a full-time job.  I'm not talking about
> maintaining servers - just your "daily driver", so to say.
>
> How often do you sync with the current portage tree and compare it
> your versions in "world"?  Should one do this once a week?  Once in
> two weeks?
>
> How often to you update major components, like Xorg, kernel, and
> system tool chain?  As soon as new things become available, or, say,
> once a month or so?
>
> The reason I ask is because I often don't have a lot of time to devote
> to system administration on a regular basis but do want to keep my box
> updated as much as possible.  How do some of you non-developers
> balance system administration with your "day job"?
Last thing before I hop off each night, emerge --sync followed by a -pv 
-uDN world, if I'm happy I fire it up and head to bed :)
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