RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

[<burlingk@cv63.navy.mil>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Dnes [mailto:waltdnes@waltdnes.org] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:33 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> 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.
> -- 

For the average user (I know, the average user is not using Gentoo),
emerge --<any set of options> world is no trivial task.
For the average user, Security means padlocks and car alarms.
The average user is using their machine for movies and video games, and
doesn't have the time to fight with bugs if emerging world doesn't go
quite right. :P

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