[ale] FC5 updates-now Kubuntu 6.06.1

[Jeff Hubbs]

Since we're being all parochial and all... :)

"We" (Gentooistas) don't have "releases"...

We have profiles that get updated on a more or less annual basis, but
all of our packages are updated independently of one another.  The
Portage system on a Gentoo machine synchronizes all the packages with
the distribution's master source database at install time and can be
made to re-synchronize at any point.  Portage also keeps the
dependencies straight.

Of course, updating, say, xorg, KDE, or Gnome can take quite a while,
but a lot of the time, my emerges of packages are very short.

You get used to it.  Distcc and ccache help.  Dual-cores help.

Jeff

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> Brian D. Pitts wrote:
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>> OUR updates dont take nearly that long, more like minutes instead of hours.
>>
>> And we now have handy maintenance releases.
>>
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-August/000088.html
>>
>> "This is the first maintenance release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, which
>> continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes
>> until June 2009 (on desktops) and June 2011 (on servers).
>>
>> Over 300 post-release updates have been pre-applied, so that fewer
>> updates will need to be downloaded after installation, and a number of
>> bugs in the installation system have been corrected.  These include
>> security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a
>> focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
>> We do not expect that certifications against Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will need
>> to be updated for this maintenance release."
>>
>>     
> I'm not sure what this means to me... I have kept up with all the 
> updates, and there seemed to be MANY, maybe approaching/exceeding 100??
> so, if I keep up with updates, do I need to update my system using the CD's?
> obviously, I need to download the newer version to give to people, so 
> they don't have to go through all the 6.06 updates..
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