On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 09:44:51 AM Tony Zampini did opine: > Thanks guys for your replies. > > Chris, FYI, I installed the 10.04 live CD > > Jack, my linux box is on the network because I use DropBox > to be able to access the NC files I create in Eagle on my > windows laptop. > > Gene, I'm not a linux expert, so ANAICT means nothing to me. > Can you explain why you singled this one out?
First, I have nfs setup for that file access. No winderz machine on the premises. Second is internet shorthand, As Near As I Can Tell, ANAICT. > Because of the mixed responses I received, and since EMC2 > is working fine, I think I'll refrain from updating at this time. > Is there a way to prevent Ubuntu from checking for updates? Unplug the net cable? ;) I am sure there is, someplace in the menu's, a place to disable it. It will need root perms to do it. Many of those updates are security related, and if you have winders machines on your network too, they are virus and rootkit magnets, so it seems like a no- brainer to keep up to date on that stuff, particularly if the updater says they are security related. I wouldn't worry about updating emc/linuxcnc itself, I just do it. I have never, in several years, had emc/linuxcnc in an unusable state due to an update that lasted more than a few hours. Each one has always added something, without breaking old code, that you will eventually find a use for. All my stuff can browse the net, or go on IRC. Its all behind a router running dd-wrt. The only inbound access allowed is to my web page, on this machine or by ssh using a password the checkers say will take the universe running down 3 times to find. As for singling this one out? I guess a preach from the linuxcnc branded pulpit. Old farts tend to do that, and at 77 I believe I qualify for that moniker easily enough. I saw a T-shirt about 16 or 17 years ago that I'll own if I ever see it for sale, says "Yes, I'm a Senior Citizen, now give me the @$# discount!" ;-) Cheers Tony, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
