On 3 Sep 2010 12:06:49 -0700, [email protected] (McKown, John) wrote:
>I'm a Linux user on my personal equipment. And one, lone, Mac Mini. I've never >really the upgraded Mac OSX, just applied recommended patches. My Linux boxes > - well one is very old and running a 2003 version of RedHat (2.2 kernel!). My > main >box and laptop I keep up to date. The laptop is on Fedora 13. The desktop is >on >Fedora 12. Both are loaded down with lots of FOSS software. Most of which is >just >for my play. I do an general update once a week on both (sudo yum upgrade). An issue here is defining "upgrade". We install requires patches, sometimes getting a real enhancement with those patches & service packs. Some of the upgrades are pretty arbitrary (Apple once renamed its upgrade in order to get out of contractual agreements to sell its OS to third party developers). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
