I am replying more to the original posting which somehow I missed. I do not know his distro so I will respond as Ubuntu handles it.
Linux is the kernel and not an operating system. You cannot generalize and compare Linux with Windows. All distros handle updates differently. Ubuntu for example uses Adept which loads an icon in the system tray and you can set the level of updates in the Preferences when you Right-Click. The icon changes colour depending on the level of update. Hovering on it tells you the number of updates. Clicking on it opens Adept and tells you what the updates are and you can uncheck any boxes that you want. You set the levels by Right-clicking and choosing Preferences. You can shut off updates altogether, have them install security updates in the background or even update everything. It is very user centered. In comparing Linux to Windows the poster does a disservice to Linux. Updates in Linux are discreet and at no time are you nagged or told to re-boot every ten minutes. This is the case with whatever distro you care to try. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ________________________________ From: Scott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:51:31 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] There are NN Updates Available On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:11:51AM -0600, Robert C Wittig wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > riceg...@juno. com wrote: > > > > > > In the half year I have seen Linux I have never noticed comments about > > an icon which lists "there are NN updates available". How do I know what > > these are? or saying this another way it looks like a "click on this" > > windoz button which the kids click on to down load some game and a > > virus. (which started me on the road to Linux) > > > > Googling your quoted search term brings up zero hits. Heh, that's because you're too elite. :) It's an Ubuntu thing. (Maybe Gnome, I don't know.) Clicking on the button should show you a list of updates with the option to select all, some, or none. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Oz: We survived. Buffy: Yeah, it was some battle. Oz: I meant high school. __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
