From: Tim Boyer 

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:00:08 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
>message news:44b4919f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> mmmkay. updating your system from online repositories has been fairly
>> std for some time now in the world of linux.
>
>Yes, I know, it's almost as easy as WU and a whole lot safer. What caught my
>eye in this thread was the volume of updates, someone had mentioned 700mb in
>3 months.
>
>> Yup you hook up to a "security updates" repo. Usually a
distro has this
>> as a specific repo or their "update" is just security fixes.
>
>How are these repositories for speed?
>
>How often (number of times in 3 months) does an update require a reboot?
>

That one, I can answer.  Never.  I have never had a Linux update require,
request, or hint about a reboot.

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tim boyer
tim{at}denmantire.com

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