From: /m 

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:57:14 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>> XPsp2 plus all post sp2 hotfixes is 376mb.
>
>XP doesn't have the apps that is in even a minimal Linux install.
>
>> I mean you know how service packs always seem to break something, how can
>> you keep systems functioning when everything changes every 3 months?
>
>I've had less problems with Linux service packs, but then again, I don't run
>Linux all that much. (Though I do have my 2nd line PC running Ubuntu right
>now...)

That's a good point.  I've *never* had a Linux "service pack"
render my system unbootable.

For that matter, with all the patches, updates and OS upgrades that I've
done on my FreeBSD server, it has always returned after the reboot.

I wish I could say the same about Windows and Windows Update.

 /m

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