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to: Mike N.
from: Geo
date: 2006-07-04 00:17:38
subject: Re: Yum Update

From: "Geo" 

600mb since June, that's ONE MONTH of updates?

Geo.

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> After installing Redhat Fedora from a June 2006 DVD, I decided to do the
> equivalent of a Windows Update.   So I did a 'yum update' and was offered
> 598 Megabytes of updates.   I did install everything and the kitchen sink
> to begin with evaluation.    How big are the typical monthly updates
> (security and other) for the average distribution?
>
>    In my real applications, my install would be much smaller for security
> and reliability purposes.

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