From: /m 


For this one, I can answer my own question based upon my experience: one
reboot per update cycle.

 /m



On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:27:26 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>Just as a comparison ...
>
>I purchased an Intel  mac-mini direct from Apple in May. My first system
>update after I unboxed it totaled slightly over 500 megabytes. The 10.4.7
>update I did last week totaled slightly over 200 megabytes. I've also had
>two firmware updates since the purchase
>
>
>"Mike N."  wrote in message
>news:e95ja2djporthhnkjqnt656s4jms62mrkq{at}4ax.com...
>> 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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