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And probably 125 of those updates were for the programs you elected to install with the distro. Very few of the updates are for the kernel itself.
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Enough is enough already!  htotten | 10/12/04
re: Enough is enough already!  bugmenotznet | 10/12/04
Just isn't their week, is it? (nt)  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/12/04
actually, it is  eLurker | 10/12/04
Patches!?! We don't need not stinkin PATCHES!  Laff | 10/13/04
Yes, you do need patches if you're a Mac user  tic swayback | 10/13/04
True if you use MS products.  Laff | 10/14/04
MSFT Users: Assume The Position!  Chad_z | 10/12/04
I will gladly assume the position...  Confused by religion | 10/12/04
that 2 mins turns into longer than you think...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
What's the problem with a reboot?  d_jedi | 10/12/04
Problem with a reboot?  jasonp@... | 10/12/04
problem w/ reboot  coffeegurrl | 10/12/04
Hmm..  d_jedi | 10/13/04
Things that make you go...  The King's Servant | 10/14/04
plenty of problems rebooting  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
Desktops and data  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/12/04
yeah, thats where we are safe...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
You mean your users don't back their data up?  kribor_z | 10/12/04
backup - what a crappy paradigm  hipparchus2000 | 10/12/04
re:plenty of problems rebooting  richdave | 10/12/04
yes, well i came into the network  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
Problem with a reboot?!?  Martin Marvinski | 10/13/04
Well...the truth on that  IT Scion | 10/13/04
outbound network connections  V Sanders | 10/12/04
Well..  d_jedi | 10/12/04
Still shouldn't need outbound connectivity  rpmyers1 | 10/12/04
...but it does, and sounds warning to Sysadmins  Jiim_z | 10/12/04
Microsoft warns of a score of security flaws  Loverock Davidson | 10/12/04
OK, let's  rpmyers1 | 10/12/04
Sorry  Loverock Davidson | 10/12/04
So you *don't* want to compare apples to apples (pun not intended)  rpmyers1 | 10/12/04
His point  SC-man | 10/13/04
Can't back up your claim? . . . Figures. (NT)  Plain Logic | 10/12/04
You are complaining about a developer release?  B.O.F.H. | 10/12/04
Since when is Fedora a beta?  d_jedi | 10/12/04
I personally don't care what you use!  B.O.F.H. | 10/12/04
More to the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/12/04
remember, fedora is always updating...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
160 updates, but how many security flaws.  el1jones | 10/12/04
re:Microsoft warns of a score of security flaws  richdave | 10/12/04
he's actually a BSD user(NT)  Monkey_MCSE | 10/12/04
Linux updates  lloydv@... | 10/14/04
Every new WinXP machine I get is downgraded to Win2kSP1  The King's Servant | 10/14/04
Rep delivered the goods...  Mike Cox | 10/12/04
More like a dead animal under your house...  Expatriate US Geek | 10/12/04
So by pure butter  Linux User 147560 | 10/12/04
CD-ROM?  Michael Kelly | 10/12/04
"pure butter"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/12/04
pure butter  kribor_z | 10/12/04
7.8 . . . But shouldn't that be "pure vasoline"? . (NT)  Plain Logic | 10/12/04
Poor, poor Michael  SC-man | 10/13/04
You have to reply to Mike more often  The King's Servant | 10/14/04
(NT)10!!  toadlife | 10/15/04
5.5  nucrash | 10/13/04
who's who  pj-xmesh | 10/12/04
Thank goodness for automatic updates.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/12/04
Thank goodness for automatic updates.  AmusedAtItAll | 10/12/04
Re: Thank goodness for automatic updates.  rpmyers1 | 10/12/04
Re:Re: Thank goodness for automatic updates.  richdave | 10/12/04
Ditto  Martin Marvinski | 10/13/04
I use YUM evry night.  jpfitz@... | 10/13/04
Good point  voska | 10/12/04
Auto Updates (M$FT)  kribor_z | 10/12/04
How did you get off of Office?  Plain Logic | 10/12/04
Some place never used Office  voska | 10/12/04
It helps to be the CTO  kribor_z | 10/13/04
I'd rather get a virus  coffeegurrl | 10/12/04
And thank goodness for a whole industry created by flaws!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 10/12/04
Some might call that job security  voska | 10/12/04
Good for the clients, servers are a different story  doctormoriarty | 10/12/04
automtic updates - don't forget the reboot - lol  V Sanders | 10/12/04
Bitty, you never answered...  Martin Marvinski | 10/13/04
Mozilla Firefox  medical1 | 10/12/04
if only it were that simple  psychodave | 10/12/04
Mozilla has security holes too  IT Scion | 10/13/04
And your point is?  The King's Servant | 10/14/04
MS Crapmanship  michael-t | 10/12/04
Thank you MSFT for your efforts towards full employment...  Plain Logic | 10/12/04
Unfortunetly I support Mac's...I'm like the Maytag  Laff | 10/13/04
So true  Nullifidian | 10/13/04
Which flaw is NEW?  ESFabian | 10/12/04
anouther ie patch  V Sanders | 10/12/04
plus if a server does crash  V Sanders | 10/12/04
Microsoft warns of 22 new security flaws  stewart@... | 10/12/04
LongHorn  cashaww | 10/12/04
re:LongHorn  richdave | 10/12/04
I gave it to them...  jskline0@... | 10/14/04
MS wishes to have 22 other offences taken into consideration...  Tim Carpenter | 10/13/04
At some point, these flaws were automatically downloaded to all WIndows PCs  whisperycat | 10/13/04
No matter what this is BAD for MS. Take all the  Laff | 10/13/04
Better some help than none  SatelliteSteve | 10/13/04
22 Flaws? Is That All?  itanalyst | 10/13/04
Anyone Got A Patch Count?  itanalyst | 10/13/04
My cumputer does not boot now!  alokgovil | 10/13/04
It's secure now!  boomslang_z | 10/13/04
The ULTIMATE Windows Security Fix!  Joel R | 10/14/04
Microsoft Crustworthy Computing  boomslang_z | 10/14/04
Song of Praise for Microsoft ( parody)  DragonBRockin | 10/14/04
Microsoft witch hunt  wallypapke@... | 11/02/04

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