On CBS MoneyWatch: Warning: This Blog Will Harm Your Health
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 1 of 123:
Next »
Did something change?
This may seem like a shock, but is it possible that the Linux patching has surpassed the Mac and Windows operating systems?

I haven't noticed anything changing on the Linux front since the 90s -- the Linux distros, like Microsoft and Apple, have always provided updates for whatever they ship with their systems.

Of course, a Linux distro includes vastly more "stuff" than the others, but that's nothing to do with the topic at hand.

You could always mirror one of the mirror sites and update against the packages (e.g. rpm -F /usr/packages/updates/$VERSION/*.rpm)

Get outside of the included files and you're still on your own -- Gentoo won't help me update my copy of Railroad Tycoon, for instance. To be fair, though, they do keep me up to date with VMWare workstation.

OK, maybe you have a point after all.
Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 03/16/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Reply to Story Reply to Message

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

Did something change?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/16/06
Hey if it's true it's game  george_ou | 03/16/06
This could depend on the software maker  nucrash | 03/17/06
This Could Depend on the Software Maker  TokDaud | 03/21/06
SuSE Watcher  D. T. Schmitz | 03/16/06
I am so stunned I don't know what to say!  Linux User 147560 | 03/16/06
what happened is  Shelendrea | 03/16/06
It's ok that you don't like it  Michael Kelly | 03/16/06
It's not the quality really  Shelendrea | 03/16/06
User-friendly?  JulesLt | 03/16/06
Yes User friendly  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
that's a bit of an exaggeration  stevey_d | 03/18/06
keep your mac  Scott W | 03/17/06
RE: keep your mac  richdave | 03/17/06
Please tell me one application that you ...  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
linux is worth trying  stevey_d | 03/18/06
Its Not the Quality Really  TokDaud | 03/21/06
What's not to like?  Linux User 147560 | 03/16/06
As for windows  Shelendrea | 03/16/06
As well you should!  Linux User 147560 | 03/16/06
maybe  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
Again, I never said which OS is better  george_ou | 03/16/06
re: Again  cbradshaw@... | 03/17/06
What in the world are you talking about?  tracy anne | 03/17/06
Does Mandriva have Nvidia 3d drivers in it?  stevey_d | 03/18/06
Between the lines  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
And I never said that you did  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
Never said which OS is better  TokDaud | 03/21/06
Me2  D. T. Schmitz | 03/16/06
Not I...  Linux User 147560 | 03/16/06
Tap Tap  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
LOL  Linux User 147560 | 03/17/06
k  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
Legality and liability  ibabadur1 | 03/16/06
Linux distros have plenty of proprietary packages  Michael Kelly | 03/16/06
re: Linux distros  cbradshaw@... | 03/17/06
and that is an advantage  woot! | 03/16/06
The same people would be liable for bad updates as are today.  enduser_z | 03/16/06
Interesting point  Tony Agudo | 03/16/06
RE: Legality and liability  richdave | 03/17/06
Legality and Liability etc  jackofalltradesmasterofnone | 03/17/06
Legality continued  ericpaulkatz | 03/18/06
Need not to be a problem  uno@... | 03/18/06
And so...  TokDaud | 03/21/06
thumbs up  Scott W | 03/16/06
If Linux does something right, it needs to be said  george_ou | 03/16/06
to be honest  Scott W | 03/17/06
But what you're describing scares normal users to no end  george_ou | 03/17/06
normal users  stevey_d | 03/18/06
In the end though its more about the human implenting than the update syste  Vraxx | 03/17/06
Lot Of Updates  TokDaud | 03/21/06
We've been here before...  palmwarrior | 03/16/06
Linux still needs something like that  george_ou | 03/16/06
This isn't a work problem for me... but...  palmwarrior | 03/16/06
rolling back  Scott W | 03/17/06
Linux patch management... including 'roll back'  palmwarrior | 03/17/06
YAST Backup  fordman | 03/17/06
Yes it does...  Linux User 147560 | 03/17/06
I don't think it would be overly difficult  Michael Kelly | 03/16/06
You get talkback of the day  george_ou | 03/16/06
Not technically difficult  Spacely Spacerockets | 03/16/06
The users don't care  george_ou | 03/16/06
re: The users don't care  cbradshaw@... | 03/17/06
... and it has been done already in Linux  palmwarrior | 03/16/06
Gentoo likewise  Michael Kelly | 03/16/06
No offense, Mike  Real World | 03/17/06
If the user is duped  Michael Kelly | 03/17/06
Yes  Real World | 03/17/06
Think Loki Update  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/17/06
Third paty third eye  s_gamgee | 03/19/06
Hope it happens  JulesLt | 03/16/06
Absolutely  george_ou | 03/16/06
That won't stop malicious software from being installed  Michael Kelly | 03/16/06
Another attack vector  Real World | 03/17/06
Isn't that what the digest is for?  Michael Kelly | 03/17/06
Point taken  Real World | 03/17/06
Highlander  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/17/06
De-de-fragmentation  Real World | 03/17/06
That sort of blame  Michael Kelly | 03/17/06
And actually  Michael Kelly | 03/17/06
So long as all vendors are registered and signed  george_ou | 03/17/06
Re: So long as all vendors are registered and signed  Michael Kelly | 03/17/06
No, just a small registration fee  george_ou | 03/17/06
Windows Update  JulesLt | 03/18/06
my thoughts exactly  Scott W | 03/17/06
Trust and ebay  JulesLt | 03/18/06
George Ou, the National Enquirer of Tech  Roger Ramjet | 03/17/06
I did not think this was possible but....  Laff | 03/17/06
Ouch  Rick_K | 03/17/06
What is wrong with you three?  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
My doctor say's I'm a paranoid sciso with a tendancy for violence.  Laff | 03/19/06
Facts are Facts  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
Uhhh..Roger  Erik1234 | 03/22/06
Wrenched knee!  Robert Crocker | 03/17/06
You took *how long* before you noticed that??  CobraA1 | 03/17/06
George as a point here... but  stevey_d | 03/17/06
one step at a time  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
They could be part of the same mechanism tho  stevey_d | 03/17/06
Welcome George  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
LOL, almost as good as a Mike Cox  george_ou | 03/17/06
Linux to me is way better than Windows 98 for example  stevey_d | 03/17/06
Maybe we should rate him...  Tony Agudo | 03/17/06
Yeah, that was a 9 on the Mike Cox scale happy  george_ou | 03/17/06
All Seriousness Aside  D. T. Schmitz | 03/18/06
*** ZDNet Late Breaking News Bulletin ***  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
Cute  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
Oh, Yes Right! Right!  D. T. Schmitz | 03/17/06
The point is you get more with Linux  Dr.C | 03/17/06
not necessarily  Shelendrea | 03/17/06
True but  stevey_d | 03/17/06
Good overall point, but your examples don't fit.  Stoutner | 03/17/06
Vista  JulesLt | 03/18/06
"Surpassed" indicates that Windows was ahead at one point.  thelemite | 03/18/06
Red Hat is not "Linux"  russofris | 03/18/06
Mr Ou bubbles...  s_gamgee | 03/19/06
Windows patch support  brucemiller@... | 03/19/06
The Popularity of Linux?  D. T. Schmitz | 03/19/06
Take it easy...  palmwarrior | 03/20/06
Ah hah!  D. T. Schmitz | 03/20/06
um...  mockylock | 04/11/06
A different approach  hawkeyeaz1 | 05/01/06
"make life easier" ??  cornfreak | 06/13/06
Linux surpassed in November 1995  cyber_rigger@... | 08/28/06

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

advertisement
advertisement
Click Here

SmartPlanet

Click Here