Updating?

[Jesse Jarzynka]

ptgoodman wrote:

> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>
>> Ron Maggio wrote:
>>
>>> I see that the distributions are switching to a annual subscription 
>>> for updating, what distros are then still offering free updates 
>>> other then Debian, I think? So which flavors are still truelly free 
>>> to use?
>>>  
>>> Ron:)
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>>    I think Ubuntu may have been made just for me, lol. It is and will 
>> always be absolutely free, and of course that means updates. I get 
>> new updates just about every hour, which is a lot more than any other 
>> distro I've used. Ubuntu is the most "open" distro I've seen. I love 
>> the fact that it's Gnome based, starts off very small, and let's you 
>> add things yourself. Plus the apt repositories are absolutely huge, 
>> there's nothing I haven't been able to find yet. Read some of the 
>> reviews, Breezy is awesome. Much faster then Fedora was, and the same 
>> install is a full 2 gig less bloated.
>>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Please don't interpret this as criticism, but... I'm curious as to how 
> one would benefit from hourly updates. In fact, that rate would seem 
> to be a drain on time and resources. I understand that one need not 
> install the updates immediately. But, wouldn't a monthly set of 
> updates be more efficient and beneficial?
>
> pete
>

Well you don't _have_ to install them, all it says is that they are 
there. Do them whenever you want. I prefer to stay up to date. With 
broadband and .deb's installing in about 2 seconds, it's not a drain at all.

-- 
Jesse Jarzynka
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