SUSE Linux 9.0 Professional Update - night 1

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

> How do the existing distros compare regarding upgrades of
> 
> 1. the core system?
> 2. applications external to the core system?

SuSE has an online update utility (through YAST) that will check for updates
to any program you have installed and download and include them.  It does
dependency checking, so if something major has changed you get everything
needed to make the system work.  I've used it regularly with no problems.
OK, that isn't *quite* true.  I didn't use it at first, then there was too
large a list to do all at once so I had to manually select those I wanted
from the list it provided and do the updates in three pieces.  Other than
that it is quite painless and hasn't ever caused me any problems (nothing
broke).  Works for both core and applications (if SuSE updates the package
it gets an update for the online update).


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Tom Condon
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