Re: Are you guys sure about that?
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Robert Cymbala wrote:
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>This question comes from LULA discussion list (linux users LA). There
>someone writes that with Red Hat 7, ``up2date'' is equivalent to
It was in Red Hat 6.2 as well, and it sucked even then. It failed about a
third of the time to keep up with changing dependencies and it's a GNOME
program, so you can't do it if you want to stay console-only (there is a
console up2date, but the package itself depends on gnome). If apt goes
to a strict dependency on gnome, the maintainers will face a lynch mob!
>apt-get update/upgrade in terms of security patches. So, switching
>to debian doesn't necessarily mean better or easier security...
No, it means easier security in the mainstream case. GNOME is not the
whole of Linux!
>>Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:55:22 -0800
>> From: Dan Kegel <dank@alumni.caltech.edu>
>>Subject: Re: debian-user discussion: "Debian or Linux 7???"
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>>Are you guys sure about that? With Red Hat 7, all you do is
>>run up2date daily, and you have all the security patches.
>>I'm not sure your criticism is justified anymore.
>>- Dan
>>
>>Jason Helfman wrote:
>>> I couldn't agree more. I just joined the Debian Realm, and was with
>>> Redhat. What a load off the shoulders!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 05:16:39PM -0800, Robert Cymbala thus spat:
>>> |
>>> | Regarding redhat or debian, there's currently a thread on
>>> | debian-user@lists.debian.org that centers on security ...
>>> |
>>> | http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg03099.html
>>> | and
>>> | http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg03123.html
>>> |
>>> | Excerpt:
>>> | "There is one primary reason why I would have chosen Debian over
>>> | Redhat in the first place. The auto-update feature."
>>> |
>>> | > >I am considering joining the debian family, but am a bit
>>> | > >concerned about security.
>>> | > >
>>> | > >Just how much more secure is Debian than redhat?
>>> | >
>>> | > #apt-get update
>>> | > #apt-get upgrade
>>> | >
>>> | > do it every day an unless you are the first kid on the block
>>> | > hacked you'll be secured
>>> | >
>>> | > its not as easy with red-hat
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