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Re: Alas and alack.



On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 12:26, Bob Paige wrote:
> > I'm a big Linux fan because of usability, extensibility, flexibility, 
> > and security issues.  I believe that the different mechanisms 
> > available with GNU software, especially the Debian GNU/Linux way, 
> > lends itself well to dealing with these issues.  But not even Debian 
> > can deal with systems that are improperly managed.  Apparently some 
> > people still don't take software maintenance seriously.  Self managed 
> > systems can help some, but it still takes involvement from people, and 
> > that will always be the bottom line as far as I am concerned.
> >
> Being something of a newbie myself, can someone suggest a way to keep a 
> system up to date?
> 
> I know through apt-get (or wajig) you can automatically download and 
> install the latest updates, but I would like to see a system that 
> automatically notifies you (via email?) when such an update results in 
> new packages being installed.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> - Bobman
> 
> 
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