Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: ... > One easy daily to-do list check off for me these days is: > > $ apt-get update > $ apt-show-versions -u this list includes things you've held or pinned. since you are on dialup have you tried debdelta (and explicitly debdelta-upgrade)? it helps at times. even now that i have a faster connection i still use it when i see the MB of updates is more than a few. songbird