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Technology Stocks : LINUX -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. Charters who wrote (571)	11/16/1998 12:42:00 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Respond to of 2617

E. - Here is link to list of changes in Slack3.6 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-3.6/README36.TXT Let me answer your question to automatic version updating and also put on my Debian advocacy hat: I'm not sure where you got the idea about Debian == Redhat4.2. Debian went to glibc in version 2.0 (Hamm), which Redhat did in 5.0. Debian has the latest kernels out generally on the same day they are released by Linus. Since 5.0, Redhat has released to minor versions, 5.1 and 5.2. Debian has frozen version 2.1 (codename: slink) and will be released around the end of the year. Work on version 2.2 (codename: potato) has started (see logo blevins.simplenet.com ) has started. Debian works in a continiously updating fashion. The only reason for 'releases' is for the convenience of the people burning CD's. You will always find the latest version of every package in the distribution on the Debian ftp site. You also have a program (apt/dselect) that will notify you and (if desired) automatically update you to the latest version. Dependancies are also updated so you don't break your system with the update. IMHO, Debian is the only distro that easily lets you keep your system up-to-date. If you want to always have the bleeding-edge stuff, you can point apt at the unstable directory of the ftp site. If you want the tried-n-true stuff (with only security updates) you point apt at the stable directory. Or, you can configure apt to get this package from unstable, and that package from stable, etc. Overall, a Debian user is the most up-to-date user. A simple cron job can ensure that your system is never more than 24 hours out-of-date. --end Debian rant--