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Story: Open source renders patching a problem
Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 18 November 2005, 4:47 PM)
I run SuSE Linux 9.3... on my desktop. The very things you claim open source needs, and that you suggest Microsoft provides... namely, updates to third party software through automatic updates... is precisely what SuSE provides through the SuSE Watcher application.
As a desktop end user who does not want to constantly deal with security patching, I rely on SuSE Watcher to automatically keep my operating system and third party applictions up to date. I have it configured to automatically check for and update my system if necessary nightly.
When my Windows XP installation installs updates it ALWAYS forces a reboot to make the updates take effect and relentlessly pesters me until I do reboot, interupting my work. Thank you Microsoft, very much!
No one is going to flame you for being anti-open source, per se. What they will flame you for is your blatent inaccurate reporting.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Open source renders patching a problem
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Complete bull. I do run Open Source technology and... Arthur B. -
States the bleeding obvious. An admin should alway... Bill DuPree
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All Linux distros I know that use openssl have an... Marc Deslauriers
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This is a non-issue for package managed distributi... Anonymous
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This is a non-issue for package managed distributi... Anonymous
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Does anybody with a production server use MS autom... Anonymous
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On the other hand, the open source community conti... Anonymous
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I have to disagree with this article. I think the... Julian Woods
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yum -y update....done. Create a cron job and do it... Anonymous
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To say that Linux doesn't have a patch management... John Lewis
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Do facilities like Debian's Apt-Get and Redhat's c... Anonymous
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STUPID article.
Here's how I do patch management:... David F. Skoll
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The comment about opensource pathch mamange ment i... Anonymous
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This is what Yum and Apt are for on RPM and DEB-ba... Ben Williams
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The article seems rather silly, since it appears t... Anonymous
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Ignorant rubbish! Why didn't you research before w... Carla Schroder
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I run SuSE Linux 9.3... on my desktop. The very th... Anonymous -
Regarding patch management, I think you're somewha... Anonymous
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SpikeSource's products and services address this v... Anonymous
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As with anything open-source and free software, it... Barak Korren
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What a pointless article. Any of the mainstream D... Anonymous
