On 19/05/2011 22:59, Truong Anh. Tuan wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean Christophe André" <[email protected]> >> To: "Hanoi Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:13:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [HanoiLUG] hanoilug.org no have rank traffic alexa in VN >> >> Feel free to try it! And may be you'll benefit from it by learning >> more about the Debian way to manage security through stability. >> >> Debian _do_ apply security patches, through standard Debian security >> updates, but always keeping the _same_ version of the software, based >> on the fundamental idea of server stability. >> >> Put in other words, they do security update without requiring to >> change the application behavior when we don't expect it to change. >> (we'll expect it to change when _upgrading_ the system, not on the >> occasion of a single security update). >> >> This is one of the main reasons which made me definitively switch to >> Debian, while having been using others distro for years before that. > > I don't know why that you love Debian, not other else distros. > Updating only security patches is available in almost other distros > (almost, not *all*, I am not sure)
I believe JC had never said that only debian has security updates. That would be ridiculous. Saying debian is good doesn't mean other distros are bad. I myself love debian and that doesn't mean other distros aren't lovable either. Please keep that in mind before go on and start another distro holy war :) > > As I know, you have switched to Debian after using Red Hat for years. > With Red Hat, CentOS or Fedora, use can install yum-security plugin. > See this instruction [1] for more information. > > Be sure that all Linux distributions are similar. Something is better > in a distro, but some others are much better in others. > I love all about Linux and FOSS. Just as my habits, I use RPM-based > distros all my work and life. Just my habits! Not because they are > better than others. > > [1] > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-fedora-centos-linux-yum-installs-security-updates/ _______________________________________________ POST RULES : http://wiki.hanoilug.org/hanoilug:mailing_list_guidelines _______________________________________________ HanoiLUG mailing lists: http://lists.hanoilug.org/ HanoiLUG wiki: http://wiki.hanoilug.org/ HanoiLUG blog: http://blog.hanoilug.org/
