If familiar with windows then these are kind of like a service pack. When you installed Linux for the first time did you not run the Update Manager? That is a high number associated with a fresh install usually. Click Update Manager (should be under System) and check Settings also.
You can choose to be notified about Upgrades to your distro (Mint, Debian, Ubuntu etc) either each New Release or choose LTS Only (Long Term Support) . Many distros allow checking Install Security Updates Automatically. Non- security Updates are improvements and fixes. I have always applied all available Updates. In older days I have not seen a fresh install of Linux to be able to actually fully function, especially the Software Center to install softwares, until these Updates were applied. Generally from the Linux ISO download to install Linux to the current date - there has always been those many Updates that needed to be installed to bring it up to speed - all security/patch/fix/updates. gerald philly pa usa http://linuxducks.webs.com/ On 08/14/2013 02:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: > good moring > I did > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > > now > after I did this > there is a message: > > There are 166 new updates. > What does that mean? > > Regards > Sophie > > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
