I have used WinDiz before and I have not liked it. The updates are old and incomplete. They do not keep up with the most recent updates for any particular version of Windows.
"Actually, in a somewhat serious note, Ubuntu really nailed it with its update packaging." Ubuntu's update packaging is debians update packaging. "Sure, it seems like a completely new release is out, but updates between minor releases is relatively painless." Not sure what you mean here. I don't think Canonical has perfected updating from release to release. It is getting better but does not work perfectly with systems that are more customized. This is not just due to third party apps. It is also due to changes made in the different releases and/or with the update-manager. "A lot of the update "Ubuntu" update headaches are really problems with the applications themselves, which are written by 3rd parties." This is true with all the distributions, but this is why you update packages through the repos with tested packages as recommended. You can't do this with every package, but that is why porting updates to a particular distribution is so important. It also helps when the third party app is written with the general Linux structure in mind. Often developers write software with a particular distribution in mind which make porting new software to your distribution a pain in the ass. Chris... Chris... On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:16 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Saenz wrote: >> It's not like ubuntu where you have to update every six months!!! > > Actually, in a somewhat serious note, Ubuntu really nailed it with its > update packaging. > > Sure, it seems like a completely new release is out, but updates between > minor releases is relatively painless. > > A lot of the update "Ubuntu" update headaches are really problems with > the applications themselves, which are written by 3rd parties. > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
