> Chris Penn wrote: > 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.
What do you lilke? > 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. This is all good information for a newbie like me. Gives me a more complete perspective of the inner workings of linux. > > 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. Oh really..... that is the first time I heard porting packages used in the context of linux. I thought it was just a method of package updating only with the BSD, (and I've heard of others, like maybe solaris.) (of course I'm not questioning it....I'm just making a note of it.) Thanks Paul _________________________________________________________________ Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us
