Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Sandy Drobic wrote:
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if
the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check
on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of
the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in
/var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder.
You problably should spend the effort to change to a supported
version of Suse. The Announcement that Suse 9.2 is no longer
supported with updates came last week.
Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version.
'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having
to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of
Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell
deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without
losing the strengths of Linux.
Lets see what joy and grief 10.2 brings to the list and maybe I'll
upgrade.
Have a look at /var/lib/YaST2/you/youlog
Cool, just what I was looking for :)
Regards
There are plenty of distros for older hardware that ARE supported with
updates and security patches.
For example, Xubuntu <http://www.xubuntu.com/>. http://www.xubuntu.com/
I had to wipe SUSE 10.0 off of an old Celeron based PC we have here at
home cause it was crashing too much with only 128MB (to be fair, SUSE
does specify 256MB minimum memory). I replaced SuSE with CentOS 4.4 (an
open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux), and rather than accept
the default 256MB swap partition, I made the swap partition a little
over 500MB. (I did not do that when I installed SUSE, so a fair
comparison cannot be made.)
I have CentOS running using GNOME as its window manager. It has been
running reliably for months, but now I have discovered xubuntu and am
thinking about giving that a try. It's as much out of curiosity as
anything. I have seen "regular" ubuntu running very well under VMWare
server on a Windows XP box for months now. If it runs that well under
Windows, I just wonder how well it works as the native OS. I've never
used xcfe--the lean window manager that xubuntu uses--but a lean window
manager that looks as good as it does in their screen shots has
certainly got my attention.
FYI, this PC I'm using is still running SuSE 10.0. It has problems which
resulted from upgrading from 9.2 to 10.0, so I'm thinking of looking at
something else and add to my experience with Linux. Maybe even do my own
Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch for the knowledge I
expect to gain from that exercise.
I've installed and used 6 different Linux distros (I'm considering a
paid copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) as a separate
distro, since it is different enough from the community versions of 8,
9, and 10 that I have tried). It was obvious that SLES 10 is a
commercial product by its install and its default configuration (even if
a lot under the hood was the same). To clarify, SLES 10 installs and
sets up with 3 main goals in mind: reliability, stability, and security.
I was impressed that it lived up to those goals. My main complaints
were: 1)the non-standard Reiser file system, and 2)the "SuSE way" of
arranging the hierarchy of the file structure, and 3)not as close to
standard UNIX as Red Hat, as far as installed UNIX tools and installed
kernel modules. You see, in the commercial UNIX/Linux world, you can't
forget that Red Hat has 70% of the market and then put out a product
that is not compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The Reiser
file system turned out to be incompatible with Macromedia's Flex License
Manager, which is used by more than a few commercial UNIX/Linux
products, so that resulted in a complete re-install of the O/S and the
application. Macromedia say they have solved that problem, but I will
never take that chance again. I will ALWAYS install SUSE with the Ext3
file system and be safe. Actually, I will install CentOS or RHEL, and be
sure of compatibility. I get nothing for picking one distro over
another, except more or less headaches.
In case you're wondering what distro I've tried:, my list is: 1)Red Hat,
2)Debian, 3)SuSE, 4)Mandrake, 5)CentOS, and 5)SLES 10. I have installed
AND run various versions of these distros (except Mandrake and SLES10),
and the experience has only added to my knowledge (or rather, forced me
to learn more... LOL).
The bottomline, don't be afraid to let go of one distro and try another.
The investment of time will pay off in experience and knowledge gained.
John
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