Just a thought Regarding the USB drives... I have had some difficulty with pre 2.4.22 kernels and hot plugging of USB 2.0 devices. Current work-around is to plug the device when powered down, then boot the system... works with SanDisk and PNY thumb drives.
I have found Apt to be the way to go for proper package update management... and effective dependency updates... apt-rpm for rpm based users... takes some adapting (results may vary). BTW, Over the past 4 days, I have received several worm (attempts) from someone on this list... someone's poor win32 box was infected with the somefool.worm. Reminded me to update my defanging rules. :-) If you want to secure your linux box, you need to start with a good firewall... iptables is free (and you already have it), but takes some tweaking, and has a bit of a curve... if you are interested, I could show you some sample firewall scripts... and how to use them. Regards, Colin To err is human... effective mayhem requires the root password.
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