Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Linux Updates

Sa Mär 09 13:10:36 2013
Good afternoon
Thank You for help.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Pascal <pascal.bernhard@belug.de> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> If not, then no. With most Linux distributions you are dependent on
what the
> repositories provide and if there is not latest Firefox available for
your Ubuntu
> version then bad luck.

There is no reason the latest version of whatever couldn't be built
from source on your machine if desired. Granted that may still be
considered bad luck, but it is an option.
*
Thank You.

> Kernel updates are rather rare on Ubuntu. Most of the time only minor
version steps
> are taken. As long as all the hardware works, I would not install a
newer kernel
> version manually. Why fix a system that ain't broke.

I'd like to think updates are often to improve performance and/or fix
security holes.
*
But it is a lot
isnt it.

Regards
Sophie




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