Re: [SLUG] Involuntary Reboot

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Tue Nov 17 2009 - 14:55:39 EST


On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:

> Scott Grizzard wrote:
>>
>> Ubuntu also has an auto-update feature for certain updates. Did you
>> enable it when you installed the system?
>
> No. I accept all the updates offered, but I only reboot when I absolutely
> have to.

I accept most of them, but reject the ones dependent on a stock kernel (I
compiled my own) (e.g. kernel and modules), software that doesn't apply to
me (e.g. en_UK and en_ZA dictionaries), and software that something else
lists as a dependency but I'll probably never use (e.g. printing software on
a system or environment from which I can't print). Probably takes more time
to make the "want/don't_want" decision than it would take to download the
lot, but I hope the system is stabler and smaller as a result.

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and wash it down with a gallon of strawberry Quik.  -- Weird Al
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