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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 3:35:50 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, May 10, 2004 9:29:56 am | by DanielLawson | Revert |
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-This page has instructions for keeping your Linux computer up-to-date with securtiy
updates and patches. The mechanisms differ for each distribution.
+This page has instructions for keeping your Linux computer up-to-date with security
updates and patches. The mechanisms differ for each distribution.
!![Fedora]
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If you want to be kept informed about Debian security updates, check out http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/.
If you're running Testing, you're out of luck. Wait 10 days for the security-fixed-in-unstable patch to filter down to you. If you're running Unstable, security fixes should be quickly integrated into your regular flood of updates.
-!! GentooLinux
+!! [Gentoo]
emerge -U world
-will update all packages - these are functionality updates as well as security updates.
+will update all packages - these are functionality updates as well as security updates. As far as we are aware, [Gentoo] doesn't provide just security updates to its reference platforms
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!![Knoppix]
[Knoppix] is designed to boot of a read-only media such as a [CDROM] and no security patches are issued. It's important to check that you're using a copy of the most recent version of [Knoppix] if you are using it for non-trivial tasks.
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