On 10/28/2014 07:47 PM, Doug wrote:
On 10/28/2014 08:46 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 10/28/2014 05:25 PM, jd1008 wrote:
As my time is not infinite :) I decided to install pclinuxos with
kde DE
and bfs-PAE kernel. Yes, I will be spending some time, maybe 8 or 16
hours
bringing this lady up to speed on basic things. I will certainly
automate
the updates, so she will not have to interact with the process at all.
I don't know how PCLinuxOS handles updates, but generally speaking
you either need to supply the root password (or, if you're in the
wheel group your password) to authorize installing the updates. Is
this going to be an issue, or is it something she's willing to put up
with?
In any event, please keep us informed. I doubt that I'm the only one
here other than you who gets asked about installing/using Linux by
people who want to get away from Windows but want something that Just
Works. Up until now, I've been pointing them at Ubuntu, but if
PCLinuxOS is even easier, that gives me another option.
When you develop an automatic update routine for PCLOS, it would be
good if you would post it, preferably on the PCLinuxOS Forum, or if
not, then here, and
with your permission, I will pass it on to the Forum.
--doug
It seems that pclinuxos devs have not decided to "really" automate updates
but to only pop a notifier about available updates, to let the user pick
and choose
which ones to install.
The downside of this is that the updates may or may NOT be for currently
installed packages, but may include new packages that the user does not
currently have installed on the system - somewhat like an upgrade, but
not fully automated.
This is disappointing, to say the least!!!
What I want to do is to only let the update notifier notify of updated
packages
for packages already installed, and if new dependencies are needed for the
updates, then that's fine. What I will do is to create a daemon to receive
the signal of the notification, and then give Synaptic the go-ahead to
install
the updates.
But, as I said, it is not clear that the notifications ONLY pertain to
currently
installed packages and their dependencies.
If the daemon turns out to be a security risk (which I suspect it could
be!!!),
then I may have to completely forego PCLinuxOS.
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