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.
Certainly Fedora or CentOS can update "by magic" if needed. Nut the user needs
to avoid powering down while that happens. You can start:
yum --downloadonly upgrade
and get the RPMs staged in /var/cache/yum, then offer to complete as part of the
shutdown:
yum -y upgrade && yum clean all
Just a thought, I run the upgrade by hand, but the download once a day, or on
boot, depending on the machine being up. Since the upgrade can end in a power
off, the user need not wait until the process completes.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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