Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

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On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 09:57:19AM +0000, Frau Silvia Sánchez wrote:
>    Hi Fred and all,
>    Well, I understand although disagree.  If one doesn't want upgrades,
>    there are other systems like Debian stable.  Besides upgrades aren't
>    mandatory, as ToddandMargo said, if you don't want them simply turn
>    them off.  Last but not least, why do you need to reinstall?  Upgrading
>    from one version to another is as smooth as it can be.  I don't see
>    reinstalling as a pain, in any average computer will take only few
>    minutes, but well, it's understandable that you may not want to go
>    through it.  But what reinstalling for?  Why not just upgrading the
>    system?  Am I missing something?
>    Kind regards,
>    Silvia

Updates are necessary if you want to keep it secure. Many distros
are new annually or more often, and only keep issuing patches for
the most recent or two most recent releases.once  you go past that
point you're asking for trouble.

Not wanting to do a full upgrade annually doesn't mean I want an
insecure system.

> 
>    On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 07:15, ToddAndMargo via users
>    <[1]users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>      On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
>      > Some of us (many businesses) don't want a new version of Linux
>      every six
>      > months, they want systems that will be stable and will run for
>      years
>      > with nothing more than the occasional yum update and more
>      occasional
>      > reboot. People with many computers can't spend time reinstalling
>      and
>      > re-configuring all of them once or twice every year. And I don't
>      want
>      > to do that with my  home systems either. I want something I can
>      use
>      > for 2 or 3 years, at least, before enduring the reinstall pain
>      again.
>      I am somewhat perplexed at the above.  No one is
>      forcing you to update Fedora.  Just turn off your
>      updates.  I am not seeing what your complaint is.
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