Hello, Pardon my total and utter ignorance here please, but where might i find the ubuntu-security list? Is it somewhere on the web? /Krister Jude DaShiell wrote: > It could if it were accessible; unfortunately it isn't. To do a good > first update and upgrade of packages on ubuntu the file > /etc/apt/sources.list needs editing. The lines with # http at their > beginnings all need changing to http at their beginnings. Once that's > done, the command aptitude update will get you the latest software lists > on your hard drive (an essential prerequisite to a distribution > upgrade), then the command aptitude dist-upgrade -y will do the upgrade > for you so your hard drive has the current correct set of files for your > installation. It's important to watch the ubuntu-security list since > this will let you know when hackers find ways to crack software on your > machine and will let you know when it really is time to do aptitude > update followed by aptitude dist-upgrade -y so you get any fixed > packages maybe in time. After a distribution upgrade gets done a halt > -p command shuts the system down completely and you need to restart the > system to use all of the new stuff you downloaded and have none of the > bad stuff hanging around in memory. > > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Mírian Bruckschen wrote: > >> Hi Josh, >> >> On 8/21/07, Josh wrote: >>> Hi, >>>> From it sounds like, installing things software and such even onto >>>> ubuntu >>> involved a lot of commands and things. How do you remember all those >>> lengthy >>> commands? or can you copy them all to a clipboard like thing and run >>> them in >>> sequence? >> >> Have you tried synaptic? I guess it can simplify much of your work. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> -- >> Mírian Bruckschen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list