On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 09:53 +0100, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > > I hate to admit it but I remove all the redhat update stuff as well and > > > use yum or apt-get (if i'm feeling impatient). I used ubuntu for awhile > > > (but ultimately found fedora to be superior) and found their update > > > functionality much more usable. > > > > Since one of the goals of FC5 is to have pup in place to handle updates > > from a graphical point of view, I'd be interested in hearing what sorts > > of things made the Ubuntu stuff more usable. Or the same for other > > distros as well. Just to make it clear, Ubuntu just has: dpkg/apt, Synaptic, and update-notifier, right? We (will) have: rpm/yum, s-c-packages(okay, pup), and pup's update-notifier > The update-notifier is wonderfull. IIRC, pup is to have an update-notifier as well (it will suck less memory than rhn-applet, I'm assured) > I have a translator using Ubuntu, and the way the icon *only* shows it > self when there are updates was enough to make her go check it out. > When she was trying Fedora, that didn't happen. The icon was always > there, and making it flash wasn't appealing enough. Ah, icons. We should keep this in mind during FC-5 then -- Colin Charles, http://www.bytebot.net/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
