On Monday 16 January 2006 16:12, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > but in my view the default should be to keep the current, working kernel > > as the default (as I believe it used to be). > > This makes for a very poor default for systems managed by novice fedora > users. Novice users may not realize that they need to reconfigure their > grub to take advantage of a security update kernel. Its very important that > the default configuration is one that makes booting into security > kernel updates as automatic as possible. For people with enough > experience using Fedora to competently manage multiple remote systems, > the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/kernel can be used to disable > this default. I still think it is a bad idea to install the new kernel automatically. The worst thing that can happen for a newbie is that he turns on his laptop and it doesn't work. There have been several occasions where that has happened to me with Fedora kernel updates - to mention three: an xorg update which did not work on my Sony Picturebook, a kernel update which did not work on an AMD-64 machine, a SCSI update which did not work on a SCSI-only machine. I regard kernel and distribution as orthogonal, and would rather keep them separate. I don't find it very onerous to go through the Grub menu, and choose the kernel (or OS) I want. The most important issue for a newbie (and for me) is that whatever OS I am using should work with the least possible trouble. Everything else - including security - can come later. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list