Unattended updates

[Karl Goetz]

Kai Hendry wrote:
> On 2006-06-30T01:10-0500 Scott Dier wrote:
>> I've actually had someone get very unhappy if we turned on automatic 
>> updates with their laptop since they use a modem from time to time and 
>> it can get very slow otherwise.
> 
> True, though perhaps they can be automatically throttled.

Throttle dial up?
I connect over dialup at 4.8kb/s. how are you going to throttle that and 
have a usable connection? not going to happen
> 
>> You can turn on automatic security updates if you go into the software 
>> preferences I believe (under administration).
> 
> Ah, that's what I wanted. Though I prefer that to be the default.
> 
I'm keen for it to stay off.
> 
> It would also nice to having running updates on edgy for testing
> purposes.

I run edgy, and i like to choose when my system breaks, and when my 
-desktop packages get removed (IE not removed).
:)

> 
> Best wishes,
> 
kk

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Karl Goetz
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