new Ubuntu user

[Ivo Marino]

On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 08:39 +1300, Stephen Ward wrote:

> You could setup cron-apt  to e-mail you if there are new updates.  Not 
> exactly what you are after but it should work.
> 
I know the technical capabilities of the apt related tools.

IMHO the previously discussed utility would be useful for newcomers and
people who are not familiar with the backend Debian packaging system.

Debian people instead can just consider it another "apt-get tool" beside
apt-get, dpkg and aptitude -- They probably won't neither need such a
tool.

 I.

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