Questions about OS updates

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- John Toliver <john.toliver at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been out of the loop for a while as I'm in
> nursing school.  I set
> my automatic updates on my Hardy install to auto
> download about once
> every two weeks.  Each time I do, I notice I have a
> new kernel, new
> updates usually for firefox, evolution, openoffice,
> samba, and a host
> of other smaller support apps.  I'm worried that in
> my configuring
> Hardy in the past, or some other issues I've had I
> might have an
> improper sources.list file or something like that. 
> The reason I feel
> this way is that I don't ever remember getting THIS
> many updates in
> Gutsy or in Feisty before it.  Here is what my
> sources.list file looks
> like: (I've removed a lot of the stuff with "#" in
> front of it and
> only show the actual sources):
> 
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy
> partner
> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy
> partner
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy
> multiverse
> deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> gutsy-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> gutsy-security main restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main
> universe restricted multiverse
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main
> universe
> restricted multiverse #Added by software-properties
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> hardy-security universe main
> multiverse restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> hardy-security universe
> main multiverse restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates
> universe main
> multiverse restricted
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> hardy-updates universe main
> multiverse restricted
> 
> If this isn't a problem, and my sources.list is
> configured, more or
> less the way it's supposed to  then that means all
> these updates are
> legitimately for Hardy.  In that case I subscribe to
> the newsletter
> but the updates don't seem descriptive enough to
> figure out what they
> do.
> 
> My questions are:
> 1. How else might I discover the purpose of the
> update?  What is going
> on that warrants a new kernel update every 2 weeks
> or a month tops(I
> understand if that is too open-ended a question to
> answer).
> 
> 2. Last question: Should I hold on to all the old
> ones, or when can I
> determine it's safe to remove them?
> --
I don't know the answers to all your questions but I
think you should check the mirrors and decide if you
want the hardy or gutsy distros.  You have both in
your sources list above.

> Patience yields far greater results than brute force
> or rage ever
> could so relax......it's just life !!!
> 
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Leonard Chatagnier
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