so generally a bad thing Jacob Mansfield Programmer <div class="gmail_quote">On 15 October 2010 21:07, Tom H <<a href="mailto:tomh0665@gmail.com">tomh0665@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gryllida <<a href="mailto:gryllida@gmail.com">gryllida@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On 10/16/10, Pastor JW <<a href="mailto:pastor_jw@the-inner-circle.org">pastor_jw@the-inner-circle.org</a>> wrote: >> On Friday, October 15, 2010 3:06:47 am R Kimber wrote: >>> I was wondering how someone who isn't subscribed to this or a related >>> list, >>> and who doesn't spend time visiting Ubuntu websites, know that there's a >>> new version released? Update manager used to do this, but so far it has >>> failed to alert me to the new version. I've had two or three normal >>> updates >>> of 10.04 stuff since 10.10 was released. Does it wait for a specified time >>> after release before alerting people? > > Run this: "update-manager -d" for distribution updates. Normally, you > will be notified when the new major version appears at your local > mirror server. It can take several days, but that is just a wild > guess. Please check the man pages before posting any information. The "-d" switch upgrades an install to a development release. This has already been discussed on the list; more than once. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>