[SOLVED] Will infrequent updating cause problems?

linustalman · 07-29-2018, 01:27 PM

Hi Zbigniew.

I have a very old laptop that I dig out once in a while.

I know that updating Debian or Ubuntu distros are fine even if I only update about once a month or even once every 2 months, etc.

Would 4MLinux also be ok if I ran updates so rarely? Or could something break?

Thanks.

pan64 · 07-29-2018, 02:54 PM

the best practice is to update it when you switch it on.
Nothing will be broken, just sometimes you need to apply security related patches (at least).

zk1234 · 07-29-2018, 06:27 PM

It depends on what a computer is used for. In your case, just install major releases (which are issued quarterly).

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linustalman · 07-30-2018, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

It depends on what a computer is used for. In your case, just install major releases (which are issued quarterly).

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It'd be used for basic stuff - web browsing mostly. Do you mean do a complete reinstall of when 4MLinux-26.0-32bit.iso gets released as stable, then 4MLinux-27.0-32bit.iso, etc. rather than doing updates?

linustalman · 07-30-2018, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

the best practice is to update it when you switch it on.
Nothing will be broken, just sometimes you need to apply security related patches (at least).

Hi pan64. I'd run zk update.

zk1234 · 07-30-2018, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linustalman

It'd be used for basic stuff - web browsing mostly. Do you mean do a complete reinstall of when 4MLinux-26.0-32bit.iso gets released as stable, then 4MLinux-27.0-32bit.iso, etc. rather than doing updates?

No need to reinstall. Just run the zk update command.

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linustalman · 07-31-2018, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

No need to reinstall. Just run the zk update command.

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Ok, thanks again.