caf4926 wrote:
> If you are a convert from windows, this will be a bit of a new concept.
> Because windows never has kernel updates.
hello stabu,
all caf said is true…especially the part about new kernels…they
seem to come every couple of months…whereas windows comes every two
or three hundred dollars…
but, you can do yourself a favor…i guess you installed your
nvidia drive the 1-Click way, whereas if you did it the “hard way”
(see http://en.opensuse.org/Nvidia) the next time a kernel came out
YaST would automatically download and install 1) the new kernel, 2)
the new kernels headers, 3) recompile the nvidia driver using the new
kernel header, 4) install the new nvidia driver…
and, you would then learn that the “hard way” is really the easy way
(unless you like all of that manual helping of YaST every kernel update)…
HOWEVER, with reference to your “wont be doing any more
on-line updates, unless anybody can shed any light”: don’t tell anyone
but there are folks who do NOT automatically do every on-line update
which flows out the door…
i mean, if you have a burning need to be on the edge of the sword then
do them immediately…otherwise wait a while…say a week and then
look around the fora for threads like “latest update killed my
openSUSE, whaaaaaaaaaa” (you can use the forum advanced search to
(say) check all posts in the last one or two weeks, month) where you
might then find that the broken update has been repaired…
one thing to remember: if you want a stable, dependable, production
system then you probably should not be using openSUSE 11.2 to begin
with!! (i’m using 10.3, it hasn’t had an update since it went
non-supported when 11.2 came out…but, i’m not afraid it will be
cracked nor rooted…so…i use it)
if you have to have stable, then you should (imo) realize that we here
are mostly in the business of squashing BUGs in leading edge software
which will lead to the periodic production and release of commercial
quality software that is sold and supported by Novell…if you need
secure, stable, dependable (not broken by YaST) production quality
system get SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) or SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES)…compared to the alternatives it rather
inexpensive (especially if you value your time…how much have you
spent fixing problems introduced by the community release?)
ymmv (disclaimer: i do not and have not ever worked for Novell, nor
have i ever installed nor run SLED, but i may someday…)
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palladium