22 Nov
2011
22 Nov
'11
14:51
On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 09:47 -0500, Anton Aylward wrote: > cagsm said the following on 11/22/2011 06:07 AM: > > [snip] > > i thought about sudo and kdesu > > [snip] > It sounds like you have realistic concerns about security. > I would advise one of the following. > 1. Don't be obsessively concerned about updates. > This isn't MS-Windows. If you are running the firewall > then Linux, ipso facto, overcomes the greatest problem home > MS-Windows has, that a regular user has admin power and so > can be conned into installing malware. > If you think it matters, visit the user and do the update yourself. +1 I'm a professional sys-admin; other then after initially installing a new release I update at most once a month. I pick a time when I don't *NEED* my computer to work for a day and I perform updates. That way if things break I have an opportunity to address the issue. There is very rarely a need to jump on an update - a scary issue will usually make the 'news' on sites like LWN [or better you can track security issues via RSS from various sites]. In the case of a new release it is usually a good idea to closely track updates for a few weeks - as these are often closing bugs and fixing issues at a rapid clip. Later updates are often more boring and frequently about obscure security issues - security issues are often related to *if* you use a component/service as well as *how* you use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org