So let me clarify what's going on with relation to online updates in
both KDE and GNOME on openSUSE 11.0.
For basic online updates (the ones offered on the update repo by
openSUSE), you will use either PackageKit in GNOME or openSUSE Updater
in KDE. Both are setup automatically to check for updates everyday and
notify you of them being available.
Both have their respective preference panes where you can set them to
install updates automatically, check for updates with varying frequency,
etc.
Third-party updates coming from repos other than openSUSE's update repo
are handled differently depending on your desktop environment. In GNOME,
they are automatically presented to you as an update, in KDE you have an
option to turn third party updates on in the preferences.
The YaST Online Update app is separate from the userland desktop apps,
although it can be used in lieu of the desktop-centric apps.
Curtis: about your point on how many package systems their are... in
11.0 libzypp is the only core package management systems. YaST, zypper,
openSUSE Updater, and PackageKit are all user interfaces (or in the case
of zypper, command line interfaces) on top of libzypp.
So think about it this way:
libzypp = Core package management system
YaST & 1-Click Install = Default ways of installing and uninstalling
packages or groups of packages
zypper = Command line interface to install, uninstall and update
packages and groups of packages
openSUSE Updater = Default software updater for the KDE desktop
PackageKit (also known in the interface as Update Software) = Default
software updater for the GNOME desktop.
I hope that clarifies some things ;-)
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