Three SUSE 10.0 distributions: OSS, GM (== CDs from retail), and Retail DVD. I have the Retail DVD. As usual, I want additional packages (in particular, multimedia support). I want 1) a cron job with a daily check for needed updates (security and recommended) a) That cron job should already download, but doesn't need to. b) I have several machines, patches should be downloaded only once. c) I want an email with available updates. I want the email only _if_ there are updates. (I.e., I want something like apticron from Debian, optionally plus downloads :-) 2) a command to install all outstanding patches. I have to decide 1) which package repositories do I use? 2) which package management method do I use? Possibilities for repositories that I know about: -- Official YOU SUSE-Servers. But: Do they also hold updates for all packages from the retail DVD? There is a directory 10.0-OSS that is a symlink to 10.0. Is that because all OSS updates are in that directory, or because it contains /only/ OSS updates? -- Various servers, as explained in ttp://www.opensuse.org/YaST_package_repository In particular, -- Packman for multimedia stuff, -- maybe Guru or usr-local-bin -- any repositories that have specialized and that I should be aware of? -- apt repositories -- gwdg -- which else? -- smart repositories. which? Package management method: -- YOU: various servers, as outlined above -- apt: several repositories, and I don't understand their state. -- Do all security updates arive at usual apt repositories like gwdg's? All recommended updates? -- Do repositories with multimedia packages exist for apt? -- I like upt from my Debian systems, where it is a smooth experience (using apticron et.al.). Is this the same for SUSE? -- smart: I read in this mailing list that YOU and apt will be abandoned for smart. Should I switch now to a smart repository? Which are available? As you've seen, I have quite some questions, even though I researched on opensuse.org and Google. Still, I don't know the best strategy for 1. which repository to choose? 2. which update method to use= Maybe someone on this list can help me. TIA, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany