Greg Wallace wrote:
Is there something in the user manual that says that keeping up with RPMNEWs is a routine part of maintaining a Linux system? I don't know. But there is a script, rpmconfigcheck, that starts at boot if you have told it to that will tell you, for example, "Searching for unresolved configuration files" with a list of any unresolved config files under it. I did not check a manual to see if I should attend to these config files. I am the admin of my system, and it is my responsibility to check those kinds of things. If you do not have that script running at boot, you would not notice it. If you do (which I do), every boot (this is my home machine) I see this with its output as a reminder if I need to do something. For an average Joe home user who's just switching to Linux, isn't this something they would need to know? Along with many others. It is just a part of the process of learning your new system, one that is robust enough to tell you things you should do, but not so overbearing as to force its own changes on you, i.e. freedom. This goes along with the long running thread discussing whether Linux is ready for the average Joe home user.
As an average Joe, i would definitely say yes. I could only wish Windows help was so easily available and understandable, and so seldom needed. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org