the proper way to 'yum update' a new 'everything' install of FC4?

[Claude Jones]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 3:29 pm, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 13:57, Robert Locke wrote:
> > My argument is that the "Everything" install needs to die!!  <evil grin>
>
> How do you propose that people should learn which thousand programs
> they might want to use if there isn't a convenient way to get them
> all at once?   And how will fedora get it's bugs fixed if nobody
> installs the stuff and reports them?

I would add an amen - I started using Linux 16 months ago. I tried several of 
the install options before settling on 'everything'. I kept running into 
situations where I just didn't know enough to deal with various situations. 
People would discuss programs and other things that didn't seem to exist, for 
example. In another few months, I will probably go to more selective installs 
and not do the 'everything' option any longer. But for this user, having 
everything on my machine was a lot more important than security. I really 
could have cared less these past 16 months whether my system got attacked or 
not - it was a learning machine, not a production box. I hope things are left 
just the way they are. Add a security warning to the 'everything' option, but 
don't remove it. 

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA