up2date vs. yum

[Paul Howarth]

On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:07 -0500, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> Which to use?  The fedora web page recommends yum,
> and it sounds yummy, but up2date blinks attractively.
> What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

up2date (or to be more accurate, rhn-applet) may blink attractively, but
in FC4 its default (and most useful) configuration simply doesn't work,
so it can't tell you whether your system is up to date or not.

Yum is the thing being actively developed so I'd go for that.

Paul.