pretty up2date vs reliable yum?

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Tue Jan 25 19:58:13 UTC 2005


Robin Laing wrote:
> Tim Alberts wrote:
> 
>> Redhat comes with the nice program up2date to install latest updates.
>> It's got the nice icon on the start bar that says 'updates available'
>> click on it log in and download...
>>
>> Yum seems to be found nowhere except for the people who know Linux and
>> command line etc...
>>
>> I try to stick with up2date because I want the nice GUI tools, something
>> Linux is trying (or should be trying) to brag about.  However, I get
>> up2date to completely download and install updates maybe one out of a
>> dozen times (broad band connection).
>>
>> I've been on this list before and noted that most of the 'experts'
>> always answer questions about updates with 'just use yum'...Note, this
>> is my impression, I may be wrong.  Also note I define 'experts' as the
>> folks on this list whom always seem to have an answer for every
>> question.
>>
>> If yum is so much better that the experts just go to it, why is up2date
>> the program on the start bar?  Why isn't yum given the nice icon on the
>> start bar by default?
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I don't know if it is available for FC3 yet but I use YUMI which gives a 
> GUI for YUM.  I love it.
> 
>   http://www.cobind.com/yumgui.html
> 
> I understand that there was another leg of this product but I never 
> followed it.
> 

The other version is gyum

http://fedoranews.org/tchung/gyum/

There is a link for FC3

-- 
Robin Laing




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