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Thread ID: 57846	2005-05-14 07:55:00	Linux (Ubuntu) Query	Myth (110)	Press F1

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355028	2005-05-18 20:18:00	OK, thanks for all that... one more thing ... I think the Up2date is freezing and not accessing any updates. The Redhat Up2date app gets to the point where a dialog says: Testing Package set/Solving RPM Inter-dependencies and then it goes no further. Any ways around this? Nevermind, found the yum update and am doing that. Unfortunately I have 200+ updates to download on dialup :( Left it on overnight and its done 50 (100+ MB) :horrified	Myth (110)
355029	2005-05-19 06:41:00	Nevermind, found the yum update and am doing that. Unfortunately I have 200+ updates to download on dialup :( Left it on overnight and its done 50 (100+ MB) :horrifiedYeah, that is what I meant by not downloading all the updates :D. FC3 has been out for a while now so there is a truckload of updates availabe - the majority of these are package updates for general applications, with only a few security related ones. You don't need to update your general applications eg Gimp, OpenOffice, default Gnome/KDE packages etc if you don't want to. This is why Synaptic is really good as you can see via a GUI what packages are available for updating and be more selective with the ones you want (although you can do this in yum too to a lesser degree). I installed FC3 soon after it was released so I have kept my system up to date in gradual steps as updates are released. This is what Synaptic looks like: Packages listed with upgrades available (sal.neoburn.net) New additions to the repositories (sal.neoburn.net) (since last time synaptic was run). Packages available for installation which are not currently installed (sal.neoburn.net)	Jen (38)
355030	2005-05-19 07:37:00	OK, currently up over 250MB mark :( Been going for 24 hours and I still don´t think I am half way :horrified Anyway; once these downloads have finished, I intend to delete lots of stuff (mozilla browser, and some other apps). Can I uninstall Up2date without any issues. No good to me if it doesn´t work. Also intend to get rid of gok, vid conferencing, the old Firefox, (I have already updated to another folder) and a few other services (mainly revolving around debugging and networking (stuff that I thought I would need but have since realised I don´t). Any foreseeable issues with any of these? I now realise I should have done this BEFORE I typed in yum update. Oh well, we live and we learn I spose	Myth (110)
355031	2005-05-19 08:08:00	OK, currently up over 250MB mark :( Been going for 24 hours and I still don´t think I am half way :horrified Anyway; once these downloads have finished, I intend to delete lots of stuff (mozilla browser, and some other apps). Can I uninstall Up2date without any issues. No good to me if it doesn´t work.You don't need to uninstall up2date, if you are using Gnome and have that blinking icon on the task bar indicating updates available, then just right-click it and select remove. I would hesitate uninstalling it compleletly. Just ignore that app. Also intend to get rid of gok, vid conferencing, the old Firefox, (I have already updated to another folder) and a few other services (mainly revolving around debugging and networking (stuff that I thought I would need but have since realised I don´t). Any foreseeable issues with any of these?Have a look through Add/Remove packages and see what you can uninstall via that. You can also remove packages via Yum. If you enter in man yum in a terminal window you will see the manual for Yum. Use the arrow to scroll and type q to quit. How did you update Firefox? If you have manually installed this package into a local folder, then the RPM package manager won't know about it and will not be able to update/remove it and you will have to perform this task yourself each time. There is a update to Firefox available (just grabbed it via Synaptic) which will automatically update the browser version installed during the initial installation process.	Jen (38)
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