Re: Many updates

Hi Don,
I see 2 different reasons for an update. One corresponds to correcting a bug which definitely must be applied, this is mostly what I see from Apple. The other is adding an improvement which is maybe more the case for Linux.
Daniel

On 17 04 2018, at 16:47, donJ <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

On 04/17/2018 09:15 AM, Daniel Drijard wrote:
   I received 19 updates from Apple since the beginning of 2018, though coming by groups of 4. This is equivalent to about one per week. I have no experience with Linux sending updates, too many? Your email warns me that this will be worse from Linux. This is an argument to consider before I decide to switch.

Daniel

Hi Daniel,
No Linux system has ever *sent* me an update. The different packages are updated constantly in the repositories, but they are never necessary and never forced. I update a program when there is something I need or want and I look at system update stuff once or twice a year, only updating what I want.

NOTE: I, too started with Mac, in 1990, a time when Apple tried very hard to be compatible with everybody and everything. I see that same attitude in the Linux community today.

Don


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