Hello Lisi,
On 2012-10-23 17:24, Lisi wrote:
> Thanks, Vic!  It is called Yum-Extender and comes under system tools. 
> I had
> been scared of it because I didn't like the sound of extending Yum - 
> and it
> wouldn't even let me look, without my giving it a root password.  But 
> you
> gave me the courage to give it the password!
>
> I generally prefer the CLI for updating, and general packages 
> management - but
> I haven't got my head round yum, and the course says to use GUI 
> tools.  (I
> tend to solve problems in Synaptic, which I occasionally use on other
> people's computers, by lapsing into aptitude!)
>
> I did try to look up updating with yum, but all the references I 
> found talked
> about upgrading - and seemed to mean upgrading!
I use Fedora 17 at work (still Ubuntu at home), and I can echo Vic's 
words of encouragement. Just as an aside, I currently have the following 
kernel installed:
$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64
Rather new! :-)
> I must say, and I hate to admit it, but Fedora looks quite enticing 
> so far.  I
> must look at CentOS again too.
I have to admit that it's a great desktop.
Regards,
Jan Henkins
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