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On Mon, May 7, 2012, at 07:42 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:, Kevin Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dabears_rule@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dabears_rule@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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Hi all.<br />
Just curious as to how often everyone updates? Right now, everything is working well so I see no need to update anything. But I am concerned about security. My systems are behind a modem with the firewall enabled, and a router that also has a fire wall. Besides that, its linux. So do you update regularly or what?</td>
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The OS? Never. I treat it like an appliance that once it works I never touch until I have to. So if a Myth upgrade requires newer versions of packages, I upgrade those as needed, etc. Saves a lot of headache when things break because you upgraded the OS and all it's packages only to find it breaks something.</div>
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I am the same way - everything is already behind a firewall, change your passwords every once in awhile - why upgrade? Usually your browser and flash is where the security is a concern - and you can just keep updating that...</div>
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It is such a disruption to upgrade, not to mention all the little tweaks and changes you make along the way... unless there is a need to upgrade to a new version of QT or whatever to make your favorite apps work (I had to do this due to the DVD cataloging program I used :( ) just stick where you are. At least that is my philosophy.</div>
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And with myth, I don't want to ever upset the wife with breaking the TV! :) Or me, for that matter - I would rather live with the one or two quirks I see than risk new ones, not to mention the possibility of fouling up everything I have worked so hard to get down for us.</div>
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Having said that, so far it seems every 4-5 years is the upgrade schedule at the house here - with a slow changeover with dual booting until everything works as intended. Two years after the fact, and I ran a program that I still had to consult the older distro to see what the settings/configuration was to make it work in my setup.</div>
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