[mythtv-users] how ofter do you update?

Andrew Leech coronasensei at gmail.com
Fri May 4 04:09:44 UTC 2012


On 04/05/12 13:53, Kevin Johnson wrote:
> Hi all.
> 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?
>
>
I think my myth box has been going for about 5-6 years now without a 
clean reinstall, plus a year previous to that of knoppmyth. On mythbuntu 
these days (was originally neat ubuntu, eventually switched apt to 
mythbuntu repos, update that way ever since).

It's had incremental hardware updates along the way, maybe 3 mobos in 
its life.

It's only had system wide software updates about once a year.

Doing the software updates that rarely means I'm almost guaranteed to 
get something broken when I do it, and spend the next couple of weeks 
trying to make it all run stable again. I keep thinking more regular 
updates would assist in keeping it running smoothly without a big break, 
but like you said, when it's running smoothly you just don't want to 
touch it (especially when my significant other is using it most evenings!)

Andrew
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