[nzlug] Ubuntu Update Rate / Size etc

[Craig Box]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Mark Foster <blakjak at blakjak.net> wrote:

> Interested to know what people think...
>
> Running Ubuntu Hardy on one of my boxes at home on a fulltime basis is a
> relatively new move for me, and for the most part I can use it fully -
> there are sadly a few Windows-only systems I must access for which I fire
> up ye ol' Laptop.
>
> Noted though in terms of keeping Ubuntu up to date, that this week alone
> ive had well over 100MB of updates to do.  In fact I would go so far to
> say that several hundred MB of updates appear to be on the cards every
> month.
>
> Anyone got any perspective as to whether this is considered 'a good thing'
> or not - or whether this is even normal?


This guy does
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/check-out-my-package-101-its-updated.html

:-)