[wplug] Update the kernel?

[eli]

FWIW, and I'm a relative n00b, so take this how you want, I just update 
the kernel along with the other packages when it's available on the 
mirrors I'm using (also using yum command line). The only odd effect 
I've noticed is that the update rewrites my grub.conf in a different way 
each time. It hasn't screwed anything up, just adds the new entry in a 
different place every time.

It seems to me that if you are not compiling stuff yourself, and you're 
not using non-standard rpm's, updating the kernel won't hurt - and if it 
does, you should still have your old kernel config to boot to from grub. 
(this is assuming you're using grub - I don't know how the kernel update 
rpm's edit lilo's conf).

-eli

Brad Hoover wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>I first want to thank everybody who responded to my
>question about X before.  With your suggestions and
>some help from a friend, I now can use the resolution
>I wanted.
>
>Right now I am working my way through a list of things
>that I need to get working correctly, and I have found
>that I sometimes need to get new packages or update
>old ones.  I'm using YUM by the way, and I have found
>that using it on the command line is somewhat superior
>to using the gui.
>
>Fedora has it's 'up2date' system, which shows a red
>exclamation point when there are updates to installed
>packages.  Truth be told, at this point I honestly
>don't know what three quarters of the packages do.  I
>for the most part chose the defaults when doing my
>install.
>
>Anyway, I generally skip updating the kernel when I
>run up2date, but I have found that some packages (not
>that I really need these packages - I think?) need a
>newer kernel. I'm running 2.6.9.1-681.  It shows
>2.6.10 as being available.  Should I update?  Should I
>update for every patch?  I looked at the change log on
>kernel.org, but at this point in my linux experience,
>I'm not sure what much of it means.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Brad
>
>
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