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Originally posted by maelstrom209
I have already done this numerous times. I've gone and selected YOU and hope to get the latest packages and software updates but I keep gettting the same old software. I guess the problem might be finding a mirror that has packages that are most current. I'm not too sure if that is the problem though. From what you guys are telling me so far, its possible that all I need is a mirror that has the latest software updates for Suse 9.2.
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YOU will update any peice of software that you have installed to the absolute latest that is available
from SuSE. In case you missed it, reread the end of my last sentece. If it is available from Novel SuSE, then it can be updated using YOU.
This does NOT mean that SuSE will have the latest packages for anything. Big distro's will often hold off on new packages until they are "stable". You can still get the latest software from other parties. Just be aware that if you do, you no longer have a pure SuSE system. You may find some things don't work quite right; you may need to edit some config files; etc.
I'm not saying you shouldn't get the packages that you really want. There are a few packages that I use that SuSE doesn't ship with. I'm just saying that there is a limit to what SuSE can be expected to update. There are a lot of packages that get updated regularly. If I was SuSE, I wouldn't want to be responsible for all of them either.