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I dare say I'm still new to Linux. I run RedHat 9.0. As much as I have a few unresolved technical issues, this is not what I come for help with right now.
What I'd really like advice with, is how I'd go about ensuring that all my compontents are patched, and I have the latest stable versions of all my daemons etc. Do I simple have to go about dloading and compling source all the time? Or is there a more organized way to go about doing this?
# Red Hat 7.3 down configuration commands setup leads to several configuration tools
# Red Hat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard: redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server: redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network: redhat-config-network
Manage software: redhat-config-packages
I checkout the apt link, and read around. Seems to me that this concentrates more on rpm's. But will it keep things like Sendmail, Iptables, vsftpd, etc. updated? as i don't seem to find these in RPM's.
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