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I recently installed slackware 12.2 on my desktop a few minutes ago. I am online and ready to go but what's a simpler command to download updates. Right now I am using this:
I noticed I only need to un-comment one mirror but which one should I choose. My processor is a little less than two Gigs but does my processor have anything to do with this?
These are my options to choose from here in the USA:
+1 for slackpkg. If you would rather have your regular user simply download the patches, then you might want to try Eric's rsync_slackware_patches.sh script found in his tools section of his site.
I also recommend either subscribing to the security mailing list of the security RSS feed, unless you would just rather let cron automatically download your patches regularly.
I noticed I only need to un-comment one mirror but which one should I choose. My processor is a little less than two Gigs but does my processor have anything to do with this?
These are my options to choose from here in the USA:
so which one would be a wise decision?
Pick the closest one to where you live. If you are not sure then just uncomment the tds http one.
I downloaded 'slackupdate_0.7.1.sh' from that link you gave as su but Permission is denied.
I remember going through this permission thing a long time ago, i just don't recall what I did to fix it, so I started a log book. It looks like I have a bit more research to do, for this.
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