<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Jason Ward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasonfward@gmail.com">jasonfward@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Despite what I've read here would I be better of just leaving the installation alone and only updating say once a year?<br></blockquote><div><br>I don't know what you've read here, but my advice is that if you want the system to act like an appliance or a production environment then don't update unless you're sure you want to. Usually that would mean that either you know the update fixes a bug that's a problem for you (this would include security updates if the machine is exposed to the net) or the update introduces a feature you want. Otherwise forget it. If you're updating all the time then you won't have a truly stable system - even stuff like Mythbuntu doesn't get enough testing to cover every hardware, software, and configuration permutation.<br>
<br>Personally I update rarely, usually only when Myth releases occur and then I update everything. That can make the updates pretty traumatic but for me it's better than possibility of an update causing problem at any random time. Occasionally I'll do updates of just Myth between times. But generally if the system is stable I don't mess with it.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div><br>