[LUAU] K12LTSP and VNC

[Tom Gordon]

Vince Hoang wrote:

>My main point against blind automatic updates is the timing
>of it. With automatic updates, the administrator will not be
>around if the updates fail. Imagine the system breaking when the
>administrator is out sick or on vacation. When manual updates
>are performed, it gives the administrator an immediate chance to
>check and see if anything went wrong.
>
>-Vince
>
That's considering the symptom is immediately recognizable.  It won't be
with a newbie.

I usually wait for complaints from the users.  In a one-man-show you
don't have hours to spend every day verifying every detail.  Developers
and TCs probably have better stuff to do than what sysadmins do - and
it's better to have the updates and a dented cog than not, in that case.

Now on huge production servers you need to be strict and monitor every
change but not for desktops and classrooms.  It's a matter of
preference.  I'm feel pretty sure Microsoft put a lot of thought into
putting these two update ideologies as options in their Windows update tool.

My favorite thing about Linux is updating.  You can do it a zillion
different ways - and they're all better and faster than windowsupdate.com.

Tom