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if you want to disable updates simply remove the updater... mintUpdate from the startup... I am assuming that you are using Gnome. You can remove it in the Sessions configuration tool.

AFAIK mintUpdate just notifies you of updates and does not update automatically... what problems did you face?

jacatone wrote:

I've had similar problems with other distros as well if I could even get them to work. Linux is just very unreliable.

Many/most find Linux/Mint to be solid, reliable, and considerably more stable than your preferred OS. Might it be possible that the problem is not Linux?

Please read the first part of my sig. lines.

Fred

I install every update that is going on Mint up to and including the 'level 5' ones and I have never broken anything yet so it is strange that jacatone has the experience that he does.

That said though, a simple and reliable (non command line) roll back utility would do a lot to reassure people like jacatone who have these problems. Windows has had this as standard for years I just wonder why Linux doesn't? It is not reasonable to expect casual users to resort to dd, partimage or clonezilla to create images for backup purposes as I do - they are all pretty horrible programs anyway. So why not a roll-back utility? What is so difficult about it? The Linux world seemed to move mountains to get Beryl/Compiz working - that is a strange set of priorities to my mind.

Fred wrote:jacatone wrote:

I've had similar problems with other distros as well if I could even get them to work. Linux is just very unreliable.

Many/most find Linux/Mint to be solid, reliable, and considerably more stable than your preferred OS. Might it be possible that the problem is not Linux?

Please read the first part of my sig. lines.
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.
Fred

Fred, I've truly come to appreciate your rapier wit

viking777 wrote:

The Linux world seemed to move mountains to get Beryl/Compiz working - that is a strange set of priorities to my mind.

We can certainly agree on that one. For me, Beryl/Compiz is a complete waste of resources. Having said that, obviously that isn't the case for many.

@altair4,

Yes, well, I can't help it sometimes. The devil and I go way back. It isn't my fault, he makes me do it!

Fred

elija,

I love your sig. line.

Fred

jacatone wrote:

... that he traded up to the XP version.

Please!

Fred

The hook is dangling in the water..........

det4100

elija wrote:

Fred wrote:viking777 wrote:

Oh and to keep on topic, I can't say I have noticed any instability after an update. I have had graphics issues after a kernel update but only because I needed to install the correct version of the Nvidia drivers

* After Windows Vista

What is the correct Nvidia driver? I have problems with resuming from suspend with the Nvidia 173 driver. Never had this problem with Felicia until I applied updates.

elija wrote:

rdonnelly wrote:What is the correct Nvidia driver? I have problems with resuming from suspend with the Nvidia 173 driver. Never had this problem with Felicia until I applied updates.

The one for your kernel version and graphics card. I haven't had this with Mint, but when messing with Slackware I updated the kernel and X completely stopped working. I had to recompile the Nvidia driver.

How do you recompile the nvidia driver? Right now I have the drivers disabled in the "hardware drivers" selection. I wonder if I selected the earlier kernel at the grub menu, would it work like it used too?