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Originally Posted by tahiti
I forgot also: be prepared to make security updates more often than on XP, linux is insecure . It's just a statisc fact, and no I'm not pro XP I even hate it and use OSX.
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Well, tradition for most Linux vendors and the OSS community in general is to fix security holes as soon as they are found. This usually means you see updates roll out quite often. In contrast, microsoft lets their security fixes wait till their next scheduled update. I think they are finally getting better about this, but they havnt regained my trust yet. I used to work for Red Hat so I might be biased;)
I dont know the procedures that ubuntu sets up by default to keep your system updated, but it is based on debian, wich has the apt-get system for managing installs and updates. Keeping your system updated is as simple as running one command (sudo apt-get -u upgradel, i beleive).. and if they are smart, it does this in the background once or twice a day. Can anyone confirm that?
Fedora and Red Hat both come out of the box by default with up2date (yum for fedora) scheduled to check for security updates etc, and install the quietly in the background while you use your computer so you dont have to ever think about it.