[Gllug] Linux Conf GUI

[Xander D Harkness]

Your absolutely correct.  it is best to download the tar file from their 
site.  I cannot even remember if they have a check sum to test it either!

Cheers
Xander

tet at accucard.com wrote:
>>>you may want to try the following in a console window:
>>>
>>>lynx -source http://go-gnome.com|sh
>>>
>>>This will install the latest Gnome updates and they keep it very
>>>up-to-date, they also allow you to subscribe (free) to the Red Hat
>>>updates and therefore you will be advised of all recommended updates :-)
>>>
>>>
>>I second what Xander says.
>>
> 
> Where as I hang my head in despair. I'm all for making Unix easy to use,
> but getting users into the habit of doing something as blatantly high
> risk as this is just broken beyond belief. You're downloading a random
> script from the internet, and piping it directly into a root shell?
> If anyone ever hijacks the go-gome.com domain, you're in a whole world
> of hurt...
> 
> Tet
> 
> 


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