Is Red Hat’s updating Agent safe way to go?

[Worf Maugg]

A quick survey of the Web suggests no. I fired it up to get some updates. I got cold feet when it wanted to update my kernel. So I searched RH’s forums and Google found some very scary stuff. Some people just lost the use of a few devices and others failed to boot again. What is the secret to a safe kernel update? I have read quite a few “How to’s” on the subject but all seem VERY risky. Do I really need to update? My Linux box works just fine. If it’s not broke don’t fix it. Right?

[johnmann]

I have used it twice.No problems so far.However,I was unaware that other people have had problems with it.Now it makes me a little gun shy. :eek:

[Chatterjee]

my suggestion is to go with ximian with it's awesome red carpet stuff... it takes care of all updates and is more stable (if you're using gnome)

-S

[Keyser Soze]

Everything but the kernel update is great with update....easy and fast. DO NOT USE IT TO UPDATE THE KERNEL, quicker than apt-get download_and_install_new_patches