Re: [cobalt-users] General Raq Setup Info

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, BHC wrote:

> Hello Again,
> 
> I recently leased my first Raq (a Raq3) and have plans
> to lease one or two more in the near future.  They
> seem great for someone who has entry-level to
> intermediate knowledge of Linux and their gui seems
> workable.  I was wondering if anyone could point me in
> the direction of some good web pages or had any first
> hand account of a good way to setup a Raq3 or 4 out of
> the box.  

It comes with a manual, and the LCD panel is really like your VCR...
> 
> I'm interested in security updates (does cobalt
> distribute updates that patch dns and sendmail in one
> nice package?), email and pop3 setup (I'm new to this
> non-virtual user capability and have limited sendmail
> knowledge but will buy book...) and log
> rotation/management.  I know this is a very broad
> question, I guess I'm just wondering if there are any
> resources online other than the ones listed at
> cobalt.com.

Security updates are released for each security problem alone, while once
in a while a full OS update is released, that includes all patches prior
to it.

At each given time, your "Installed Software" list on the GUI, should be
exact as the one in http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/raq3.eng.html
and I really have nothing to add about this...

> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> ~Brad
>
HTH,
 
- shimi.