Thanks, Bart, for the reply, but I, as well as many others, view Scientif ic Linux as not so much a clone of Red Hat but more evolved beyond. SL has i ts own philosophy. It includes more drivers, more packages, and more tweaks than found in the original. That's one of the many reasons I like SL so much. I just don't understand the logic in that type of DVD release. Hopefully, Troy will show up soon and explain their reasoning. Respectfully, Bob Good *********************** On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:11:44 +0000, Bart Swedrowski <[log in to unmask]> w rote: >On 19 February 2011 13:00, Bob & Jeanne Good <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I downloaded the 3.4 gigabyte SL6 Install DVD expecting an up-to-date >> system (latest kernel, etc.) upon completion of the install. But, to m y >> disappointment, I had 112 packages waiting on me when I checked for >> updates. >[...] >> Might I suggest that this Install DVD be updated to include the latest >> packages? > >I am not speaking for the SL dev team here, but the goal of RH clones >is for them to become *exactly* the same as the upstream (i.e. RedHat) >without having to pay subscription fees to use it or receive further >updates. > >It's not their aim to change it, make it better, patch it or create >any alternatives like DVDs with updated set of packages. If you need >something like this (i.e. DVD with updated set of packages) you can do >this yourself utilising kickstart techniques (I am sure there is a lot >of documentation flying around; have done this one myself before).