Do you guys actually install the patches from here?

http://asiapac.cobalt.com/support/download/raq3.eng.html

There are a whole list of patches and I wonder, who ever installed them?

And any place to see is there is any bug in the patches ?

I've installed a lotta patches and havent had any problems yet.

I'd keep current with the mailing list archives. Often when you have a problem, someone else has had the same problem.

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/

Since i'dont know a thing about linux, i don't dare to thouch anything :(

I figure its probably relative save the way it comes, and i tell my users to use their ISP's smtp servers.

Now is this very naïve ?

No, you should really install these. They are very easy to install. In the Cobalt menu, choose the option which is titled "Maintain" (correct me if I am wrong) and then it'll be something like "Install package." You can then install all of those packages. :)

Well i just read what they do, and it makes me wanna take the risk :)

I know this is a open door, but are all these patches save to install (nu bugs that will crash my server etc.).

Any patches that are at least a month or two old should be safe.

Although let this be a warning to all -- I installed a "ROM Update" to a Cobalt RaQ 3 a day or two after it was released. Not only did it crash the system ... but it wouldn't reboot. Next day, I couldn't find the "ROM Update" on the Cobalt web site. Called Cobalt and they shipped us a new RaQ 3 ... no questions asked.

It was quite a horror though. Even using the "restore CD" wouldn't work! The system just went completely dead!

What the main concerns are:

Wait a bit and don't just run out and install an update just because it is listed there. Could be disaster, and if so, you'll read about it on the mailing list.

Could conflict with something you've installed 'on your own'. This you just have to try to work around it and when something cobalt releases breaks something, usually another version of what it broke becomes available, eventually.

Now having a little experience I have a "30-day" rule: don't install a patch unless it's been posted on the Cobalt site for 30 days.

Installing the patches is super-simple, you don't even need to download them. Using Internet Explorer, find the patch you want on the Cobalt.com download page (you should start at the bottom of the page and work your way up to make sure you get things in the right order). Right-click on the link to the patch then choose Copy Shortcut from the context menu. Go to your Cobalt control panel and then navigate to the Maintenance > Install Software page. Click in the URL field (next to where it says Software Package). Hit Ctrl-V to paste your text in, then click the Install a '.pkg' Package'. Say 10 Hail Mary's and you're done (that last part is optional). Depending on the patch you install, you might need to reboot the server (it'll tell you if you do).

:) I just did.

It is, very simple, i wish i could install pgp and mysql that simple.

I installed them except the one that requires downloading because its to big, i have no id how to download this in the required directory.

Does anyone have installed the OS 4 udate ?

Wow... If it is so, I have a lot of patches to catch up with. Does all patches installed, (by the host or myself) listed in the Install Software section?

Yes. I found it helpful to create a txt file with all the things I installed according to the version # since it isn't always easy to figure out which ones you installed (after you install quite a few).

Thanks for the tips. :)