Photoshop web design - 130 CHAPTER 9 HOW TO SECURE YOUR
130 CHAPTER 9 HOW TO SECURE YOUR COMPUTER Online Updates The Ubuntu notification area (the equivalent of the Windows system tray) contains a program that automatically monitors the package repositories and tells you when updates are available. This is an extension of the Synaptic Package Manager program called Update Manager. If you ve already configured the Synaptic Package Manager, as described in Chapter 8, and haven t yet updated your system, this icon will have probably turned into a red circle with two arrows in it. This is informing you that updates are available. In addition, each time you boot, you will see a speech bubble telling you that updates are available. When your system is completely up-todate, the icon will disappear. Clicking the Update Manager icon opens the Software Updates window, as shown in Figure 9-3. To go online and grab the updated files, click the Install button at the bottom-right side of the window. You will probably be asked to enter your root password, because system files will need to be altered. Figure 9-3. You ll be informed if your system is in need of updates, and the Update Manager can take care of everything for you. Be aware that some updates can be large and might take some time to download, particularly if you re doing it for the first time after installing Ubuntu. (On my system, I had to download almost 200MB of files on my first update.)