[SOLVED] Updates

[Powerman2442]

So I got my wireless internet up and working on Ubuntu... finally. I decided to play around and found out there are 188 updates that are ready to install. I know little to nothing about Ubuntu at this point. I am not sure if I should just update everyting and not worry about it, or leave it as it. Common sense says to update. Then agian, there are many time I remove certain updates in Windows from installing because I don't use them or they have known side effects. Any info would be great. :)

[AstalaVista]

You should just update. At this early stage in your installation, if the update breaks something (which should rarely happen), then it's a simple matter to reinstall immediately.

But if you don't update, you will have 188 updates sitting there, and more new ones coming in frequently. Meanwhile, the security holes are not patched and bugs are not fixed.

[Powerman2442]

Okay, thanks bunch. I just didn't want to get into screwing up Ubuntu if I did something wrong. I've spent a ton of time getting my Broadcom wireless card working and I don't want to mess it up. :P

[Powerman2442]

Okay... so I updated and restarted and now I have no sound. Not sure if sound works in Widows, hopefully it does, but there is NO sound in Ubuntu.

Update:
Well I had to do a reinstall of Ubuntu, because I had no sound after the update. It works fine now. Not sure what caused it but I am not updateing for a while. I was okay with it, since I increased the size of the partition for Ubuntu while I was reinstalling anyways.

Another Update:
When browseing the Add/Remove Applications I found a program called Keep. Used to backup system directories. Am I correct in the statement that if I back up / it will back up the whole OS? If so will that help if I update again and happen to lose my sound like I did last time? Or is there a specific directory that the updates go in that I can update and restore to it's original state if need be? Thanks.

[AstalaVista]

I'm not familiar with the program "Keep", sorry. I don't keep a scheduled back-up, but instead, if I need to back-up before a major operation, I will clone the entire ubuntu partition to a second harddisk, using GParted.