New Linux version soon too?

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Hi.
Do you expect a new release of the Linux workstation version too?

Can we expect a change in the way updates are done?
It seems the whole database is downloaded each time in the present version. (no incremental updates)

Best regards,
François

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It does not seem, it’s, unfortunately, how it works, i.e., full database is downloaded each time.
Hope they change to incremental updates soon.

3

Nobody at Alwil can answer this question?
???

4

Hallo,
if you are eager to get incremental updates, one beta-package was posted here months ago. But, VPS internals have changed recently, new updates use different approach, so, the 400.vps-incremental style will stay for Linux (while windows will use the new one).

regards,
pc

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Thanks.
Do I correctly understand that Linux still won’t use incremental updates and we’ll need to download the whole database each time?

Best regards,
François

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No.
Linux will probably use the present style of incrementals (as you know it from Windows), but Windows, starting with Avast5, will use something completely different (and incremental too, of course) :).

regards,
pc

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Thanks.
I’ll check if I can find that beta then.

Best!
François

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Are you talking about pulse updates?
What will change?

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Hallo,
the whole VPS changed fully in Avast5 - its format, memory placement, incremental update algorithms, encapsulation… pulse updates will be just small add-on :).

regards,
pc

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But still in the distant future all the avast version (for windows, linux or mac) will use the VPS format introduced in avast 5 right ???

Al968