For Redhat, a patch is found in www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/, and a later version of 6.1 comes with a tool up2date that can determine which RPM packages need to be upgraded and then automatically download and complete the installation from the Redhat site.
Upgrade RPM In addition to kernel:
Up2date–u
Upgrade RPM including Kernel:
Up2date-u–f
The latest redhat and fedora can use the Yum command or the Yumex graphical front-end to upgrade the update.
Gentoo Upgrade Method
Update Portage Tree:
Emerge–sync
Update/install package: emerge [package name] (such as install Vim:emerge vim)
Debian and other distributions are still very different, with http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/33836.html ">debian to do server maintenance more convenient." Debian Upgrade Software:
APT Update
APT Upgrade
Prerequisite: Configure network and/etc/apt/sources.list, also can use Apt-setup setting.