Well, Im not a "linux guy", I installed it once but Im using Windows. Anyway, I got a question about linux :

WinXP alert me sometimes about a new security issue and asks me if I want to download the appropriate patches for it. One click on "Download" and one on "Install" after it downloads the patch, and my box is immune.

This great process is really user friendly, and i dont have to check what version of windows / certain program I have. It just tells me I need to download the patch and thats it.

My question is : is there anything similar in linux? something almost automatic that patches my box, instead of checking (For example) whether I have version 1.0034 or 1.0035 of some program, to check if i need to search(...) and download the patch or not...

And also if I visit security sites and download the patches they offer, I can still forget one / more.

As far as i know, nothing is automatic in linux, you have to configure everything... which is pretty annoying