SRPMS or I386 or Gnome?

From: Howard (howhard1309_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:59:39 +1200

Hello all,

I've just loaded RH9 and am trying to connect to Redhat Network to update
my system. The first thing I have to do is download the updated up2date
SSL certificate authority file.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-267.html

That page offers me the choice of 3 rpms.

SRPMS: up2date-3.1.23.2-1.src.rpm
i386: up2date-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
i386: up2date-gnome-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm

Which one sould I choose & why?
I know what an rpm is, and I know that an i386 rpm is suitable for Intel
386 and better cpus (I'm running a PIII).

But what is an SRPMS*? Any why is there a gnome option? What difference
does that make? (I'm running the default gnome gui).

Thanks in advance.

-H

* Yes I have googled, and no, it didn't help.

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