Actually RH7 works fine and I have it in production in several places, after
the RPMs are freshened (with -F) from the RedHat update site, all works
fine. Otherwise some of the problems you will have include not being able
to compile a kernel.
There are some other smaller issues with things like older Digi-boards and
some minor issues with Mcafee (you have to add a specific RPM to the system
libstd-compat I think is the name). Digi is working on a beta epca driver
that I'm currently running on a console server.
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Jim Roland, RHCE (RedHat Certified Engineer)
Owner, Roland Internet Services
"The four surefire rules for success: Show up, Pay attention, Ask
questions, Don't quit."
--Rob Gilbert, PH.D.
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From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: is this sufficient? (newbie q)
> My 50MHz 486 works great and is fast for compiling and surfing. I run
> Slackware with an older window manager. The newer window managers may
> require a bit more horsepower.
>
> I've not heard good things about RH7.0. I'm sticking with RH6.2 (with
> all the patches) and Slackware for most of my systems now. Whichever of
> these you have, it is CRITICAL to harden any system before putting any
> system on the Internet (including any network connected to the Internet.
> Otherwise, expect it to be broken into within two weeks or so.
>
> Btw, for security you might consider my book (rated 5 stars on Amazon and
> elsewhere):
>
> Real World Linux Security:
> Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Recovery
> Prentice Hall
> 2000
> 700 pages
> http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com
>
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