According to Kris Goss: While burning my CPU.
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> This is my first time posting to the list, I'm a total newbie. I'm
> getting ready to buy Red Hat and have just been listening to the list
> to get a feel for what I'm going to be getting into... I have a couple
> questions.
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> First off, I want to get my internet access on my new system through
> the local cable provider, will Linux support these high speed cable
> modems?
There are many different types and makes of modems, you do not say which
sort/make/type, so how can one give a "yes or no" answer.
Linux supports all "normal" modems, not including "winmodems".
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> I have heard there will be a new build of the kernel that is to
> support this? I'm planning on using Red Hat for as gentle an intro to
> Linux as possible? Any ideas on when they will be releasing the new
> distribution? Will it support the cable modems? I don't want to pick
> one up now if a new version is coming soon.
As to a new build of the kernel, anyone who has the kernel source code and a
gcc compiler can compile his or her own kernel and include or exclude
whatever kernel options he or she requires. Possably you mean there is a new
kernel version going to be realsesed soon, the answer to that is there will
be a so called 2.2.0 kernel out shortly, however it is not always adviseable
to use the "lastest and greatest" as there is now a stable kernel version
called 2.0.36 which runs on current distributions, be it redhat slackware or
whatever.
Anyway, after the 2.2.0 kernel has been realeased as a "stable version" it
will be a couple of months before it will appier in any new linux
distribution, or at least thats the way it has always been.
You can install Redhat-5.2 which will have all the nessacary tools and
compilers for kernel 2.2.0 as and when it is finaly released, plus the fact
that you can have kernels 2.0.3X on redhat 5.2 anyway.
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> TIA,
> Kgoss
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