I think he means that the way he wrote the date was non-compliant... Linux
is Y2K compliant and has been for a while now... AFAIK the problem hits in
2038 on 32 bit systems (Linux works out dates as days since sometime... A
32 bit Integer can only support a number to represent a certain amount of
days.)
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Peter Flinkfelt wrote:
> I thought all Linux distributions were Y2K comnpliant and that the
> problem would actually be in 2048(or around there)?
>
> Peter
>
> Robert M. Woods wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kris,
> > I'm not too sure about your cable internet query, but Red Hat had released
> > it's latest version of 5.2 very recently (late '98 <-- sorry, non Y2K
> > compliant but what can you do??).. You chose the best package to start out
> > with, Linux installation is fairly straight forward, but configuring the
> > X-windows system can be challenging on other flavours of Linux, especially
> > the earlier ones.
> > The Red Hat installation will probe your video card stats, and many of the
> > sound cards may be configured now with plug and play. I've used Linux since
> > 4.2, I haven't been around as long as others, but I can already see some
> > great improvements.. And everyone is here to help others, we're like one
> > happy family.. Except when it comes to borrowing money of course.
> > Rob.
> >
> > P.S., If you've never partitioned a hard drive before, you might wish to
> > ask us more questions before going through with the installation.
>
