According to Michael B. Trausch: While burning my CPU.
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> Richard........ bugs to come with free software... but not nearly as many
> as with proprietary software. And, with Open Source software, they're
> TONS easier to fix.
Agreed, but only if someone knowing takes the time to fix them..
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> - Mike
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> Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
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> RA>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:21:50 +0000 (GMT)
> RA>From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> RA>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> RA>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> RA>Subject: Re: Spoilt for choice = wood for trees!
> RA>
> RA>According to Tim Moore: While burning my CPU.
> RA>>
> RA>> I've only been running Linux for a week on RH4.2. I notice that there
> RA>> are loads of different Linux versions. What do they all do? Should I
> RA>> upgrade to Linux RH5.2 asap or what!
> RA>>
> RA>> Tim (confused)
> RA>>
> RA>
> RA>You say linux versions, by than you possably mean "kernel" versions. having
> RA>redhat 4.2 you will possably have kernel 2.0.32 installed (or a number
> RA>close to that), that version of the kernel was "The stable version" of the
> RA>time when redhat 4.2 was issued.
> RA>
> RA>You can upgrade your kernel to 2.0.36 without problems on a redhat 4.2
> RA>machine, however to use more recent kernels (2.2.x) you will need to upgrade
> RA>things like, libary's and utilitys, which for someone just starting with
> RA>linux is "NOT" a good idea, its far easier to install the latest version of
> RA>Redhat because that includes the stuff needed to use more recent kernels.
> RA>
> RA>If it were up to me to tell you what to do, i would say, stick to Redhat-4.2
> RA>and upgrade your kernel version to 2.0.36 which is not all to difficult,
> RA>even for a beginner. After you are more setteld in the *nix way of things,
> RA>you could then install a more recent distribution of Redhat knowing a little
> RA>more about how and what to install.
> RA>
> RA>If disk space is not a problem and you have a free partition then you could
> RA>install Redhat 5.2 alongside of redhat 4.2, i have 5 different distributions
> RA>installed on my system, all bootable via lilo.
> RA>
> RA>In my opinion there is NOT the need to install Redhat 5.2 asap, only if you
> RA>want the newest of the newest, which can be a disadvantage sometimes, bugs
> RA>come free in open software, but thats my opinion.
> RA>
> RA>
> RA>--
> RA>Regards Richard.
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