In free software, someone _WILL_ take the time to fix the bugs. That is
the reputation of free software-- and, in fact, many, if not all, of the
bugs that show up in free software are fixed soon after discovery.
- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
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On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
RA>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:08:29 +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 Michael B. Trausch: While burning my CPU.
RA>>
RA>> Richard........ bugs to come with free software... but not nearly as many
RA>> as with proprietary software. And, with Open Source software, they're
RA>> TONS easier to fix.
RA>
RA>Agreed, but only if someone knowing takes the time to fix them..
RA>
RA>>
RA>> - Mike
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RA>> Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RA>> http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
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RA>>
RA>> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
RA>>
RA>> RA>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:21:50 +0000 (GMT)
RA>> RA>From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RA>> RA>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RA>> RA>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RA>> RA>Subject: Re: Spoilt for choice = wood for trees!
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>According to Tim Moore: While burning my CPU.
RA>> RA>>
RA>> RA>> I've only been running Linux for a week on RH4.2. I notice that there
RA>> RA>> are loads of different Linux versions. What do they all do? Should I
RA>> RA>> upgrade to Linux RH5.2 asap or what!
RA>> RA>>
RA>> RA>> Tim (confused)
RA>> RA>>
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>You say linux versions, by than you possably mean "kernel" versions. having
RA>> RA>redhat 4.2 you will possably have kernel 2.0.32 installed (or a number
RA>> RA>close to that), that version of the kernel was "The stable version" of the
RA>> RA>time when redhat 4.2 was issued.
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>You can upgrade your kernel to 2.0.36 without problems on a redhat 4.2
RA>> RA>machine, however to use more recent kernels (2.2.x) you will need to upgrade
RA>> RA>things like, libary's and utilitys, which for someone just starting with
RA>> RA>linux is "NOT" a good idea, its far easier to install the latest version of
RA>> RA>Redhat because that includes the stuff needed to use more recent kernels.
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>If it were up to me to tell you what to do, i would say, stick to Redhat-4.2
RA>> RA>and upgrade your kernel version to 2.0.36 which is not all to difficult,
RA>> RA>even for a beginner. After you are more setteld in the *nix way of things,
RA>> RA>you could then install a more recent distribution of Redhat knowing a little
RA>> RA>more about how and what to install.
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>If disk space is not a problem and you have a free partition then you could
RA>> RA>install Redhat 5.2 alongside of redhat 4.2, i have 5 different distributions
RA>> RA>installed on my system, all bootable via lilo.
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>In my opinion there is NOT the need to install Redhat 5.2 asap, only if you
RA>> RA>want the newest of the newest, which can be a disadvantage sometimes, bugs
RA>> RA>come free in open software, but thats my opinion.
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>
RA>> RA>--
RA>> RA>Regards Richard.
RA>> RA>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RA>
RA>--
RA>Regards Richard.
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