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Is Redhat worth the time to download.
Name: Undo Date: August 15, 2000 at 12:44:07 Pacific
Comment:
I have Redhat 6.1 now.........does Redhat 6.2 have enough improvements to warrant the time to download.
Name: zero244 Date: August 15, 2000 at 21:55:22 Pacific
Reply:
I see a lot of questions but not many answers.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike Williams Date: August 17, 2000 at 07:12:08 Pacific
Reply:
Hi m8,
I don't use RedHat, but I know someone who doe. He rekons it is, but only if you need cutting edge software for something. My suggestion would be to download and compile a newer version of the kernel from:
http://www.kernel.org
Currently version 2.2.14 (stable version anyway, I use 2.3.14 :)). The only other notable upgrade would be XFree 86 server, which needs a newer version, and KDE 2.
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