Re: RedHat 7.0

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx>]

VaibhaV rearranged electrons thusly:

> > Install redhat 6.2 and upgrade all required rpms by going to ftp.redhat.com and
> > downloading the required rpms from the redhat 6.2 upgrades directory (or try
> > ftp.iitm.ac.in / sunsite.serc.iisc.ernet.in - two great local mirrors, in

> aaah! Not that easy to get all the updates down to your machine on a
> dialup. You'll finish downloading them just before the next updates are 
> out  ;-). And not every end user has a mouth watering connectivity. 33.6

There's always a bunch of kind souls in each LUG who already have said updates
burned onto CDs - and that's what friends are for :)

> Kbps users, generally depend on CD distributions or some other
> kind soul sharing the latest and the precious CD.

Plenty of kind souls available in LUGs - and "no man is an island" (one of my
favorite quotes - from the poet John Donne).

> So.... one more addition to that Laaaaang thread about winduhs - Linux.
 
yeah right.  now try downloading 'doze and ms office service packs - and
compare it with downloading updated linux RPMs / source code patches :)

	-s

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