[102110] in RedHat Linux List
RE: RH 5.2 - Variety Pack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Viray)
Tue Dec 1 12:54:12 1998
From: David Viray <Viray@casd.mot.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 11:39:04 -0600
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I am a newbie to Linux, but with a little UNIX experience and I have to
agree with Lloyd. I was suprised that the book covers so much basic
installation topics, but then leaves you hanging, and also have yet to hear
back from Redhat's email support.
It is nice to have the CD for installation, so if you can get the disk/s
from somewhere cheaply, don't waste your time with the "Official" redhat
distribution unless they decide to start providing the support that they
claim to have.
Common sense and some initial advice about partition sizes, and needed
packages are all a newbie needs to get started. The only thing I looked up
in the manual were suggested partition sizes (and used those as minimums).
I am still in the process of getting things set up, and it requires a lot of
time, but once I get over the learning curve (an aggravating process), I
should be working away, and enjoying Linux.
David Viray | The path of OS righteousness
FOE Engineer | is down the Linux path
Motorola ICSD | (or so I'm told)
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