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Re: Best for new users , 3.0.3 or 4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Klemmer)
Mon Oct 28 23:08:25 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 23:03:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199610290359.QAA04337@ihug.co.nz>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Mike Armour wrote:
> About a week and a half ago I ordered RH 4.0 from RH but when I rung
> Airborne express they said it STILL hasn't even been picked up :( But it's
> given me time to think. Am I better off ordering 3.0.3 on say the 6-CDROM
> Pack from Infomagic which they can have here in like 3 days and then
> getting 4.0 when more of the bugs are worked out (Linux novice) since I'm
> not really up to spending hours hacking <g> . So basically should I get
> 3.0.3 and upgrade the kernel etc. (are there RPMS to upgrade the stuff to
> current(ish) like gcc etc??) or should I keep waiting and get 4.0
> (otherwise I'll cancel if RH ever read there damn mail)
Personal opinion:
Get RH 4.0 and have done with it. You'll spend just about as much
time and effort upgrading the 3.0.3 stuff as you will the 4.0 stuff. And
as for getting in touch with the RH sales... they do have a 1-800 number.
:-)
Joe
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